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Closetfanfour
Member
07-11-2009
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 1:56 pm
I want Abdi to win! But I have a feeling Miles will win.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 3:46 pm
I would have preferred Nicole in the finals over Peregrine. I really "got" Nicole's work over the course of several shows. I think she has much talent.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 6:59 pm
I would also have liked Nicole in the final 3 instead of Peregrine. I think Peregrine is cute as a button, but when Miles suggested her piece be about people having sex in the park, she said "great idea" and drew cartoonish characters and tied them to the limbs of the tree, not exactly a commitment to your vision of your piece when you can change the whole thing with a few tied on pictures. I preferred Nicole's pieces to Peregrine's. but both girls were very likable. I agree Miles is the picture of the tortured, and/or crazy eccentric artist, I can't help but like him, but he's in Miles world real or contrived. Abdi is my choice to win, but I agree, I think they are leaning towards Miles for the win. I guess I love all of Abdi's work because I feel more comfortable with traditional sculpting and painting versus performance art, and contstruction art.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 8:13 pm
I will be shocked if Miles does not win. For one thing, he can talk a good talk. He can rationalize anything he does, i.e. bullshit. Abdi is more shy and not so able to verbalize what he does as well as Miles.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 7:17 pm
I thought it was a great finale! I loved all 3 shows. But, I am so glad Abdi won! I loved his show the best. It was so strong and impressive. I realized what it is about Miles that I don't like. It's that he comes mostly from his head in his work, not heart. I respond much more to heart expressions, or things that touch me on an emotional level. I do appreciate what Miles does, but he's never reached me on that level.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 7:35 pm
Great observation Smokey, you've hit the nail on the head with Miles. I couldn't put my finger on it, but you expressed it perfectly. I think the emotional problems Miles has makes him see things in a non emotional way, very literal, but his thought processes are fascinating to me. I'm so pleased Abdi won, I just love this guy, and I'm so glad we got to see his Mother. Really enjoyed this show.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 8:24 pm
Jgalt, I never realized until tonight, what it was for me and Miles. I realized it when he was talking about the homeless man and how he died after Miles had shot the photos of him. It was the way Miles expressed that, because he seemed so detached from the life and death of that man. Maybe he wasn't really detached in his own mind, but that's how it came across to me. It was like he was fascinated by the fact that the man had died, but not touched by it on an emotional level And, that's just my observation and I could be totally wrong in how Miles really felt.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 9:01 pm
Thanks to all who posted in this thread. I think I understand art a bit more now. Loved the Abdi win.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 2:32 am
good points about Miles. There's something off about him. I'll have to watch this last episode. I am so happy Abdi won!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:28 am
So happy that the artist who won is the one I thought should win!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:45 am
I think the thing for me with Miles is he makes me think about his art (to try to understand it). And personally, I'd rather FEEL art. While I liked his concept, I just never felt touched by Miles (not even with most of his pieces thru out the competition). I'd have loved to have seen what Nicole would've done. I more or less hated Peregrine's exhibit. She had some good moments, and maybe you needed to see it in person to appreciate it as the judges seemed to, but to me it seemed a hodge podge of a hot mess. Except for the twin fawns, which was absolutely disturbing to me. So based on that, then Abdi was the clear winner to me. While he seemed to recreate the last piece he'd done, he also reached outside and did some really interesting pieces.
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Jezzedout
Member
09-07-2006
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:06 am
I really enjoyed this series and hope it comes back for season 2. Happy with Abdi's win. I think Miles is extremely talented, both conceptually and technically, however as Smokey and others have pointed out, his work can seem cold and detached as though lacking an emotional connection or spurring any kind of emotional reaction. I think Perigrin creates some individual pieces that I find interesting, but her work overall comes of as more "crafty" than contemporary. I agree Abdi was totally deserving of the win and seems as though it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, which is icing on the cake ((-:
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 11:59 am
Thrilled that Abdi won! and ITA Costacat, Peregrines display was a hot mess! And Miles stuff was just odd to me.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 5:16 pm
When the judges were looking at Miles' work and they saw the "black hole" piece, I thought of the comment I made earlier about him doing a black dot on a white canvas and them finding the polar bear in it. I laughed because I thought that was what they had done there and just knew he was going to win. I was shocked that he not only did not win, but came in third. I am so happy for Abdi. To me, it seemed that even though he won a couple of challenges, he was unable to really shine in the parameters of the contest, but the freedom and the time they had to do the final show allowed him to have a "vision" and express it clearly. In other words, he just kind of hung in there until the finals, and then he knocked it out of the park. Peregrine had a couple of nice pieces but the overall exhibit to me was almost amateurish. I agreed with the judge who said the pieces that were individually displayed were much more powerful than the cluttered table. And I also agreed that the vomiting pictures had no place whatsoever in the exhibit. Talk about a jarring note. To me, Miles' work was forced. I could see the pictures and then the breakdown of the pixels, but like one judge said, where was he going with it. What was he trying to say with it? It seemed to be missing the final product. I also found it interesting that all three artists included something about death in their exhibits. Guess you can't get anymore basic than that.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 5:50 pm
I have a question. Does anyone know which piece of Abdi's art is going to be auctioned. Has it already happened? And doesn't Abdi have a great name for an artist? He can become a one name artist like Picasso.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 6:23 pm
I don't know what will be auctioned or when. But his show at the Brooklyn Museum opens this week and runs for two months.
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Closetfanfour
Member
07-11-2009
| Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 1:37 am
I am SO HAPPY that Abdi won!! YES!!! I wish him every success! What a humble, talented, caring young man! Very, very happy...
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:20 pm
An FYI on casting for next season, in case anyone is interested. http://www.bravotv.com/CASTING
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