Anyone interested in "Work of Art" - Sarah Jessica Parker's reality art competition

[Flaxbee]

airing tomorrow on Bravo?

I don't really see how art lends itself to this kind of competition -- but might be worth checking out the first show. :shrug:

Here's the link, and a short summary: http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-1/about

Bravo’s latest stroke on the reality canvas brings Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches, together with the Emmy-nominated Magical Elves (Top Chef, Project Runway) and Eli Holzman, to produce Work of Art
: The Next Great Artist, an hour long creative competition series among contemporary artists. Work of Art: The Next Great Artist will bring together fourteen aspiring artists to compete for a solo show at the prestigious Brooklyn Museum and a generous cash prize.

Hosting this colorful new series is art enthusiast China Chow. She will serve on the judging panel alongside art luminaries Bill Powers, a New York gallery
owner and literary art contributor, Jerry Saltz, current art critic for New York Magazine, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, esteemed curator and owner of Salon94 gallery. World-renowned art auctioneer Simon de Pury adds his voice of experience as a mentor to the contestants.

In each episode, contestants are faced with the challenge of creating unique pieces in a variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography, collage and industrial design. The weekly assignments are exciting, original and will challenge the artists' to push the limits of their technical skills and creative boundaries. Completed works of art will be appraised by our panel of top art world figures alongside a new celebrated guest judge every week. Through a gallery showing at the end of each challenge, these industry select dictate which artists have successfully mastered the subject matter and creation of their piece, as well as whose concept leaves the greatest impact.

[applegrove]

1. I think it sounds interesting.

[Kat45]

2. I wouldn't think artists would necessarily be highly skilled in a variety of media

A great painter may not be a sculptor, etc.

[Dr Morbius]

3. Great. We don't have enough competition now.

We have would-be lotharios competing on The Bachelorette.

We have Survivors.

We have competitive singers on American Idol.

Competitive cooking on Iron Chef and Hell's Kitchen.

Competitive modeling on America's Next Top Model.

Competition to see who lasts the longest before being told they're fired by Donald Trump.

Now, competitive art. Oh, gee, I can hardly wait.

[IcyPeas]

4. I'll check it out, but

I don't see it having a large audience - but I'll give it a shot. art is so subjective. Maybe it'll surprise us. I wonder if they are going to have lots of "drama" like the other bravo reality shows.......

[Flaxbee]

5. the guys at project rungay reviewed it; they said it was surprising

and worth a try.

I'll watch. It's on tonight at 11pm EST.

[denbot]

6. My daughter is looking forward to it. Alley and I are curious.

There was an article in the times today panning it.