art showdown dvd

this was a new release dvd from netfliks. i had no idea what this was about prior to viewing. basically it is a low budget gameshow that revolves around art.

competitive catagories are:

auction price is right >contestants from the audience guess real auction prices of famous works
winner goes to spin the surreal wheel.

surreal wheel:
famous forgery> shown images & have to guess the authentic
schmooze and booze>contestants try to shmooze real life museum curators while gobbling cheese & drink (think it is something unpleasant). points for the amount of food/drink consumed as well as points given for smoozing by guest curator. for example the curator of the mit gallery
dead guys tell no lies> 3 true or false stories of how famous artists died .guess which one is true.
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final 2 contestants:

art show down> two final contestants have to use 3ft+ stick with pencil to draw whatever image is drawn in one min. for example: nude descending a staircase.

shooting gallery> paintguns/10 shots at rotating carnival type targets of artists/people. points off for hitting rich republican patrons of the arts. points for all else.

brush with danger> house paintbushattached to helmet to be used to get paint on other contestant> winner is one wearing least amount of paint


theme of this show is cheesy western> thought it was texas based, it seems to be from boston. who'd a thought...?

was dumb -was meant to be.

winner won red sox tickets
runner up won harvard artshow tickets

did like guessing/knowing the art history, forge, auction $ questions

could have been a boston student/college produced show?

i pretty much rent any new dvd with the word "art" in it.
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the other dvd i have to watch is called paradise found (not new) & is a speculative fiction/non-documentary movie about gaugain. started to watch & had to stop (family stuff). did not know that pizzaro went to figi & that they did not know/hear of each other beforehand.keifer sutherland play gaugain.
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