WEST PRIZE FAVES

From time to time I've been checking in on the submissions to the West Prize. When I first came across it after reading about it in EW's blog, there were 6 pages of submissions; when I submitted my work a couple of weeks ago there were 40-some pages, and as of this writing the total is 77 pages.

Here are some of the works I've been admiring--listed alphabetically by artist's last name. Page numbers are there for reference in case the links don't work.

• Madina Arkati (p 3) nice photos, and Bitumen of Judea for chrissakes!!!
• Kara Daving (p 20) best use of plastic bags I've seen in a while
• Peter Fagundo (p 25) quirky use of found and ubiquitous objects and materials
• Pam Farrell (p 26) shameless self-promotion
• Janet Filomeno (p 27) recent work from her killer show at Simon Gallery
• Darla Jackson (p 38) creepy but really cool
• Nir Mazliah (p 48) I really like that the work is on special paper
• Jurgen Ots (p 53) paper with presence
• Amanda Sciullo (p 64) nice paintings, and the coolest titles!!!
• Gabriel J. Shuldiner (p 66) mucho mysterioso; best use of dust
• Angela Zammarelli (p 76) best use of fabric evil eyes