Yesterday I started watching "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist" on Bravo. I know I know, a reality show, but I enjoyed it, even though most of the artists defaulted to lowest common denominator with sex as their subject matter. Their challenge was to create work based on shock value judged by guest Andres Serrano. The winner (see link above), Abdi won the challenge because his piece revealed something shockingly complex. His sculpture young black men are "improvised explosive devices" and it's only a matter of time until their fuse is lit, and they explode. He made the challenge fit with his vision. The show records some great critiques and issues, it exercised my art mind, maybe I'll come up with a shocking piece of art this week!
7.01.2010
Work of Art - Photos - Episode 4: Rate the Work | Bravo TV Official Site
Work of Art - Photos - Episode 4: Rate the Work | Bravo TV Official Site
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I've only seen two episodes but my favorite is Miles because he is a screenprinter and he is great.
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