Comments on: Bravo’s Untitled Art Project Already Filming?

By: robert mot

robert mot — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:15:07 +0000

they should have picked stacey page!

By: swampthing

swampthing — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:08:59 +0000

Live bloggin’ from miami 99degrees&humid. the cattle call is as swampy as it gets. w bottled water and portfolios one by one artist from across the nation are processed through the humiliation machine. the judges are, in the most part, local mavens so it is hard for local artists to get an unbiased scrutiny. Better humiliated now than later on TV…

The reality affair seems dreadfully scripted.

By: sylvie

sylvie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:21:42 +0000

Look, kids - let’s say it like it is… it is a TV SHOW about “art,” not an art show on TV.

Although Project Runway and Top Chef are not as bad as other reality shows, what keeps us watching is not the fashion or the food - it’s the drama.

It is obvious the producers are picking 13 “types” to fill out their cast - a couple of outlandish types, a couple of cute girls, a couple of gay guys, a bitch or two… not to mention a range of races… and of course, a few plants.

If there’s a challenge show about cakes, hair cuts, dog groomers or even people willing to “fall in love,” - it’s just another formula show. Will the winner [or contestants] ever make a career or money out of this? Who knows… it’s just their 15 minutes.

By: swampthing

swampthing — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:39:07 +0000

i’m ready for my public humiliation, Mr. Demille.

By: L.M.

L.M. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:59:11 +0000

Who wants to bet that the performance artist they cast will be the most irritating.

(I’m really worried that I might love this show)

By: Joe Berube

Joe Berube — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:49:46 +0000

lol. this blog makes me happy.

By: greg.org

greg.org — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:44:42 +0000

Bravo doesn’t need the imprimatur of a real gallery, and as you point out, the logistics of collaborating with a real gallery would be a prohibitive PITA.

It’s easy enough and cheap enough and easier to control to create your own zombie gallery as a stage set. It’s not like real estate’s in short supply. And if the gallery gains a following through the show, so much the better. It’d be just like Bubba Gump Shrimp.

Watching Bravo for the first time in a long time last night [Law & Order: Criminal Intent rerun], and seeing Isaac Mizrahi in countless, ridiculous promos for Project Runway, the future of this Untitled Art Project show became crystal clear.

It will involve arbitrary craft projects, fabricated personality conflicts, and identically styled hosts doing faux-sexy, weight-shifting poses against a green screen. It will be a hilarious embarrassment for anyone who actually takes artmaking remotely seriously.

Not that it might not provide some entertaining moments for the artworld audience, but I don’t think Bravo gives a flying *(#$% about art or the art world beyond its own production and promotional goals.

By: Ken Resseger

Ken Resseger — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:36:00 +0000

I’ll be keeping an eye on this.

http://www.circauswords.com/