Work of Art casting
The casting team for “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” is once again hitting the road to find artistic talent from across the country to participate in Bravo’s art based reality show.
Open call/portfolio reviews will be held later this month in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York; see date and location details below.
LOS ANGELES
PATRICK PAINTER, INC.
Bergamot Station
Sunday, September 19, 2010
10am to 2pm
CHICAGO
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Sullivan Galleries
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
10am to 2pm
NEW YORK
BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Saturday, September 25, 2010
10am to 2pm
The show is looking for artists from all disciplines whose work reflects a strong, vivid voice with compelling long-term potential. Like last year, with cast members ranging from recent art school graduates to artists with pieces in the permanent collections of internationally recognized museums, producers invite artists from all career levels to come out for this potentially life- and career-changing opportunity.
While i enjoyed watching the show, it fell short of some of my expectations, expectations that were based on watching other reality shows such as Top Chef and Project Runway. I learned something from watching those shows but i felt nothing was revealed in Work of Art. It isn't because i am an artist and i know "everything" - far from it but i recognize when something is an interesting approach or concept. At least the "nice guy" won. It was really difficult to tell if his work was more interesting, beautiful, conceptually strong than the other finalists since very little time was spent showing the actually pieces. It is a visual art show yet not much was shown except from one front angle. No close ups and it would have been useful to get more commentary from each artist. And the judges...were atrocious (and a little snarky) because their criticism wasn't thoughtful (unless they edited that part out)and i didn't get anything out of their comments. The saving grace came from some of the guest judges. I think an interesting show would be to base competition within a certain area of art, such as painting or photography. That way, you would be closer to comparing apples to apples and could have some interesting "quick fire" challenges. And what is wrong with giving each project a longer time to complete? Sometimes great art requires a little more time.
Open call/portfolio reviews will be held later this month in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York; see date and location details below.
LOS ANGELES
PATRICK PAINTER, INC.
Bergamot Station
Sunday, September 19, 2010
10am to 2pm
CHICAGO
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Sullivan Galleries
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
10am to 2pm
NEW YORK
BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Saturday, September 25, 2010
10am to 2pm
The show is looking for artists from all disciplines whose work reflects a strong, vivid voice with compelling long-term potential. Like last year, with cast members ranging from recent art school graduates to artists with pieces in the permanent collections of internationally recognized museums, producers invite artists from all career levels to come out for this potentially life- and career-changing opportunity.
While i enjoyed watching the show, it fell short of some of my expectations, expectations that were based on watching other reality shows such as Top Chef and Project Runway. I learned something from watching those shows but i felt nothing was revealed in Work of Art. It isn't because i am an artist and i know "everything" - far from it but i recognize when something is an interesting approach or concept. At least the "nice guy" won. It was really difficult to tell if his work was more interesting, beautiful, conceptually strong than the other finalists since very little time was spent showing the actually pieces. It is a visual art show yet not much was shown except from one front angle. No close ups and it would have been useful to get more commentary from each artist. And the judges...were atrocious (and a little snarky) because their criticism wasn't thoughtful (unless they edited that part out)and i didn't get anything out of their comments. The saving grace came from some of the guest judges. I think an interesting show would be to base competition within a certain area of art, such as painting or photography. That way, you would be closer to comparing apples to apples and could have some interesting "quick fire" challenges. And what is wrong with giving each project a longer time to complete? Sometimes great art requires a little more time.
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