SPOILERS IF YOU AREN’T CAUGHT UP.
I know I know, I haven’t blogged since June. Anyway…
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist brought to you by Bravo. I’m actually really enjoying it, almost as much as I USED to enjoy Project Runway, back when it was good. They have all their PR bases covered: Simon de Pury is the new Tim Gunn, not as awesome, but I like him. China Chow takes Heidi’s place, whose qualifications are that her parents were art collectors or something, I don’t know. OH, Work of Art is unique in that Sarah Jessica Parker shows up every so often and everyone goes “OMG OMG SJP” etc.
Miles, Ryan, and Abdi have been my favourites. I know, there are no women in my list, ugh, my blog makes me seem so sexist. Peregrine is just too out there for me though, Jaclyn is amusing with her obsession with the male gaze and her determination to involve sex in EVERY project somehow, Nicole is too “deep” for me, although I guess the same argument could be used against Miles, but hey, he’s cute and stuff. I also enjoy his art way more, while Nicole’s is… interesting.
Can we talk about Mark though? WHY IS HE ON THIS SHOW? He takes photographs and adds minor effects in Photoshop that I or anyone on Tumblr could probably do in their sleep. I don’t get it. And then the judges are all “WOW, he’s so talented in Photoshop, so commercial!” But then they say Abdi’s becoming too commercial.
That’s another thing, the judge’s level of bullshit critique has steadily gone up each episode, I’ve started fast forwarding through some of it. Art is so subjective in the first place, I’m not sure how judges can say “This is the best, this is the worst.”
That being said, minus the art pretension and recent lame judge critques, GOOD SHOW. I think Miles will win. Just throwing that out there. They’re less and less impressed with Abdi so… Nicole maybe. But they love Miles.
LATER.
P.S. Poor Ryan =( I don’t think he deserved to go home this week. We’ll miss your hotness kid.
P.P.S. The editors need to be more subtle about who’s getting eliminated, I knew as soon as we started getting 500 Ryan voiceovers and confessionals that he was going home.
Yo Imanthini, I’ve randomly stumbled upon this show on bravo too… it was the shocking art episode where Abdi won and I gotta say, I felt he really deserved the win for the sculptures…is Mark the one who did the priest and little boy sleeping together “Sex Education” poster?…cuz yea, I was actually thinking Mumu cud do it better ;)
and srsly what’s up with the hiatus? I know you’re not doing anything important! =P
– G
You’re watching?! High five! YES, I loved his sculptures! Abdi is awesome. Haha, no it was Eric, but it totally could have been Mark.
I’m working on my continuous hiatus problem, I promise, I just keep getting distracted with other things, and now FINALS.
Hey! SOOOOO…after having my beautifully written, thorough, albeit lengthy comment deleted, I’m gonna keep it short and quick:
- FUCKING LOVE MILES. He is a gem! Lol, a true poor young man having fallen on a wealth of time again and again. However, his piece in the children’s competiton, got to me a bit. I really wanna see what he can do when he tries other things – I feel like hed be so amazing. But he copped out.
-LOVED Erik, my poor lil sweetheart. They tore him apart. Oh, street smarts.
-Karen Darling. I root for her even though I don’t necessarily like her. Her study of the male gaze is uniquely subconscious and inherent, poor thing. (DO YOU LIKE THAT?! AT LEAST IM NOT AS BAD AS THE JUDGES).
- I HATE THE JUDGES.
- Loved Ryan, sad to see he left after he made a breakthrough. Also my heart aches for him when I remember he’s out int he world somewhere with only enough money for lunch or McDonald’s pancakes.
- Love Abdi. He’s so adorable! And a genius! Everything he does is amazing!
- Looking forward to more Miles/Nicole action. I don’t hate her, don’t like her either. Her high level of abstract/pretentious art is too much for me.
:D
- MILES. Fortune of time? Should we just call him Young Jove then? Omg, it totally fits. I can’t stop loling. I kind of liked how he copped out and nobody even noticed, he’s just that above the show. But I agree.
- POOR ERIK!
- Ya, I’m kind of rooting for her too! I can’t explain why. Maybe it’s because I’m objectifying her as a female or something.
- I HATE THE JUDGES TOO.
- Hahahahah, poor guy. I’m sure he’ll make it somehow. I’m always willing to lend him my couch. More like share my bed though really.
- Nicole is a pass! Why couldn’t Miles have fallen in love with Ryan or something?