Originally Posted By Rsey103 A new reality series on Bravo. Fourteen artists compete for a cash prize and a solo exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum. They are given a small budget for art supplies and a limited amount of time to complete a task. On the last episode the task was to create cover art for a classic novel. One person is eliminated at the end of each episode. Hosted by China Chow. Produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. Wednesdays @ 10 ET on Bravo. bravotv.com
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Looks like the next repeat airings are at 12 noon and 1 pm on Monday June 28.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Thanks for mentioning this show, Rsey. I hadn't heard of it and watched it on demand last night (Comcast) after reading your post.
Originally Posted By Labuda So what did you think of the first episode, 2oony? Did you like it as well?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The first episode was a little strange, since some of the artists are a little strange. For me, the show hit its stride by the third episode, with the book cover project. But that's probably because I am more partial to commercial art -- it's far less subjective in that the art has a particular task to achieve (sell a product or help define a brand). Fine art becomes primarily a matter of personal taste. That the judges gave the one artist raves for sleeping on his work shows how out there it can get in the world of fine/conceptual art. The book assignment was more fun for the viewer because just about everyone has purchased books and has a sense of what looks like a marketable book cover, and what doesn't. But it also threw the fine artists for a real loop. One artist clearly thumbed her nose at the assignment and did the whole "commercial art is for sellouts" jive.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Okay the Audi show was just odd. I wish they'd narrow down what the assignment is a little more. I liked the book cover episode best because everyone has seen book covers and can judge the work a little better. Sleepy Boy once again napped to a win. To me, that's just an annoying schtick he's got going, but the judges seem to love his work, which look mostly like construction rubble to me. I'm ready for him and Naked Girl to leave now, but the judges all seem to love their work.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I read the critics' blogs at the Bravo site, and it gives me a better understanding about the process. There is much discussion and critiques that get edited out, and while I don't agree with all their decisions thus far, I now at least have more of an idea why they make various judgement calls. Last night's episode was Eric's last stand, it was pretty clear he'd be going home. I still think the challenges are too wide open and unspecific. On the blog, one judge said he was disappointed that both teams went with the first dominant idea, rather than taking more time to explore other possibilities. I think it's a good point, yet it wasn't addressed in the show.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 They had only 2 days to construct their pieces. That's not a lot of time for anything, I would think. Miles appeared to dominate the decision-making on his team. The judges criticized his piece then sent Eric home. And Eric didn't have much to do with it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan It wasn't clear to me when watching the show if they had to design and construct finished pieces, or if these were meant to be prototypes. So when they started discussing safety issues of children climbing on them it had me scratching my head a bit. You're right, 2 days' time isn't much to create something semi-permanent like that.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 On tonight's episode the artists are asked to create a work of art using kid-friendly materials...
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I think it's going to come down to P and M, with M winning the grand prize....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I will be shocked if Miles doesn't win. Personally, I don't care for his sleepy suffering artist routine, nor the work he creates. But the judges seem to always love his work (or at least not hate it) so it would be a real surprise should he be ejected.
