Art Prize: Short List, part 1

WE ARE LIVE AT THE
ARTPRIZE HUB HELPING YOU
MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE
LARGEST ARTPRIZE
COMPETITION IN THE WORLD!
GOOD EVENING.
IT AM BRETT THOMAS.
I AM EMILY LINNERT.
TONIGHT, REARE SHOWING YOU
THE SHORT LIST.
WE ARE SHOWING YOU WHAT
YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS
THINK IS THE BEST OF THE
BEST WHEN IT COMES TO ART.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE
FIVE ART CRITICS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING
THE WINNERS OF FIVE JURIED
AWARDS.
THEY WILL GIVE THE TOP
FIVE TONIGHT IS ABOUT
HELPING YOU SEE THE BEST
OF THE ART WORLD THROUGH
TWO DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES.
IN THE BEGINNING, ARTPRIZE
WAS LIGHTNING ROD FOR
PRAISE AND CRITICISM.
AN IDEA NEVER REALLY
TRIED.
INVITE THE WORLD TO SHOW
THE ART AND EVERYBODY GIVE
A VOICE AND GIVE THE
WINNER A MONSTROUS CRY.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
IT WAS SIMPLE IDEA ON A
GIANT SCALE.
WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH
POPULARIZING ART?
WELL, APPARENTLY, PLENTY.
SOME CRITICS FEARED IT.
AFTERALL, HOW ABOUT THE
PUBLIC POSSIBLY COLLECT
OFLY THEY ASK KNOW ART?
COLLECTIVELY KNOW ART?
WELL, AFTER THAT FIRST
YEAR, ARTPRIZE TOOK A HARD
LOOK AT ITSELF AND ADDED
WHAT THEY CALL JURIED
AWARDS.
A FANCY TERM FOR LETTING
THE SO-CALLED EXPERTS HAVE
THEIR SAY.
BUT THEN, NEVER REALLY
SEEMED TO SATISFY.
THE AWARD OVERSHAD DOD BY
THE PUBLIC VOTE, SO THIS
YEAR, THE FOURTH YEAR OF
ARTPRIZE, THE PLAYING
FIELD WAS LEVELED A BIT.
THE PRIZE MONEY BUMPED UP.
THE EVENT PUMPED AS WELL
AND DEBATE, OH, THE
DEBATE.
WHAT IS ART?
IT HAS REACHED A NEW
HEIGHT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN
ADDITION TO THE TOP 25, AT
THE SAME TIME, YOU WILL
GET TO SEE WHAT THE
CRITICS HAVE PICKED
OUTMENT THE TOP 20 THEY
WITH THE DEGREES AND
EXPERIENCE THINK IS ART.
DOES IT MATCH UP?
DO WE ALL SEE BILLIONS THE
SAME WAY?
MAYBE.
BUT PERHAPS BY LUCK OR
CIRCUMSTANCE OR EVEN
DESIGN, THIS FESTIVAL,
THIS MIXTURE OF THINGS,
PEOPLE AND IDEA CALLED
ARTPRIZE HAS MANAGED ONCE
AGAIN TO PROVOKE THOUGHT.
TO ENCOURAGE A THING
CALLED DIALOGUE.
TO CELEBRATE OPINION.
THAT IS THE REAL PRIZE.
IT IS OUR PRIZE.
AFTERALL.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A
LOT OF FUN TONIGHT.
LET'S TAKE LOOK AT WHAT WE
ARE GOING COVER THIS
EVENING.
WE'LL REVAL THE TOP 25
FROM YOUR VOTE.
IT HAS BEEN HIDDEN UNTIL
RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE
LIVE ON THE ARTPRIZE WEB
SITE BETWEEN NOW AND
SUNDAY WHEN THE TOP TENNIS
ANNOUNCED AND GIVE YOU THE
TOP FIVE FOR THE JURIED
AWARDS THE WINNER WILL
WIN $20,000.
THE CATEGORIES ARE 2D, 3D,
URBAN SPACE, PERFORMANCE,
AND OUTSTANDING HAVE BEEN
IEW.
VENUE.
FIRST, THE TOP 25
POPULAR VOTE.
WE ARE SHOWING YOU THE
ARTWORKS IN THE TOP 25 AS
OF 6:00 TONIGHT SO THIS
LIST WILL CONTINUE TO
CHANGE UNTIL THE FIRST
ROUND OF VOTING ON
SATURDAY NIGHT.
SO HERE WE GO.
ARE YOU READY?
A SECOND CHANCE OF LIFE
BY TRAVIS FIELDS AT THE
GERALD R. FORD MUSEUM, A
SKELETON MADE UP OF 75 OF
RECYCLED MATERIALS WITH A
CLAY OVERLAY MOUNTED ON
FAB CRATED STEEL FRAME.
HE IS FROM IONIA.
THE SON TRAVIS LIVES IN
CALIFORNIA.
NATHAN AT THE GRAND, A
SER MAMMIC WALL, 11 FEET
BY 7 FEET, NATHAN IS FROM
NEW MEXICO.
CITY'S DEPARTURE AND
DOVATION AT THE GRAM.
24 FORMS BASED ON 3
DIMENSIONAL ROTATIONS OF
STATISTICAL DATA FOR MAJOR
URBAN CITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE
EXPLORES THE HISTORY
TRACKING POPULATION
GROWTH.
HE IS FROM PLAINWELL.
CITY BAND BY CRYSTAL
AT THE GRAM IS A PENCIL
DRAWN AT BAY CITY HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1925.
THE 210 WINNER OF ARTPRIZE
FOR PENCIL SKETCH.
THE GAME AT THE AMWAY
GRAND PLAZA HOTEL OUTSIDE
OF THE AMWAY GRAND.
THE KISS CARDED ITEMS.
THEY ARE FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA.
ELEPHANTS, AT THE GRAM,
THIS IS THE FOURTH ARTWORK
IN THE TOP 25 THAT IS AT
THE GRAM.
LIFE SIZE ELEPHANTS
EXTENDS ARE THE PAPER TO
THE WALLS.
THEY ARE FROM CALIFORNIA.
SO FAR IN THE TOP 25.
YOU HAVE THE POW TO CHANGE
IT AS YOU MOW.
THE VOTING IS OPEN UNTIL
SATURDAY NIGHT AT
MIDNIGHT.
THE TOP 25 WILL CONTINUE
TO CHANGE BASE ON YOUR
VOTES UNTIL THEN.
WE'LL SHOW YOU MORE OF THE
TOP 25 COMING UP IN A
LITTLE BIT.
BRETT?
WE HAVE BE GOWN SEE A
FEW OF THE PIECE OF ART
YOU HAVE PICKED BUT LET'S
SEE WHAT THE CRITICS THINK
IS ART.
LET'S START WITH THE FIRST
AWARD.
THE CATEGORY CALLED
2-DIMENSIONAL WORK.
ART CREATED ON FLAT
SERVICE LIKE DRAWING,
PAINTING, PRINTS AND EVEN
PHOTOGRAPHS.
THE WESTERN WILL TAKE
HOME $20,000.
NOW LAST YEAR, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO REMEMBER, KATO WON
THIS AWARD FOR HER PIECE.
AND HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE
TOP FIVE FOR THIS AWARD IS
TYLER GREENE, SO COME ON
OVER HERE.
HE IS WITH MODERN PARENTS
PUBLICATION AND DOES A LOT
OF WORK.
VERY WELL-KNOWN IN THE ART
WORLD.
SO TYLER, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT 2D ART HERE.
LET'S START WITH YOUR
FIRST CHOICE IN THIS
CATEGORY.
IT IS BY ROBERT.
IT IS AT THE CHURCH.
IT FEATURES AND SHOWCASES
VARIOUS TYPES OF
DISABILITIES AND EACH
INDIVIDUAL'S SEXUAL LIFE
AND IT IS PROVOCATIVE BUT
EYE OPENING.
IT IS REALLY NICELY
DONE.
IT REPRESENTS A SEXUAL
IDENTITY AND EX PANS OUR
IDEAS OF HUMANITY ART FOR
CENTURIES WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH RELIGIOUS ART
THROUGH THE 19th OR
20th CENTURY AND
FOCUSED ON GETTING US THE
IDEAS AND GETTING US
THROUGH THE FELLOW MAN.
AND THIS IS THE PIECE.
WAY, IT CERTAINLY DOES.
THEY MAY BE PROVOCATIVE IN
A SENSE.
THATS THED WHERE, ISN'T
IT?
ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT
REALLY PROVOCATIVE.
IT IS ALMOST TENDER.
IT IS AN APPROACH TO
ENCOURAGING US TO THINK
ABOUT PEOPLE.
VERY GOOD.
ANOTHER PIECE HERE YOU
PICKED HERE.
IT IS ON SOUTH
DIVISION.
IT IS AN OIL PAINTING.
YOU POINT IT OUT.
NONE OF THESE ARE ANY
PARTICULAR ORDER.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT ONE.
WELL, AIM A SUCKER FOR
THESE PAINTINGS.
IT LOOKS REALLY BIG AND
LOOKS REALLY SMALL.
THIS IS A PAINTING THAT
FEATURES A BACKGROUND AND
THERE IS SOME COLOR.
COLOR IN THE MILD AND PART
OF THE FUN OF THE PAINING
IS, WORKING THROUGH WHAT
IS GOING ON THERE.
THAT IS A PERSON?
ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT, YES,
YOU THINK IT IS.
THAT IS PERSON LYING DOWN?
