ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
2018 Alpha Omega Prize Finalist:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XQ5S8WL
ArtPrize is dead. This news will not surprise the hundreds of professional artists who didn’t show up this year. The four perennially mega art venues were mega disappointments: DeVos Convention Center (nearly empty); The GRAM (reinstalled the winner from 2014); and UTICA and the Kendall School of Design (closed). What worked? Church installations and new restaurants. Christian imagery was strong this year including those taking on social issues. We also recommend the jambalaya at Leo’s, and the pheasant & cactus at MeXo.
ArtPrize is taking next year off, and because we believe in resurrection, that makes
John Gutoskey's “
PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegie,” our ArtPrize entry of the week.
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| "PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegies" by John Gutoskey at Grand Rapid's Art Museum for ArtPrize10 |
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| Near empty hallways at DeVos Convention Center |
