The Mural that Won 200,000 Dollars! |
After more than 47,000 voters cast
412,560 votes, the ArtPrize 2012 winner was finally announced last
Friday. Taking home the grand prize of $200,000 was Adonna Khare, an
elementary school art teacher turned stay-at-home mom who created a
massive mural of a menagerie of animals all by pencil. A week before the
September 19th opening of ArtPrize, Khare brought in her 8-feet tall by
35-feet wide drawing "Elephants" and put it up on the wall of the museum.
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During the event, she continued to
add to her piece, even spilling over on the museum's walls. She
purposely set up her drawing as a triptych, "to engage the viewers in
the transformation of the work." At the end, after more than three
weeks, the stunning drawing grew to be 13-feet tall by 40-feet wide.
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According to the Los Angeles Times,
"Elephants" is a highly personal piece of art work. "It's kind of a
biography of my life transplanted into animals," she told them. "Sad
things like loss and sickness, and happy things like the birth of my
daughter."
An orangutan hooked up to medical
equipment stands for her young nephew who was diagnosed with diabetes,
representing "the sickness of a child, and what it means to inflict pain
in order for somebody to survive.
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If you couldn't make it to ArtPrize,
you can still see "Elephants" at the Grand Rapids Art Museum for a
little while. There isn't an official date end date yet. The museum is
beginning to install its next exhibition, “Real/Surreal,” which opens
October 19th, with art work from the Whitney Museum of American Art in
New York City. While most ArtPrize 2012 exhibitions will be removed to
prepare for it, “Elephants” is not in the galleries that will feature
"Real/Surreal," and so, is not currently scheduled for de-installation.
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jeudi 27 février 2014
The Mural that Won 200,000 Dollars!
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