6 ArtPrize 2014 Entries Both Jurors And Voters Are Talking About

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk

Alex Podesta installs his ArtPrize entry "Self-Portrait as Bunnies (The Bathers)" in the Grand River. The installation is on both the ArtPrize jurors' shortlist and is among the Top 100 art entries in the popular vote when details on the vote first were made public on Tuesday. (Chris Clark | MLive.com)

MICHIGAN---ArtPrize 2014's jurors have spoken, and ArtPrize's viewers and voters are starting to speak. They're both talking about six of the same works of art in the sixth annual exhibition and $560,000 competition. On Monday, ArtPrize's category jurors unveiled their 20 finalists, five each in the four categories of Best Two-Dimensional Work, Best Three-Dimensional Work, Best Time-Based entry and Best Installation. A single juror, as well as the viewers casting votes for their favorites, will get to pick $20,000 winners in each of the four genres. A panel of three jurors and the public also will award a $200,000 Juried Grand Prize and a $200,000 People's Grand Prize. [link]
Here are the six entries on both lists of possible prize winners:

• "Great Wall of Bees: Intelligence of the Bee Hive," by Ladislav Hanka; See it: Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (UICA), 2 West Fulton St.
• "Intersections," by Anila Quayyum Agha; See it: Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center NW
• "Self-Portrait as Bunnies (The Bathers)," by Alex Podesta; See it: Grand River
• "ArtPrize! The Musical," by Corey Ruffin; See it: The Pyramid Scheme, 68 Commerce Ave. SW
• "respirador (breather)," by Dance in the Annex; See it: SiTE:LAB @ The Morton, 72 Monroe Center
• "Capitalism Works For Me," by Steve Lambert; See it: Kendall College of Art and Design, 17 Fountain St. NW