I'M DEBBIE STABENOW,
THE ARTPRIZE SHORT LIST IS
OUT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE A
GUIDELINE.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
LOCAL ART EXPERTS ARE
THINKING, TOO.
THIS MORNING I AM JOINED BY
AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT
KENDALL COLLEGE OF ART AND
DESIGN.
THANK FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU STRIKE IN.
I HAVEN'T GOT TON THE
POPULAR HAVE BEEN IEWS.
I HAVE TO SAY, I AM LIKE I
SAW ON THE POPULAR PLACES, SO
WE WILL SEE WHEN I GET TO THE
OTHER SITE LABS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
THINGS THAT YOU LIKE.
ALL RIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE IS NUMBER 18 AT
KENDALL.
YOU WALK UP IT TO.
YOU HAVE AN IMMEDIATE
REACTION.
THE COLOR IS FANTASTIC.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS AS YOU WALK AROUND
THE PIECE.
YOU ARE PULLED IN.
IT IS WHERE ARE, REALLY
LOVELY.
I REALLY LIKE THAT PIECE.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT IN
PERSON.
GRAVITY MATTERS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
NOTICED THAT IS NOT FAR FROM
WHERE WE ARE NOW.
IT IS INTERESTING.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE NO
IDEA THIS EXISTS.
THEY ARE WALKING PAST IT
DAILY.
IT IS O OUT OF THE BOX.
IT IS WHIMSICAL.
ACTUALLY,ABLE IT APPEARS TO
BE DANCING AND HAPPY IN ITS
STATE.
IT IS DIFFERENT.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP.
OKAY.
ORIGAMI, I MET THE ARTIST.
I BELIEVE I AM ONE OF THESE
FACES.
THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN
IT.
I AM AMAZED WE CAN HAVE THIS
BEAUTIFUL FACE COME OUT OF A
PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU WALK
UP TO AND SAY WHY WE ARE
HAVING WRINKLED PAPER ON THE
WALL.
THE LIGHT COMES ON, THEY ARE
FACES.
THEY ARE NOT CREST THE SAME
FACES.
WE HAVE REAL FACES.
REAL PEOPLE.
YOU CAN SEE EYEBROWS.
BABIES, ADULTS.
YOU CAN FIND SOME WITH
GLASSES.
AND STICK-TO-IT-IVE-NES.
I REALLY LIKE IT.
THE WATER IS RUSHING BY.
GET SPLASHED LIKE THE HORSES
WERE RUNNING BUT WE HAVE SEEN
THIS.
SO I THINK IT IS LOVELY.
I THINK IT LOOKS A FULL
COMPOSITION.
IT IS KIND COPYING SOMEBODY
WE KNOW WELL.
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO
TALK ABOUT.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
CAN WE SHOW THEM BECAUSE IT
IS INCREDIBLE.
YEAH.
WE SAY THINGS LIKE I DON'T
LIKE MY JOB.
THERE IS CONTROVERSY.
RIGHT.
BOHUS AT DeVOS PLACE
WELL YOUR PICKS AND THE
CRITICS PICKS ARE OUT NOW.
WHOLEEVER WINS ARTPRIZE 2012
MIGHT BE IN THE BUNCH
PICTURES AND PAINTINGS AND
ART WORK AND OTHER THINGS SO
WHAT THE EXPERTS THINK.
THIS MORNING I AM JOINED BUY
A GRADUATE OF KENDALL COLLEGE
AND OWNER WHICH SHOWCASES
ARTISTS FROM AROUND WEST
MICHIGAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE TALKED TO YOU LAST YEAR.
YEAH.
WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU
BACK ON HERE AGAIN.
NOW THIS SHORT LIST IS OUT.
YOU HAVE HAD A CHA TONS TAKE
A LOOK AT SOME OF THEM.
YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PICK
THEM OF THEM THAT YOU LIKE.
THAT LET'S START OFF WITH THE
FIRST ONE WERE YOU TALKING
ABOUT.
FASHION HAS HEART.
YEAH.
FASHION HAS HEART.
IT WAS PICK FOR OUTSTANDING
VENUE.
ACTUALLY, SOME FRIENDS OF
MINE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
PROJECT.
WERE NOT FRIENDS OF MINE,
GOING THE VENUE, IT IS
POWERFUL.
IT IS DEALING WITH VETERANS
AND COLLABORATING WITH
ARTISTS CREATING D SHIRTS AND
SHOES.
THIS IS A JUROR'S PICK AS
WELL.
THIS IS A JUROR'S PICK.
YEAH.
SOMEBODY WHO LOOKED THAT
ONE TOO.
YEAH.
DISABILITIES AND SEXUALITY.
FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH.
IS WITH PHOTOGRAPHY IS PLAY.
I THINK THAT IT IS JUST A RAW
EMOTION DEALING WITH
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
AND JUST BRINGING SOME
HUMANNESS TO THE SEXUALITY
AND THEY ARE STILL BEINGS
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
THIS IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
THISES ANOTHER JUR RID PICK.
AND IT IS ONE YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE NETS ALY THOUGHT OF BUT
REALLY I WANT TO SEE THIS ONE
BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE SOME
TENDERNESS TO IT.
VERY MUCH.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
FOAM SEE THERE.
ORIGAMI.
THE SIMPLICITY IS
BEAUTIFUL.
JUST THE SIMPLE MANIPULATION
OF LIGHT AND HAD TOW, THE
SLIGHT BENDING OF PAPER TO
CREATE THESE FANTASTIC
DETAILS AND ALL THE PROFILES.
I LOVE SIM POLICIC ART.
I AM A FAN OF MINIMALISM.
IT TAKES ME BACK.
I LOVED IT.
I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS ONE OF
THOSE FACES IN THERE, TOO.
WE SAW IT ON "DAYBREAK."
IT IS COOL THAT A A LOT OF
LOCAL PEOPLE ARE THE FACES ON
THIS WALL.
INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY ARE ABLE
TO DO WITH PAPER.
JUST PAPER.
HAD DOE.
LIGHT AND HAD TOW.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
WE APPRECIATE COMING IN TO
TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE THE IN SIGHT ON
THE PIECE OF ART.
IT AM GLAD YOU GOT A CHANCE
TO WALK AROUND.
I DO.
THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO
WALK AROUND AND ENJOY LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE.
AT THIS TIME HAS BEEN REALLY
GREAT.
YEAH.
IT IS REALLY FANTASTIC
EXPERIENCE TO COME DOWNTOWN