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Mummy35332
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09-09-2005
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 - 11:43 pm
So I watched the first episode, but I never attended an art apreciation class. I know what I 'like' but it is rarely what reviewers like. (Thomas Kinkaid) In general the abstract stuff looks to me like kindergarten art. Hopefully someone with more (any) art apprecitain can come in here and help me and others. I agreed with the decision last night.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:08 am
Well, I'm an artist by trade and never been to an art appreciation class. Art is so subjective. I was surprised that I was in synch with the judges thoughts as much as I was. The one thing they said was something about it being all about how the art makes one feel. That's it for me, completely. If something doesn't speak to me on a certain level, I don't like it. And, I don't care who did it because there are many things by some really famous artists that just do not sing to me at all. I liked the show. I have an artist friend who actually tried out for it. She stood in line in NYC for hours and hours. She has an outrageous sense of humor, so would be really good on there. I liked 2 of the top picks--Miles who won, and the guy who did the red portrait of the smoking guy. Is it possible to get a banner for this show?
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:19 am
I liked all three top picks. It was interesting how the photoshop guy (yes, banner please!) manipulated the photo. I like the juxtaposition of all the different styles. I also agreed with the bottom three. Nao, the one who did the connect the dots "portrait," seemed to be trying very hard to be "special." She didn't get that it wasn't a portrait.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 6:43 am
Nicole is "Countess" LuAnn (from Real Housewives of New York) niece.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 6:48 am
I haven't watched yet but have it on my DVR, sounds like you all thought the show was good? You'll watch again?
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Maplsyrp
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 8:19 am
I missed it and hope they will rerun it this weekend. I agree Smokey it is subjective. I have many different art pieces in my home from abstract to folk art. I think in my case it comes down to color since I am drawn to certain colors and how they make me feel.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:07 am
Oh Jimmer, we are talking about your banners again, LOL! I watched it and did enjoy it and I will watch it again. It is totally Project Runway for Art, they have their Tim, etc. I thought the bottom three were probably correct, although I didn't think the clown palatte was so bad.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:33 am
I just finished watching, and really enjoyed it. I agreed with the top 3 and bottom 3, too. While art is very subjective, when you are asked to create a portrait, I think you need to see more than just the "essence" of the subject. I think Amanda (was she the one who left?) and Nao totally missed that point. I get that Amanda is a abstractionist, but apparently you can't always paint in your own style (to borrow a SYTYCD phrase) when you are competing on a show like this. That said, I did enjoy the show. Except for SJP. I do hope we won't have to see her every episode. I don't like her, don't understand how people think she's sexy, and her voice is much like nails on a chalkboard. To me.
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Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 11:20 am
I really liked the show! My top three faves were also the ones the judges picked. Abdi's painting of Ryan was spectacular! It captured him perfectly. I had to laugh when Miles chose to create a death portrait of Nao (she was so rude and condescending to her competitors)! LOL Mark's photograph of Erik was spot on. I felt bad for Erik. His clown painting was completely under par for this group of talented artists. It was the least unique piece in the room - clown paintings are as overdone as those paintings of the kids with the huge eyes that I used to always see in cheap motels on family road trips when I was a kid. Erik needs to amp it up with regards to originality! I am hoping to see Erik, the guy who has only been in the "art scene" for 6 hours, surprise everyone with something truly original. An art teacher I had in high school once said that if you're shopping for a painting for your wall, look around a lot and when you come across a painting that keeps pulling you back for any reason, that's the one you should get.....even if you keep going back to it because you think hate it! She said that's the one you should get because it is speaking to you. I have even found that some paintings I don't understand or had an immediate dislike for have pulled my gaze back again and again. I can understand exactly what she meant....
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Judyb
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09-18-2006
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 3:17 pm
Costacat - ITA with you on SJP - all you said is exactly how I feel about her...enough. Was happy when the opening of Sex and the City 2 was over.
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Mgmriver
Member
04-27-2009
| Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 7:03 pm
OK, I just watched and I think I'm sold. Phew Um, I have no artistic skill and even I knew 2 of them didn't do portraits. The OCD guy will have many meltdowns throughout this season. I was hoping for more from the guy that had no formal training. I hope he's better than the clown cuz I like him. I'm so out of the artistic circle that I've never heard of any of the judges or the host. Hoping to learn something???
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Catbowl
Member
02-12-2008
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 5:21 am
For some reason...it just seems wrong to be judging art in a reality competition like this. Art is very subjective to the individual persons interpretation of things, outlook on life and creative ability. Having said that...I do like the old lady. She got spunk!
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 11, 2010 - 7:42 pm
SanFran, I love what your art teacher taught you. That's exactly how I see it, too. Sometimes a piece of art really speaks to me on a deep level and then I can get into a dialogue with myself about why I shouldn't like the piece. Then I move right back to the place of how it's really speaking to me, so I let go of the judging voice and go for it! This is what I truly love about art, how it speaks to us as individuals. What speaks to me may not be for someone else and vice versa. Catbowl, exactly how I feel.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 12:43 am
It's great to see so many here to give thier opinion. I don't know anything about art, but then I didn't/don't know much about the kind of food created on Top Chef. Both are art. At least with food I have some refereance to start with. I tried culinary arts when I first start college. I think I was looking at what spoke to me when the 'works of art' were were finished. Really, is that it is? What speaks to you? I'm glad I saved my money on that art appreciation class, but I still feel that maybe I could have learned more and more may have spoken to me. Like learning about literature and the Prof going through all the different forms of writing and explaining it.
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Jgalt
Member
02-17-2009
| Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 5:55 pm
Loved this show, it's certainly Runway for artists. I paint and sculpt, I prefer sculpting, more tactile and satisfying. I agreed with the top 3 and bottom three. I also hoped Erik, the clown painting guy would stay, I like his personality. I also thought Abdi was going to win for his portrait of Ryan, though the winner's was well done. Great show!
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 6:21 pm
I thought Erik the clown painting guy should have gone. I think there is a taste issue with him. I was OK with abstract wall paper lady. I mean come on, did they really expect an abstract artist to have something literal on the canvas? I was also OK with Nao's interpretation. I liked the red smoker picture that the cute black guy did the best. The Miles OCD guy was good too but I thought it was kind of gimmicky. I am not an artist, I am an engineer. That being said, I have several artists in my family and I have taken a lot of drawing and painting classes in my spare time. So, I think I know it all, LOL!!! As for SJP - I think she is probably a very nice person, but she often comes across as being very affected and theater major-ish. Not sure I am expressing that properly. I like the show and will continue to watch!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:11 pm
I think you can do abstract and still actually get an impression of someone down on canvas (see Picasso).
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:37 pm
Loved the first episode. I'm glad the guy that did the clown will have a second chance. I didn't really like the abstract stuff and I'm a lover of abstract. hhmmmmm. I the guy that won seems a little "off" and I can't wait to see more of his creations and visions.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 4:52 pm
I did like that woman who did the total abstract, I mean I liked her artwork. Just not as a representation of the woman she was supposed to paint.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, June 14, 2010 - 5:30 am
Picasso was a cubist and is credited with being one of the people introducing the abstract movement. Part of his thing was painting the subject not just as they are in a point in time, but over time - such as a model moving to stretch and suddenly their ear is in the middle of the portrait. I don't think any of these people are really going to show Picasso level talent. The woman doing the abstract did have the option of including something more literal in the painting, but first out of the gate it is hard to tell how the judges are going to judge. When you only have a half an hour to get to know someone, that is not giving a lot of time to come up with something more abstract that is going to speak to a wide group of people. Also, the detail on that painting was very light in color and did not translate to TV very well - it was hard to tell what some of the detail was. One time in an art class the prof drew two blobs quickly and asked us which was male and which was female. It was easy to tell which was male because one of them was like a triangle with the wide part at the top. That is kind of an archetypical representation of a male - you don't really think about it, but you recognize men as a group as having that shape. It was hard to tell if she had any kind of archetypical images in that abstract that would clue you in to things like "woman" or "young" or "pretty". But I would have given her another chance because as I said, I thought the clown was terrible.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:58 pm
Any insites into tonights episode? I liked the bottom threes work. But, what do I know? Nothing, that's why I am here asking. A TV family talking to each other.......I liked it. I am getting that this show is putting people in to works of art that they do not always do. Same with Top Chef, they don't usually do that type of dish/cooking. The difference is that on Top Chef is that most of the cheftestans have a basic knowlege of most food preps. On 'Work of Art", the artisits may not have a clue of how to create what the challenge is that week.
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Kappy
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06-28-2002
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 5:54 am
I think Art is a really difficult one to pull off in a reality show especially if they're doing quick challenges. I wanted to check out their work online to get a feel for this but Bravo's website is such a pain.
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 6:27 am
I thought Judith and her 'plate of spaghetti' should have gone instead of Trong, but he did seem very pretentious and insider-y. That being said, I wouldn't care how he acted if I liked his work. I thought TVs watching other TVs was interesting, but did not think the 'comments' he selected for the screens were very interesting. I think my personal favorite is Abdi. I wonder how long Miles will be able to hold it together? What is this reality trend of showing people who are truly disturbed (hello Kelly Bensimon) on reality TV? I have heard that some mental disorders cause increased neuron firing near the creative centers of the brain, which is why you find a lot of people with issues being very creative.
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Maplsyrp
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 7:04 am
I like Abdi also and really liked his sculpture last night.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 1:50 pm
Just finished watching, and I had to laugh at Miles taking a nap on his installation piece. As soon as I saw that, I knew he was winning! Judith and her plate of spaghetti was awful, but actually so was Trong's. The inside joke didn't go off well at all with the judges, and for a regular audience, are they really gonna know what that meant? I liked what's her name's, the one with the vac and lamp, but yeah, it was definitely too static. The tomb with all the dead electronics in it was kinda cool, and I liked Abdi's also. Both Trong and Judith should've been in the bottom. Especially Trong, since aren't installation pieces his specialty?
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