Finding The Hero on BRAVO’s Work of Art, Episode 10: The Big Show

Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist -- "Finale Episode"- Photo by: David Giesbrecht/BRAVO

By Alicia Eler & Patricia Herrmann Pop culture is replete with stories of young men realizing their potential and becoming heroes.  In the first season of Work of Art, pop culture’s introduction to the heretofore secretive Art World, America was provided with the familiar hero’s story. In the tenth and final episode, The Big Show, [...]

BRAVO’s Work of Art and America’s Queer Boys, Episode 9: Natural Talents

"Swimming Hole" by Thomas Eakins (1889)

By Alicia Eler & Patricia Herrmann American culture idealizes the beautiful boy as one who lives “between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood.” Unlike adults, he is alive to “enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day…”  The beautiful boy can do no wrong. His natural habitat is [...]

Remembering Childhood: Work of Art, Episode 7

"Rainbow," Peregrine Honig. Courtesy NBC Universal / Credit: Barbara Nitke

What does it mean to be an artist? Where do artists draw inspiration? That’s what the producers of BRAVO’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, decided to ask the artist contestants in this week’s episode, “Child’s Play.”