Beecroft plans to have the models stand in carefully arranged poses for three hours. The idea is that the models will start to weaken as time goes on and the perfect arrangement will begin to disintegrate. Same outfits. Almost the same haircut. But the models will soon lose their uniformity, he says, as they get tired.
The models will be dressed only in boots, but they will be standing in a heated hall of the museum. They will not speak or move and will make no contact with the public. The museum began advertising for the 45 women earlier last year, requiring that they all be between 18 and 35 years old, slim and between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall. Some of the women are professional models, and others are volunteers, but none are famous.
Beecroft, born in Genoa, Italy, seeks to demonstrate the contrast between standardized ideals of beauty and the individuality of the body. In her arranged living sculptures, she depersonalizes the female body into a visual spectacle. The Museumquartier will be the biggest museum and art complex in the world when the new wing opens.
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