CaRt22
Contemporary Art in Realism 2022
1st International Juried Exhibition
Deadline for Submission: Sunday, June 12, 2022
CaRt22: Contemporary Art in Realism, 1st International Exhibition
In the 1950s, the dominant artistic movement was Abstract Expressionism, an anti-literal and anti-figuration movement that emphasized a burst of emotion, shape, and color on canvas as a visual metaphor for an artist's inner emotional state in regard to subject, circumstance or matter.
Never formally organized as a group or a movement, the Contemporary Realists were a close network of friendships and artistic associations surrounding the New York School, an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians. This included Philip Pearlstein, Neil Welliver, William Bailey, Leland Bell, and Louisa Matthiasdottir, A number of Contemporary Realists, like Jack Beal, Nell Blaine, and Jane Freilicher began as noted Second Generation Abstract Expressionists, but by the mid-1950s were creating realist works. They began painting more traditional subjects like landscape, portraiture, domestic interiors, and still life, though with a contemporary awareness and technique influenced by various movements including the New York School's emphasis on capturing the everyday moment, and the color palette and line styles of their 19th-century artistic forefathers Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard.
Since the 1970s the term Contemporary Realism has been used generally for artists who practice realistic art with contemporary techniques. In a sense it established a foundation for artists who painted realistically to be viewed as contemporary and innovative. Many Contemporary Realists Lois Dodd, Alex Katz, and Philip Pearlstein are still active today, and their work continues to exert an influence.
Realism is very much alive and is gaining renewed traction with artists and collectors. Modern artists approach their subject in a realistic manner using contemporary and fresh techniques. Additionally, realism speaks to language that is universally understood and can be shared by everyone.
Juror: Christophe Vacher, two-time Emmy Award winner and Annie Award Nominee French artist
Image Credits
Artwork “Mistress Of The Winds” by two-time Emmy Award winner Christophe Vacher
Details:
Exhibit Date: Friday, July 29, 2022 – Friday, September 2, 2022
Reception: Friday, July 29, 2022 from 6-8pm
Deadline for Submission: Sunday, June 12, 2022 Midnight
Media Type: All Media
Juror: Christophe Vacher, Two-time Emmy Award Winner
Entry Fee: $42 for 1-3 images, $48 for 4 images, $54 for 5 images (Entry fee is non-refundable)
Click here for submission instructions
(online entry form, entry fee & submission images by email are required)
Eligibility
The CaRt22: Contemporary Art in Realism competition is open to artists who are at least 18 years old (by the time of entry) submitting original works of art created within the past 3 years.
Each artist may enter up to 5 artworks.
Styles include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, and Animals.
Traditional media only including painting, drawing, printmaking (drawing based), and sculpture. No photography or digital art.
Artworks must be recent; any artworks completed before July 12, 2019 will be disqualified.
The enclosed entry/entries must be original work, independently created, composed and executed.
No copies from other artists' works or paintings/drawings from other artists' photographs or from published material will be allowed. Source material must be original.
Artwork that previously exhibited at the 3 Square Art Gallery are NOT eligible to submit.
3SA Juror Members are not eligible to enter.
Artist who has withdrawn accepted artwork/artworks in any previous exhibitions are not eligible to enter.
All entries must be submitted electronically through the online submission page HERE, which opens April 1, 2022 and closes Sunday, June 12, 2022, at midnight MOUNTAIN TIME (Denver, CO).
There is a nonrefundable entry fee of $42 for 1-3 artworks, $48 for 4 artworks, or $54 for 5 artworks.
Please review all ENTRY GUIDELINES & SUBMISSION AGREEMENT before submitting.
Awards & Benefits
$700 in cash awards
3SA GOLD AWARD: $400 + Award Certification
3SA SILVER AWARD: $200 + Award Certification
3SA BRONZE AWARD: $100 + Award Certification
Honorable Mention: Certification
Selected artists for the exhibition receive the following benefits:
Juried Exhibit
Posting to 3SA website and social media platforms
Professional exhibition space and display of artwork
One of top galleries in Northern Colorado (great addition to resume)
Accepted artists will be listed on the 3SA website with their work and link to their website
Press releases on exhibition sent to 3SA media outlets
Schedule
Submission Deadline: Sunday, June 12, 2022 at Midnight
Notification: June 23
Agreement Due: June 29
Artwork Due: On or before July 22
Artwork Drop Off Day: Friday, July 22, 1-4pm
Opening Reception: Friday, July 29, 2022 from 6-8pm
Exhibition dates: July 29 - September 2, 2022
Artwork Pick Up Day: Saturday, September 3, 1-4pm
Artwork Shipping Process: September 5-9
Juror
Christophe Vacher
Award winner and Annie Award Nominee French artist who has provided Backgrounds, Visual Development and Art Direction for Disney, Dreamworks, Universal Studios and the film industry since 1989.
About
Christophe Vacher, two-time Emmy Award winner and Annie Award Nominee French artist.
Christophe Vacher is a two-time Emmy Award winner and Annie Award Nominee French artist who has provided Backgrounds, Visual Development and Art Direction for Disney, Dreamworks, Universal Studios and the film industry since 1989. He worked in many small animation studios before joining Disney's Paris-based animation unit for three years, where he painted backgrounds for such animated films as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Runaway Brain" and served as head of background for the 1995 feature, "A Goofy Movie".
Relocating to California in 1996, he continued his art career with Disney, where his credits have included painting backgrounds and concept artwork for "Dinosaur", "Hercules," "Tarzan", the Stravinsky Firebird finale for "Fantasia 2000" and "Treasure Planet". He also worked on Dreamworks' "Shark Tale" doing concept Artwork and paintings.In 2004, he became Art Director on the animated segment of Disney's live action movie "Enchanted", then on the CG feature film "9", produced by Tim Burton and directed by Shane Acker, for which he got a 2010 Annie Awards Nomination (the equivalent of the Academy Awards for Animation) in the category "Best Production Design for a Feature Production". He worked for a few months as production designer on the movie "Heroes and Monsters" (which was eventually aborted) and as a visual development artist for Universal Studios on "Despicable Me". He is currently working at Hasbro studios on the CG animated "Transformers" TV series for which he won 2 Emmy Awards in 2011 and 2012 and was nominated again at the Annie Awards in 2012.
In parallel to Animation, he works on his own paintings for Art Galleries. Collectors from all around the world have been collecting his artwork. He lives in Toluca Lake, California and frequently travels all over the world.
Artwork by Christophe Vacher
Curator
Kumiko S. McKee