The programme where Charles Saatchi, of Saatchi & Saatchi advertising, searches for the Next Big Thing in contemporary art. The Art itself is created with the same skill and insanity as Frankenstein’s monster. A canvas here, a power drill there and a ‘gift’ of 2000 flat breads. There’s more
School of Saatchi BBC 2 mondays at 9pm You may have seen my post last week about this. It’s another ‘apprenticeship as prize’ type show but this one is for artists. Not the ‘able to paint really well’ type artists, it’s the ‘place a stick of celery in a large empty room and call it Art’ type of artist. The prize is a so called ‘Dream Ticket’; a slot in a prestigious exhibition and a three year patronage with your own studio. Do I sound biased already? Yes. Trouble is I actually like contemporary art. You learn two things from this show 1. the process by which the artist comes up with his/her piece. 2. NEVER meet the artist. When you see art you like you bring your own thing to it and why you like it may have nothing to do with the thoughts behind creating it. I really … There’s more
School of Saatchi BBC 2, mondays, 9pm It’s all about apprenticeships these days. Should you not wish to follow Bills exploits (over on the weekly liveblog) perhaps you might want to follow the path of the art worlds newest pop culture artist. Or at least that’s what they hope to be. Charles Saatchi, world famous art collector, museum owner and patron is looking for the artworlds Next Big Thing. He held an open submission contest and hundreds applied. Who wouldn’t? The prize is a three year patronage and your own studio. This is the man who discovered Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Think of them what you will but these guys earn THOUSANDS on their work. The hundreds got whittled down to 12 who got to show their work to a judging panel of artist Tracey Emin, critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings, art collector Frank Cohen and Barbican curator Kate … There’s more
