Saturday, April 25, 2009
$250,000 American Idol Type Visual Arts Prize
While I think any money going to the arts is a good thing, I think this competition has some major flaws. 1) $50 submission fee for one piece! 2) ONE PIECE! how can 250k be awarded for one piece? I think that having a body of work is much more important 3) while I think getting the public involved is great, the public also loves videos of people getting hit with baseballs, A LOT. Maybe 50% of vote from public, 50% from art critics/curators, etc.
I won't be submitting. yeah it is a chance at a lot of money but with the one piece rule in there it is basically a lottery, not to downplay the people that get picked but some work only works as series.
I won't be submitting. yeah it is a chance at a lot of money but with the one piece rule in there it is basically a lottery, not to downplay the people that get picked but some work only works as series.
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