Thursday 30 June 2011

Gertie Schiele's hands.

Via Flickr:
Egon Schiele is my hero.
There was an exhibition of drawings from private collections in the Richard Nagy Gallery in London between the 19th May and 30th June, I took the opportunity to pop along and see them in the real - oh heavens, standing in a roomful of Schiele drawings, swoon*

I love the drawing of Gertie Schiele in the big hat with her top folded down. Yes she has a great look in her eye, yes her breasts are bared, yes it's a superb contorted pose; but I think it's really a drawing about her hands.