Bravo is one of my favorite television channels, but I’m a little unsure of how I feel about a new show in development:
How do you go from struggling, emerging or even semi-established artist to selling a complete show for $198 million? It’s a big art world out there, but maybe this is one place to start!
Magical Elves (Peabody Award-winning Project Runway, Emmy Award-winning Top Chef) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winner) and her production company, Pretty Matches, are teaming up for an hour-long creative competition series among aspiring contemporary artists who will create and compete to conquer the art world!
If you’re an emerging or mid-career artist with a unique, powerful voice that demands a bigger stage – well. . . Here. It. Is.
Oh. my. “Untitled Art Project” sounds like an exciting opportunity for a few artists to get wide exposure, although we know from the channel’s other shows (e.g. Top Chef, Project Runway) that talent isn’t as much of a prerequisite as a confrontational personality. Perhaps the show might even bring a larger audience to appreciate fine art to some degree– but I fear I’m being overly optimistic. And, really, is true art being created during bizarre one hour challenges that require artists to use, say, fresh produce and car parts? I guess we’ll see.
If you have an artist friend who you’d like to see publicly ridiculed, more information about the casting calls in Los Angeles (July 11 & 12), Miami (July 14), Chicago (July 16) and New York (July 18 & 19) can be found by clicking here.
