The topic of reality TV....
The comparison of the spectacle of the Turner prize and its naming of the UK artist of the year and this show as it supposedly announces America's next big artist...
The celebrity artist...
What makes a person or work deserving of such titles...
What makes a person worthy of celeb status...
Why do we still call reality TV...reality TV...and why are we so obsessed?
And on and on..
It's a mind tickler.
One that I don't think I'm very comfortable with..And one that semi-shamefully makes me admit I too, wish I had watched the Bravo show...
"Reel to Real" an article in ArtForum about Bravo's Work of Art
Turner Prize excerpt and videos about Phil Collins' and Return of the Real
Madonna announced 2001's Turner Prize winner Martin Creed.
Sarah Jessica Parker producer? of the Work of Art television show with winner Abdi and KC's own Peregrine Honig.
i watched the first episode of "work of art"... just like any other reality show, i guess. of course they aren't going to be the next great artist, but isn't it fantastic that they got some publicity? or, that peregrine did. i dunno, i'm happy to see kcai grads on these bravo shows (ari fish?) ... and pretty proud that she got so far. the fact that people outside the art world would have an interest in it is enough for me.
ReplyDeleteas for the subject of "reality" tv... hopefully everyone knows by now what's real and what isn't.... right...?