Work of Art

There will be a new show looking for The Next Great Artist on Bravo premiering June 9^th called Work of Art. For all my years of watching reality show I have never seen one about artists. It looks like it is going to be the same set up as Top Chef or Project Runway. There is of course a host China Chow, who is not surprisingly a model as well as an actress and artist who grew up around prominent artist in New York. The judges are Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Jerry Saltz, and Bill Powers; unfortunately I have no clue who any of them are but are very relevant in the industry.

There is also a mentor Simon de Pury or the Tim Gunn of this show for those of you who watch Project Runway. Sarah Jessica Parker is one of the executive producers for this show, which is unexpected in my opinion. I would figure her to be more of a fashion show producer instead of an artist show. I feel like this show might be taken the wrong way or possibly made to be something that could be looked down upon. I hope the producers do not give the impression to the viewers that all artists are crazy lunatics but show that there is sanity in the art world.

I am very excited to watch this show and see how they handle the fourteen contestants. I am concerned on how they will judge the contestants art. I believe creating art and displaying it is a very personal experience and these people will be doing this in a matter of hours in front of millions and being critically judged by very important people. I do not know if I would be able to handle that. The winner would get an express ticket to possibly being an important well-known artist.

The artist will have to defend their work through everything. The problem is every one has their own opinion and taste level in art so it will be interesting to see what the judges say. One of the artist Nao said, “I’m not responsible for your experience of my work”. I do believe that everyone views art with bias eyes. Everyone has their own background and reasons for their likes and dislikes but there is also a difference between good art and bad art.

There are bios of everyone involved and videos on the Bravo site for this show. There is also a place where you can get creative yourself and draw a little something special.

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist