Monday 31st January 2011 LAST WEEK FOR ENTRIES – GET STARTED AND ENTER NOW

It’s down to the final week before the closing of the open-call contest! This Friday, February 4th, 2011 is the last day for entries, so there’s no better time to submit your idea for a star than now.

The brief calls on you to draw from iconic American imagery interpreted through your own practice, which means that you’re encouraged to use mediums that may include painting, photography, video, light, sound, text as well as experimental approaches including 3D and performance. We are looking for some talented ways of expressing creative ideas: beyond the shapes and sizes of the ART STARS, the only limit is your imagination...

ART STARS 2011 is combined with a week-long, in-studio session under the guidance of an ART STARS Mentor from the 2010 campaign. A total of 14 successful applicants will experience working in a Mentor’s studio to create their star, which will later be exhibited on an extraordinary scale in the world’s most exciting cities.

Winners will receive a 120 cm star-shaped, double-sided denim canvas to work with, a €1,000 commission prize, and €500 towards materials cost and the completed works will be shown as part of the 2011 Polo Jeans Co. ART STARS campaign including a store-front exhibition.

Besides the commission prize, exhibition, and studio experience, this is also a chance to put your work in front of some of the most prominent critics and curators in the art world who are known for spotting emerging talent.

Given the range of innovative approaches to last year’s call, we can’t wait for to see what his year brings. What are you waiting for? Get started and download the application kit now.

User comments (1)

  1. STOMAN 31st January 2011 @ 03:19

    Hello,
    I'm trying to download the application kit, but impossible to open the files . Could you try to send me by email an other version ?
    Thank you,

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  1. The deadline for the competition is 4th February.

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  3. If you do not see a confirmation page after you submit and entry, that means that the entry did not ...

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  6. Hello, I'm trying to download the application kit, but impossible to open the files . Could you try to send ...

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  7. please could you tell me the deadline for the stars to be finished?

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  8. You may be any age over 18 to enter!

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Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren Art Stars

Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren Art Stars

In January 2010, Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren commissioned over 40 of Europe’s most exciting young contemporary artists to customise stars made from the finest American denim.

With the iconic Stars and Stripes flag for inspiration, each young artist was tasked with creating something totally unique: beyond the shapes and sizes of the Art Stars, the only limit was their imaginations...

Each Art Star will appear in a Polo Jeans Co. store, before joining a public exhibition in London in late 2010.

Contemporary art and fashion aficionados will have the opportunity to own one of these exclusive Art Stars.

All the stars created will be brought together in a public exhibition in London in late 2010 and auctioned in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people with cancer between the ages of 13-24.

Teenagers don’t stop being teenagers because they have cancer, which is why Teenage Cancer Trust builds specialist units in NHS hospitals, staffed by teenage cancer specialists.

These units are designed for and by young people and aim to give teenage cancer patients the very best chance of a positive outcome whilst being as close as possible to normal life.

State-of-the-art facilities keep patients occupied during long, and often grueling stays, whilst bringing teenagers with cancer together so they can support each other.

Visit www.teenagecancertrust.org to find out more.

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