THAT IS PERCENT ASLEEP?
IT IS A PIECE THAT JUST
CREATED BY UNTURN TY AND
HAS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
KIND OF --
YEAH.
ALSO SPEAKS TO US, DON'T.
YEAH.
IT IS A SPEAK THAT IS
REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
IT IS HARD TO BE ONE
THING.
IT ADDRESSES THE QUESTION
OF BEING THERE.
AS FAR AS THE MUSEUM,
THE AGE-OLD SYSTEM.
IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
CONTEMPORARY PACKAGE AND
THEY WORK AND IT IS 2
DIMENSIONAL, 3
DIMENSIONAL.
IT INCLUDE MOSTLY SMALL
NOT MUCH BIGGER CUBIC
SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS
AND WORKS ON PAPER OF
THOSE SCULPTURES AND THEY
REFER TO THE LONG HISTORY
OF ARTISTS BEING
INTERESTED IN NATURAL
HISTORY AND CREATING THIS
INTERESTING LOOP AND
CLEARLY OPPOSED TO THE
TRADITIONAL OF THE
NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM,
BUT ALSO TO THE ARTISTS
CREATES A LIFL HIS OWN.
HABITAT?
YEAH.
THIS IS A PIECE THAT HAS
PHONING THERE THE
ELEMENTS.
MAYBE GOOD PLACE IS TO
START WITH THE GRAM HERE.
THE HOBBY.
IT IS A PIECE, THAT PIECE,
THE FIRST FLANS, IT
APPEARED TO BE 2
DIMENSIONAL.
YEAH.
IT IS 6 TO 8 INCHES OFF
OF THE WALL WHICH IS THE
BRILLIANCE OF THE PIECE.
MUCH OF THE BRILLIANCE IN
THE PIECE.
IT HAS MULTIPLE THINGS TO
IT.
IT IS THE NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUM AND MAYBE A FEW
MORE AND SOME OF THEM ARE
THREE DIMENSIONAL.
YOU HAVE, I BELIEVE, ON A
CARPET, THEN, SOME OF THE
PIECES THAT I SHORT LISTED
ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE IN
THE ROOM AND THE ARTIST
HAS TAKEN TRADITIONAL
PAINTING MATERIAL,
TRADITIONAL PAINTING FOR
MATH, THEN HE KIND OF
PUNCHED THROUGH IT IN A
WAY THAT GIVES THE WORK
DEPTH.
ADVANCED DURING THE COURSE
OF THE 20th CENTURY
FROM FLAT TO ANIMATED BY
GRIPPING AND TO MOVEMENT,
THEN BREAK UP THE
RECTANGLE AND EXTEND IT TO
SPACE AND REFERENCES THAT
TRADITION, ALSO REFERENCES
THE NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUM.
THE LAST PIECE THAT YOU
HAVE IDENTIFIED HERE IS
KINGS, QUEENS BY LAURA AT
FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH.♪♪
THIS ONE ALSO, VERY MUCH,
ILLUSTRATING THE CONDITION
IN A LOT OF WAYS LIKE THE
FIRST NIECE WE LOOKED AT.
IN THE CASE, IT IS TALKING
ABOUT IT AS WELL.
YEAH.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF
IDENTITY.
IT IS CLEAR.
IT IS A SERIES OF
PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT IS A CLEAR SENSITIVE
NARRATIVE ABOUT GENDER
IDENTITY AND AND HOW WE
ALL PLAY ROLE IN PREVENT
OUR GENDERS AND WHAT OUR
EYE CONTINUITY IS AND THE
HA THE MODEL IS AND GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
CHOOSING TO PREVENT AS A
MALE AND IT IS ALL HEN
CONTENTION AND THE
TRADITION OF CATHOLIC FORM
OF PRESENTATION SO THOSE
ARE PHOTOGRAPHS WHERE THE
MOLD IS LOOKING QUITE MALE
AND THERE IS THE REFERENCE
TO KIND OF TRADITIONAL
CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH THE
LAMB IN HER OR HIS LAP.
YOU KNOW?
IT IS REALLY THOUGHTFUL,
SENSITIVE LOOK.
ITS HOW YOU CHOOSE TO
SENTIVE ITSELF.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TYLER, WE APPRECIATE
COMING OUT HERE TO DISCUSS
THIS AND REVEAL THE TOP
FIVE.
THANKS FOR COMING TO GRAND
RAPIDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EMILY?
THANK YOU, GUYS.
WE'RE JUST GETTING START
ON THE SHORT LIST.
UP NEXT A POPULAR CATEGORY
3D ART.
LISA ARE THE INDIANAPOLIS
MUSEUM OF ART REVEALS THE
TOP FIVE NOR AWARD AND
SHORE YOU MORE OF THE
POPULAR TOP 25.
STAY WITH US.