ArtPrize Public Vote Final 20 is Exactly What You Thought it Would Be [Photos]
ArtPrize announced the Public Vote Final 20 today.
The results are mostly predictable.
Has the ArtPrize Public Vote jumped the trout? Maybe. The ArtPrize Eight finalists are similar to other years in many ways.
Most finalists from just a few venues? Check. Half of this year's Final 20 can be found at five familiar venues: The B.O.B., DeVos Place, Ford Museum, Amway and GRAM.
A giant pencil drawing? Check. Protect and Serve is 16 feet long and 7 feet tall. It uses pencil, water color and acrylic.
A repeat winner? Check. Robin Protz is back at ArtPrize for the fifth time. She finished 7th in 2013. Imagine If is at the Amway Grand Plaza.
A few redeeming qualities? Check. Sweeper's Clock at GRAM is a Time-Based finalist. It is also on the Jurors' Shortlist. SiTE:LAB's 250 prepared ac-motors, 325kg roof laths, 1.0km rope is another solid choice by the public.
It's become easy to identify trends in the public vote. Considering the amount of time it takes to truly explore ArtPrize and its 170 venues, these are trends that we are likely to see continue in the future. There's just not time to see it all.
I don't know if "art shaming" is a thing, but it's about to become one. I can't imagine the panel of art experts giving Trout Bike much of a chance at Monday night's Critical Discourse "Why These Finalists?"
Round 2 Voting will begin at 2PM today, October 2 and will run through October 6 at 11:59PM. Visitors can cast up to twenty votes, one per finalist. ArtPrize encourages visitors to consider voting for at least one entry in each category. The winners of both the public and juried awards totaling $500,000 will be announced on October 7.