A life drawing session with a model run by experimental drawing inititiative Nice Flaps inside the exhibition of Alejandra López.
Nice Flaps is an artist initiative formed with the aim of gathering and observing together, creating time and space to concentrate, look and simply be, without an outcome in mind beyond contemplation itself.
The initiative organises non-taught, experimental drawing events, generally working with one or two models who may be naked or in costume. Sessions can take place in a simple room or among props and sets. Nice Flaps collaborates with artists, institutions and other artist-run spaces, exploring the parameters of life drawing through questions such as: What does it mean to draw from life? And how can it affect everyday perceptions of the world?
Its programme moves beyond traditional life drawing as a technical exercise, instead creating comfortable and welcoming spaces where both first-timers and regulars can take part in an art event and share a collective moment with others.
Nice Flaps has been running drawing sessions since 2019 and is organised and curated by artists Annemarie Wadlow (UK) and Alejandra López Martínez (ES).