Here we are at finale week. Six contestants have dwindled down to only two remaining finalists. This week's assignment: to create a full body of work that showcases the photographer's character. The two finalists will have several days to take an array of photographs that together paint an impressionist view of the photographer. This open-ended assignment marks the final battle for a chance at exhibition in a major gallery and an accompanying book deal. One finalist is sent home and one champion is crowned.
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Armed with state of the art cameras, the contestants battle for the chance to have their photography exhibited at a major gallery along with a book publishing deal. In this episode, the contestants will be challenged in documentary photography. Their mission: to tell a story in one single photograph taken at a polo match. Two contestants are sent home in this episode, leaving only two final contestants to move on to finale week.
Chosen by the public from a web-based photography contest, six finalists are given the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to win a major gallery exhibition and book deal. In this episode focusing on portraiture, contestants must partner up and take photographs that exhibit their own style while simultaneously capturing their subject's personality. With two contestants sent home each week, this is a tight competition.
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Check out our week-long series highlighting the inner workings of Photography- begining all next week!
In this continuation of the Ovation TV original special "Close Up," acclaimed photographers discuss the impact their work has on their lives and on culture as a whole.
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Chosen by the public from a web-based photography contest, six finalists are given the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to win a major gallery exhibition and book deal.
Part of Ovation TV's FRAMED event
Art historian Sandrin Voillet takes a look beyond the glittering surface of Paris at the underground worlds and movements that defined the city in the 20th Century in this three-part series:
Check out our Paris marathod starting Thursday, November 19th @ 8:00 pm
Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates the creative force of architecture as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments. Dan looks at buildings that evoke the image of heaven across religions and cultures, traveling to Egypt's Sinai desert, China's Hanging Temple, and Turkey's Suleymaniye Mosque, a building that evokes the gates of paradise. Finally Dan loses himself in the boisterous holy town of Sri Ranganthaswamy, a place sacred to the Hindu religion.
A look at non-Western art traditions and the ways in which they have shaped Western civilization. On an epic journey through stunning locations in Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, Switzerland, Britain, Germany, Spain, Egypt, China and the United States, this series explores how art reflects the fantastic leaps that civilization has made. Each episode of the series tells a self-contained story about how the art of the past has given us new ways of thinking and feeling that still inform our lives today.
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Certain songs have come to define the times in which they appeared as they proved to be the catalyst for the transformation of the cultural & political landscape. Most set trends in music, fashion & dance while flouting convention & testing the boundaries of society's accepted moral values. Each program in the Impact! series puts the spotlight on the songs that have left an indelible mark on the world. By any definition, Walk This Way, written by Aerosmith's Steve Tyler & Joe Perry, was your classic rock track. With its hooky guitar riffs & brazen, in-your-face vocal delivery, in the mid 70s, it was the song that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; but little could the group have known that it would have a second life a decade later. On its release in 1986, Walk This Way became the original rap/heavy metal video crossover song. Run DMC was the bridge between old-school artists like Grandmaster Flash & the modern rap era. To quote Rolling Stone magazine, they sparked a movement in popular music with an impact similar to the British invasion in the early 60s. With their gold chains & Adidas, they were the first rappers to earn gold, platinum, & multi-platinum albums; the first to have their videos played on MTV; the first to appear on American Bandstand; & the first to grace the cover of Rolling Stone & the first non-athletes to endorse Adidas products. Run DMC brought rap to mainstream America. It wasn't long before hip-hop style & fashion from the street had started to be seen in the stores of suburban shopping malls. Run DMC had a very recognizable look & it started catching on. To this day, the popularity of products associated with the hip-hop culture is not only exclusive to African-American youth. The style & the music have crossed both race & color lines, not only in America, but also around the world. With song clips, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Jam Master Jay of Run DMC , Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, Corey Glover, Doug Wimbish of Living Colour, Grandmaster Flash.
From the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential comes Tales of The Rat Fink, Ron Mann's wildly inventive biography about Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who took America's love of the fast and the loud and took it to the next level. From early days customizing jalopies for his friends, Tales of the Rat Fink traces Big Daddy's Roth rise to fame as a car customizer and as a cartoonist who created the pop culture phenomenon, the Rat Fink (who appears on t-shirts to this day). This documentary provides a loving look at car culture in Southern California from the 50s through today and demonstrates how it is possible for a hobby to blossom into the ultimate fulfillment of a dream.
A film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern culture on canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds of pirated billboards. Shot entirely guerilla-style, the film chronicles the evolution of an artist who offers an alternative universe where nothing is sacred, everything is subverted and there's always room for a little good-natured fun.
OvationTV is taking you for a trip around the world, to see the world's greatest art from the world's greatest cities, all from the comfort of your own home.
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Even though you may not think about it much, your closet contains a short history of modern fashion. ANATOMY OF A CLOSET counts down 10 style icons that we find in our closets, drawers and vanities. It explores the history of these icons, including their origins and evolution, the cultural trends and celebrity associations that have made them so popular and enduring, and the pitfalls that go along with wearing some of them.
In this clip, ANATOMY examines the history and cultural implications of the plain white tee-shit.
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A retrospective of this exciting edible installation
Visit Gardenburger at the Hudson Guild.
FashioNext was a contest put on by the Chicago History Museum. When CHM put on the Chic Chicago exhibit they had problems finding contemporary couture gowns that had some sort of connection with Chicago. So they asked five local established designers to pick a dress from the Chic Chicago exhibit to use as an inspiration for a new dress. Three of the five designers were chosen to move forward with the construction of the garment. Then those dresses were displayed at a fashion show at the museum, and a winner was announced. The winner's dress became part of the permanent collection at the Chicago History Museum.
The designers who participated were Melissa Serpico, Jermikko Shoshanna and the winners, Roger Price and Tommy Walton of Price Walton designs.
Stella McCartney is perched neatly at the top of the fashion game. She's blazed a trail in the fashion world that has drawn both criticism and acclaim. Now, Stella resides over her own eponymous stores in LA and New York domestically and in the biggest fashion centers worldwide.
Stella's Story offers personal insight into her world as told by the video diary she kept since her student days. Also features interviews & appearances from Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, Liv Tyler, Chrissie Hynde & Stella's father, Paul.
Premieres Sunday, Nov 8th at 9pm.
For the Rob Pruitt's First Annual Art Awards event October 29 at the Guggenheim museum. Hosted by the Delusional Downtown Divas. Visit the Art Awards page for more information.
For the Rob Pruitt's First Annual Art Awards coming up on Oct. 29 at the Guggenheim museum. The event will be hosted by the Delusional Downtown Divas. Go to the Art Awards page for more information.
