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By AARON LEAMAN - Waikato Times | Monday, 21 April 2008
MARK TAYLOR/Waikato Times
STOPPED
IN THEIR TRACKS: V8 spectators give their approval to the work of model
Colleen Davis who posed naked in a Hamilton shop window after
Saturday's racing.
V8 punters slammed on the anchors and made a quick pit stop
as they caught sight of a naked female model in a Hamilton shop window
on Saturday night.
Auckland model Colleen Davis, 24, wore nothing but a subtle
smile as she quickly caught the eye of race fans heading home from the
day's Hamilton 400 event.
You could almost smell the burning shoe rubber as dumbstruck
passersby quickly crowded around the brightly-lit window to watch
artist Sandra Rodgers sketch Miss Davis in various poses.
"That must be a bloody first for Hamilton," said one young male as he clambered for a better view.
The public show of flesh was designed to attract attention to Aesthete Gallery's motorsport inspired exhibition Curves.
It worked.
Within 20 minutes a crowd of about 30 people, mostly male, had
gathered around the free show on the corner of Victoria and London Sts.
Both Miss Davis and Ms Rodgers admitted they were nervous.
"Drawing a body is like a performance, you have to be focused," Ms Rodgers said.
"When you're working on your own, you can completely focus on the
model, but in this situation you're conscious of people staring."
Gallery director Elizabeth Cunnane said it was the first time the gallery had used a nude model to promote an exhibition.
Ms Cunnane said having a nude model was a playful and slightly provocative way of getting people's attention.
Talking a break from getting race fans excited, Miss Davis said it was great to see people's reaction.
"I find it quite interesting, especially how the artist is being watched."
Miss Davis said she modelled naked for various art groups in Auckland and travelled to Hamilton that day.
"This was pretty scary, but it probably makes art look a bit more sexy."
By AARON LEAMAN - Waikato Times | Monday, 21 April 2008
MARK TAYLOR/Waikato Times
STOPPED
IN THEIR TRACKS: V8 spectators give their approval to the work of model
Colleen Davis who posed naked in a Hamilton shop window after
Saturday's racing.
V8 punters slammed on the anchors and made a quick pit stop
as they caught sight of a naked female model in a Hamilton shop window
on Saturday night.
Auckland model Colleen Davis, 24, wore nothing but a subtle
smile as she quickly caught the eye of race fans heading home from the
day's Hamilton 400 event.
You could almost smell the burning shoe rubber as dumbstruck
passersby quickly crowded around the brightly-lit window to watch
artist Sandra Rodgers sketch Miss Davis in various poses.
"That must be a bloody first for Hamilton," said one young male as he clambered for a better view.
The public show of flesh was designed to attract attention to Aesthete Gallery's motorsport inspired exhibition Curves.
It worked.
Within 20 minutes a crowd of about 30 people, mostly male, had
gathered around the free show on the corner of Victoria and London Sts.
Both Miss Davis and Ms Rodgers admitted they were nervous.
"Drawing a body is like a performance, you have to be focused," Ms Rodgers said.
"When you're working on your own, you can completely focus on the
model, but in this situation you're conscious of people staring."
Gallery director Elizabeth Cunnane said it was the first time the gallery had used a nude model to promote an exhibition.
Ms Cunnane said having a nude model was a playful and slightly provocative way of getting people's attention.
Talking a break from getting race fans excited, Miss Davis said it was great to see people's reaction.
"I find it quite interesting, especially how the artist is being watched."
Miss Davis said she modelled naked for various art groups in Auckland and travelled to Hamilton that day.
"This was pretty scary, but it probably makes art look a bit more sexy."
