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CALL for ENTRIES: Surreal Salon 8

L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon's surreal culinary recreation of Zao Wou-ki's dark abstract artwork!
Source: de Sarthe Gallery, ©Zao Wou-Ki-ProLiterris, Zurich via Bloomberg; Robuchon via Bloomberg

a sea of
BLACK TRUFFLE

What happens when food imitates visual art? At Art Basel Hong Kong in 2015, that question was answered by 10 stellar chefs.  The image to the left is L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon combination of French sea bass, seasonal black truffle, celery mousse line & Malabar pepper sauce to recreate Zao Wou-ki’s dark abstract work.   This dish, and at least 9 others in this vein, were available at restaurants in the Hong Kong area back in March.  I can’t know how tasty it was, but, my oh my, how beautiful.  This next Call wants your surreal work, but not the culinary version.  What was it Benjamin Franklin said? ““Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.  This exhibit is longer than 3 days, so hold the fish

Check out this Call for Entries from Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art (BRGCCA, Baton Rouge) for Surreal Salon 8.  $30 entry. If your work is accepted, DO NOT MISS this opening.  Take a look…

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Learn more about Surreal Salon 8 from the Baton Rouge Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Surreal Salon 8

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Artists 18+ residing in U.S.

THEME:  This annual juried exhibition that highlights the growing quality and popularity of the pop-surrealist/ lowbrow movement in American contemporary art.

MEDIA:  All media will be considered.

DEADLINE:  November 13, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  December 1, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR:  Elizabeth McGrath has always had an eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life, an appreciation nowhere more evident than in her own work. Inspired by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she brings forth a new cavalcade of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city and the imagination. Her work has been exhibited at Sloan Fine Art, IguaPop, Billy Shire Fine Arts, Stychnin & La Luz de Jesus as well as in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Tokyo, London & across 13 states.

AWARDS:  One work from the show will be named “Best in Show” and will be recognized and prominently featured in an upcoming 2016 editorial in Juxtapoz Magazine. In recent years, the exhibition has featured the work of hundreds of artists from more than 30 U.S. states.

SALES:  All work must be for sale.  The gallery retains 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about Surreal Salon 8 from the Baton Rouge Gallery!