Work of Art - Bravo

I watched the first episode of Work of Art, the new reality TV show by Bravo yesterday, because a lot of people have said to me that this show reminds them of me. I assume this is only because I am the only person in my high school who went to art school, so no one actually knows what art school is about. Forgivable, I mean, I think it is true that art and design students live in a bubble, watching over the rest of the world. Haha.

Anyway, I watched this show and honestly I was absolutely horrified.

Thanks, Bravo. For taking what I know so many people live and breathe and turning into a money making joke.

I'm also disgusted at the people who chose to participate in this shitshow.

It is like, of course the rest of the world has no idea how designers and artists think and function, because of crap like this reinforcing some nonsensical stereotype.

My jaw was on the floor when they introduced the artists and they had a cutscene of one of the girls walking through the galleries and dismissing all the pieces she passed by. What the hell is this? Is this what people think artists are like?

Do people not realize that fine art isn't a fucking competition. Of course there is "good" and "bad" art, but it's so subjective on so many levels, and it's not about beating the next person. It's about just making fucking beautiful work that you are proud of. All the professional fine artists I follow are genuine, sweet people that gladly support other artists, just because it's all about the ART.

And these challenges... since when was making art applicable under a time limit?
Commercial art is different, but this show is clearly not about commercial illustration and graphic design. Which makes this total bullshit. Who is to judge that a painting that was completed slower is any better than a painting created in 10 minutes? Or vis versa?

I could understand this show better if it was about commercial design but... ugh. It's not.

Of course the producers of the show already had some ideas for what people they wanted to cast and just casted it based on those personas. It's not as if these people that are on the show are any sort of representation of the art world as a whole. Not even close.

Of course they had to have some bitchy villain, some dude who looks like he comes from the middle of the forest, some loudly dressed weirdo, some older woman who looks like a lesbian, some amateur who thinks he is the next Picasso, an Asian guy, etc etc etc, fuck this show. I feel like the people who made this show just watched Art School Confidential and decided that that movie was the basis for reality.

Oh, and the "judges" they chose. I don't even know where to start. They need to get their head out of their asses. Isn't it obvious what kind of people they are if they, being already established in their fields, chose to participate in a show like this? Kinda reminiscent of Tim Gunn leaving Parsons just for his stint on Bravo (well, at least Tim Gunn wasn't a pretentious asshole). All in it for the money and blathering on as if they are the center of the art universe. Give me a break.

I don't know, I couldn't even sit through the episode because of the amount of ignorance and reality bullshit that this TV show was spewing. I'm sure this is how other people feel when their lives get condensed and simplified into reality TV shows... the problem is that as the audience, you don't know any better and just assume this is what shit is really like.

Anyway, I don't blame the people who said that this is what they think when they think of me being in design school, I blame fucking reality television for turning everything it touches into a joke.