World Wide Kitsch 2018 Competition begins now!
In its fourth year, this WWK Annual Online Painting Competition is accepting entries from October 15 through October 31, 2018 for work completed in 2017/2018. Visit the World Wide Kitsch website here for how to enter.
Prize categories include People’s Choice and multiple placements in Jury’s Choice.
The People’s Choice Award will be decided between November 5 and November 15, 2018, based on the most online reactions to a work from a select group of paintings posted to World Wide Kitsch’s Facebook page, found here. We are pleased to take part by offering our sponsorship prize to the winner!
Fallen, by Felipe Gaona, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 inches
Congratulations to Felipe Gaona, recipient of our prize for the People’s Choice Award! His exceptional oil painting Fallen is imaged above. Visit Felipe Gaona’s website to view more of his work and dedication to his craft.
Jurors for the World Wide Kitsch 2018 Competition include Sebastian Salvo, Li Dong, and Luke Hillestad. Visit their links on World Wide Kitsch’s website, or posted below, to view examples of their classical realistic painting.
http://worldwidekitsch.com/members/Sebastian_Salvo/
http://worldwidekitsch.com/members/Li_Dong/
http://worldwidekitsch.com/members/lukehillestad/
Here is an informative interview filmed at the Nerdrum School in Norway in 2013, with then student Luke Hillestad about painting and painters, including a discussion on painting with Odd Nerdrum:
Alchemist, by Luke Hillestad, oil, 42 x 42 inches
What is Kitsch?
In pursuit of defining kitsch, Ode S. Nerdrum interviews attendees of TRAC 2018, The Representational Art Conference, in this engaging video:
Visit the article by Bork S. Nerdrum for background explanation of the questions posed to these contemporary figurative painters at the conference.
To learn more about this approach to classical figurative painting and representation, visit the World Wide Kitsch website here.
Self Portrait in Armor, by Odd Nerdrum
