Donald Falk:
[
during class, with the model] Look at her, Lily. What do you see?
Lily Leonetti:
[
a little embarrassed] I see a face and a body.
Donald Falk:
What else?
Lily Leonetti:
I see a naked woman.
Donald Falk:
Right. The whole naked woman, not just parts.
[
taking her hand and guiding it on the paper]
Donald Falk:
Not just the head... include the breasts and the waist... leg. The whole thing. Get it all on the page. Just keep going over and over it, eventually...
Gredin:
[
cuts in] Technique will give way to expression.
Donald Falk:
[
straightening up] Thank you.
Gredin:
[
drawing aggressively] Or expression will give way to expression.
Donald Falk:
You have some thoughts you'd like to share with us?
Gredin:
[
looks from Donald to Lily] Me? Thoughts? Share? Nah, I couldn't possibly. I am here to listen and learn. Copy and conform.
Donald Falk:
[
about Gredin's work] I mean from this masterpiece you've just created, it's obvious you transcended all 'need' for traditional form.
Gredin:
No.
[
tearing off the page]
Gredin:
This my fellow students was created out of no other tradtion, for that of boredom.
[
as classmates laugh, takes Lily's work and shows it around]
Gredin:
This... this is an A+. This is a perfect example of a hundred percent surrender to the process if tradtion! It's 'so' life-like, you could almost fuck it.
[
more laughter as he puts the board back]
Donald Falk:
[
annoyed] Through? Can we get back to work?
Lily Leonetti:
[
very mortified, gets up and leaves]
Donald Falk:
[
under his breath, to Gredin] Jackass.
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