ABSTRACT | CUBISM | Exhibition 2021
Artists, Photographers, and Sculptures are asked to explore Abstract Art Styles and/or the Cubist Art style and create original work/s incorporating as many key ideas of the movement as possible.
ENTRY DEADLINE
JULY 26, 3 PM.
"Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It's more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don't quite know where it comes from." -Pablo Picasso
"Cubism" was a highly influential visual arts style of the 20th century that was created principally by the painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914. The Cubist style emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro and refuting time-honoured theories of art as the imitation of nature. Cubist painters were not bound to copying form, texture, colour, and space; instead, they presented a new reality in paintings that depicted radically fragmented objects, whose several sides were seen simultaneously.
CUBISM KEY IDEAS
ABANDON PERSPECTIVE & REALISTIC MODELING OF FIGURES
Cubist artists abandoned perspective, which had been used to depict space since the Renaissance, and they also turned away from the realistic modeling of figures.
CHANGING EXPERIENCE OF SPACE, MOVEMENT, AND TIME IN THE MODERN WORLD
Cubists explored open form, piercing figures and objects by letting the space flow through them, blending background into foreground, and showing objects from various angles. Some historians have argued that these innovations represent a response to the changing experience of space, movement, and time in the modern world. This first phase of the movement was called Analytic Cubism.
ACUTELY AWARE OF CURRENT EVENTS
In the second phase of Cubism, Synthetic Cubists explored the use of non-art materials as abstract signs. Their use of newspaper would lead later historians to argue that, instead of being concerned above all with form, the artists were also acutely aware of current events, particularly WWI.
UNITY BETWEEN A DEPICTED SCENE AND THE SURFACE OF THE CANVAS
Cubism paved the way for non-representational art by putting new emphasis on the unity between a depicted scene and the surface of the canvas. These experiments would be taken up by the likes of Piet Mondrian, who continued to explore their use of the grid, abstract system of signs, and shallow space.
CUBISM:
9 CUBISTS EVERY ARTIST SHOULD KNOW:
Pablo Picasso
Albert Gleizes
Georges Braque
Juan Gris
Jacques Lipchitz
Jean Metzinger
Robert de la Fresnaye
Sonia Delaunay
Fernand Léger
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Reference: The Art Story | https://www.theartstory.org/movement-cubism.htm
TO ENTER THE SHOW:
Entry Procedure:Read all info on this page, and complete the entry/application form/s in the Submission Entry Portal. Provide at least 1 photo samples of each art/work being submitted, with submission fee, and all completed info.
Entry forms with samples/copies of work will only be accepted via the Online Submissions Entry Portal. You may submit up to four entries. Entries should include two dimensional and/or three dimensional work (Sculpture, Painting, Mixed Media, Photography / Photographics, etc.,) in the General Abstract or in the Specific Cubist style. All entries must be original to the submitting artist. Fees: The fee for entry is $35.00 to be submitted via the Online Submissions Portal with your entry. Please note: this Submission Entry Portal will automatically shut off at the deadline date and time of June 19 at 3pm, no applications will be able to be submitted after this time.
JUDGING AND AWARDS:
The entries will be juried by ART247 & Guest Jurors for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place. Viewers Choice Award will be chosen at the opening reception by reception participants. All show winners will be invited to Exhibit at our year-end Award Winners Show November 20 - December 23, 2021, and recognized at our ART247 / Buffalo Niagara Arts Awards Gala on November 20, 2021, 6pm.
CUBIST CATEGORY:
1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $75
3rd Place: $50
Peoples Choice
ABSTRACT CATEGORY:
1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $75
3rd Place: $50
Peoples Choice
Presentation:
Drawings, and photography must be matted and framed. Mats must be black, white or gray tone. Plexiglass is required for artwork 18” x 24” or larger. Frame color is restricted to black, white, gray or silver. No uniframes that leave the edges of the glass exposed will be accepted. Oils and acrylics must be framed or have the edges of the canvas neatly finished. All two dimensional work must have screw eyes and wire in place ready for hanging. No saw tooth or plastic clips will be accepted. All 3 dimensional work and sculptures must be able to stand unassisted on a flat surface or pedestal.
DETAILS AND ONLINE ENTRY PORTAL:
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE ABSTRACT | CUBIST | 2021 CALL FOR ART SUBMISSION PORTAL
CUBISM Exhibition 2019 Calendar Dates
Entries due July 26, 2021 3pm
Notification of Inclusion given by July 28, 2021
Drop off July 29, 2021 10am - 2pm
Exhibition Opens August 7, 2021
Opening Exhibition Reception August 7, 2021 11am - 2pm
Viewer’s Choice awards will be announced during the event.
Exhibition closes September 5, 2021
Pick up date September 17 - 18, 2021 10am - 2pm