2/2 The Culture Show : Your Paintings

[@eilmlilm2490]

This was so exciting to watch. Loved it!

[@amck6850]

I'm so excited for that one older artist that got in.

[@joecritch]

A McK I thought my heart might burst ❤️

[@williamjosephdunn5879]

Best part of the whole thing. It even warmed my cold, black heart.

[@inotilaatinghaamwa9333]

Grannies laugh made my day. One day I'll have that very same laugh of joy...

[@charmerci]

I wish they had gone a bit slower panning and showing more works.

[@theeaselrider4032]

As any artist knows, getting rejected is part of the process. sometimes it can seem like you get rejected, more than accepted. But you can see with the sheer volume of pieces, that the judges literally take not even a second when they see it the first time to decide if it will make it. But you can also see that not everything in there makes it because "it's the best". They may just need a series of works that will work together, so something that may not be enough on it's own, in a group makes perfect sense. I had also forgotten how much of a schoolboy crush I had on Kate Bryan. Still do I think. Is this still an annual event - especially in the pandemic world of today? Or is it done virtually in some way?

[@charmerci]

I think they were being rather generous. There were a lot of 'meh' artworks that made it through. The ones that they showed in the first part, outside with the people holding their pieces were just not good or original at all. You also have to remember that they clearly said that sometimes they'll see them again and change their minds and that you can't spend 5 minutes looking at over 13 thousand entries. They'd be there all day for weeks on end.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

It's definitely a arbitrary process, sometimes I honestly believe the judges are trolling?... There really are some terrible, terrible pieces that get long listed and shortlisted. Basically you have to blank it, I've found if a competition has too much over a thousand entries, it's really not worth bothering about, under a thousand maybe. But your just playing the lottery when it's above 5 thousand. Also we see our stuff subjectively, it's tied up with the excitement of doing your work, someone seeing from another perspective, is going too not give a toss if it doesn't connect with them even though it may be decent work.

[@RockDove5212]

Does anyone know what song it is at the end?