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A muse is defined as the "source of inspiration for a creative artist", something or someone that drives them to produce art, music, poetry, sometimes obsessively. That is the case of artist Wilfrid Wood and model Theo Adamson, who met through Grindr when the former was looking for a model. The result was over 1000 drawings, a relationship, an art show, and a documentary short.
Drawings of My BF is that documentary short directed by James Oliver Cooper. It chronicles Wood's incessant drawing of Adamson. But as Wood puts it, "what was a model/artist relationship turned into a bit more". Whether the art drove them to love, or vice-versa, is up to them to decide, but to see the obsessive drive in Wood is quite something.
The documentary is fairly short and simple, featuring voiceovers by both Wood and Adamson talking about their relationship as we see Wood drawing non-stop. What I found more impressive is to see the huge variety of drawings by Wood, all in different styles and sizes. It's not a groundbreaking short film, or something that would probably stick with me years from now, but it's lovely to see that creative connection between two seemingly different people working on so many levels.
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DRAWINGS OF MY BF
(2021, Cooper)
A film about LGBTQ+ lifestyles
(2021, Cooper)
A film about LGBTQ+ lifestyles
"The drawing of the muse so... incessantly has got to say a lot about the relationship for the people. It's not just someone; it's this important person to the artist."
A muse is defined as the "source of inspiration for a creative artist", something or someone that drives them to produce art, music, poetry, sometimes obsessively. That is the case of artist Wilfrid Wood and model Theo Adamson, who met through Grindr when the former was looking for a model. The result was over 1000 drawings, a relationship, an art show, and a documentary short.
Drawings of My BF is that documentary short directed by James Oliver Cooper. It chronicles Wood's incessant drawing of Adamson. But as Wood puts it, "what was a model/artist relationship turned into a bit more". Whether the art drove them to love, or vice-versa, is up to them to decide, but to see the obsessive drive in Wood is quite something.
The documentary is fairly short and simple, featuring voiceovers by both Wood and Adamson talking about their relationship as we see Wood drawing non-stop. What I found more impressive is to see the huge variety of drawings by Wood, all in different styles and sizes. It's not a groundbreaking short film, or something that would probably stick with me years from now, but it's lovely to see that creative connection between two seemingly different people working on so many levels.
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