Thousands of artists lined up in NYC last fall to audition for the 14 artists slots. Read more about this here: http://www.artfairinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/art-star-the-next-reality-tv
What I think is cool about this new program is that it will engage the public, they will see the artists at work and learn about creating, I hope. Here is another opinion about the program (lots of ink is getting spilled over this debut), "The art world is a fraud and so is the art it creates. It is no longer
about creating aesthetically pleasing works or things that are objectively beautiful. It is about telling good stories. No work is complete without the narrative of how it was made. Like Jackson Pollock, "Oh, he was a horrible alcoholic who just threw paint around. Sure, they all look alike, but he peed on this one. Look, he put a cigarette out on this one." Read the article and the good comments that follow in Brian Moylan's blog at The Gawker: http://gawker.com/5512771/we-are-dubious-about-bravos-new-work-of-art-show
Here's another article - Can a Bravo Reality Show Convince People in Iowa that the Art World is also for them? from the New York Observer.
I'm looking forward to watching. How about you?
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