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by Art Fag City on June 11, 2010 · 4 comments

TV review: ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ on Bravo | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times

Of course, if you evaluate the show by the standards of contemporary art it won’t pass. But those standards are misapplied here. Bravo is running a game show, not a group exhibition.

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  • http://hypothete.blogspot.com Hypothete

    It seems to me that Mr. Knight is evaluating the show as a TV show, his main point being “Don’t. Bore. The Audience.” If you’re talking about the 17th Century bit he brought up with regards to the first challenge, I’d have to say that I was wondering the same. Surely with the names they have on board (de Pury, Saltz, etc.), I thought, they’ll at least have interesting, contemporary challenges. Instead, this first challenge reminded me of the art teacher’s assignments from Ghost World. Laaame.

    That said, I don’t see why one couldn’t make a show that adheres to contemporary visual arts standards. Who knows, people might even learn something.

  • http://hypothete.blogspot.com Hypothete

    It seems to me that Mr. Knight is evaluating the show as a TV show, his main point being “Don’t. Bore. The Audience.” If you’re talking about the 17th Century bit he brought up with regards to the first challenge, I’d have to say that I was wondering the same. Surely with the names they have on board (de Pury, Saltz, etc.), I thought, they’ll at least have interesting, contemporary challenges. Instead, this first challenge reminded me of the art teacher’s assignments from Ghost World. Laaame.

    That said, I don’t see why one couldn’t make a show that adheres to contemporary visual arts standards. Who knows, people might even learn something.

  • http://www.artfagcity.com Art Fag City

    Yes, but part of his evaluation of the show rests on the success of the artists. So at the beginning of the review he says this:

    “Equally disturbing: Not a single artist challenges this antique idea.”

    That’s a performance evaluation, not a show evaluation. And then near the end,

    “Rather than making art, the cast is charged with dramatizing the act of making art.”

    Again, I think this is an evaluation of the process. Bravo claims to be bringing people “the next great artist” but anyone with a whit of sense knows that there’s some willful suspension of disbelief in that scenario.

    Anyway, we’ll see how the show proceeds from here. So far, I agree, the standards look awfully conservative. But then again, I thought the winner of that challenge earned it.

  • http://www.artfagcity.com Art Fag City

    Yes, but part of his evaluation of the show rests on the success of the artists. So at the beginning of the review he says this:

    “Equally disturbing: Not a single artist challenges this antique idea.”

    That’s a performance evaluation, not a show evaluation. And then near the end,

    “Rather than making art, the cast is charged with dramatizing the act of making art.”

    Again, I think this is an evaluation of the process. Bravo claims to be bringing people “the next great artist” but anyone with a whit of sense knows that there’s some willful suspension of disbelief in that scenario.

    Anyway, we’ll see how the show proceeds from here. So far, I agree, the standards look awfully conservative. But then again, I thought the winner of that challenge earned it.

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