Baton Rouge Gallery – centre for up to date art (“BRG”) has announced it is now accepting submissions for Surreal Salon 15, the juried exhibition celebrating pop-surrealist and lowbrow artwork. Artists worldwide are invited to be a element of this unique exhibition, functions for which will be selected by Exclusive Guest Juror Marco Mazzoni. Artists chosen for inclusion in the exhibition will be in the functioning for far more than $2,000 in cash prizes as effectively as an on the web editorial function with Juxtapoz.
This exhibition will be held from January 3 – 26, 2023 at BRG (found inside the Recreation and Park Fee of East Baton Rouge Parish’s (“BREC”) historic Metropolis Park (1515 Dalrymple Dr.). In the course of the show’s run, it will be open to the public, absolutely free of cost, through regular gallery hours (Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.).
Artists intrigued in staying a element of this one of a kind and exciting exhibition can uncover much more information right here. Artists doing the job in all media are inspired to submit up to a few (3) functions for the juror’s consideration. The deadline for submissions is October 27, 2022.
Now moving into its 15th year, Surreal Salon is aimed at engaging audiences in an artwork practical experience like no other in the location by highlighting the developing attractiveness and fantastic top quality of the pop-surrealist/lowbrow motion. Submissions will be reviewed by means of a blind jurying system that will assure that is effective are chosen dependent only on their artistic advantage (the juror does not see an artist’s name till immediately after options for the exhibition have been designed).
In addition to a cash prize, the artist whose perform is finally named “Best in Show” by the exhibition’s Exclusive Guest Juror will be honored in an future juxtapoz.com editorial concentrating on the artist guiding the function and the piece itself. More than the yrs, Surreal Salon has enlisted properly-recognised and effectively-respected jurors for Surreal Salon – which include the co-founder of Juxtapoz Journal, Greg Escalante, Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace, and internationally-renowned artists such as Ron English, Camille Rose Garcia, Josh “Shag” Agle, Elizabeth McGrath, Dan Quintana, Carrie Ann Baade, and Greg “Craola” Simkins – to guide in building Surreal Salon as artistically participating as attainable. That tradition is as soon as all over again renewed with artist Marco Mazzoni filling this role (many thanks in component to a partnership with the Louisiana State College School of Art). He will individually curate the is effective to be provided in the exhibition.
Surreal Salon 15 Unique Visitor Juror Marco Mazzoni is an artist based mostly in Milan, Italy most effective regarded for his vivid and dramatic coloured pencil drawings. Mazzoni’s operate holds a potent curiosity in flora and fauna, generally depicting topics surrounded by vibrant vegetation, birds, and far more. His works have been noticed in galleries across Europe and North America as very well as publications like The New Yorker, Juxtapoz Journal, Hi Fructose Magazine, Les Arts Dessines, and Arte Mondadori.
BRG invitations artists, irrespective of media, to assessment the prospectus for Surreal Salon 15 and submit up to 3 is effective for the show’s juror to think about for inclusion. Specifics can be located listed here.
