On October 20th last year, the Galerie l’Entrepôt and Monaco Telecom launched the “Open des Artistes de Monaco,” a competition open to visual creators from the Principality.
The gamble paid off, with more than sixty artists registering for the competition, allowing their imagination to run wild on the theme “Happy is he who, like Ulysses…”.
Since mid-January, internet users have been able to “virtually” discover the creations on the Entrepôt’s website (www.lentrepot-monaco.com). Paintings, photos, collages, drawings, but also sculptures…, each artist has, in their own way, interpreted the poem by Joachim du Bellay.
An online vote by internet users, as well as by the jury composed of personalities from the Art world, (200,000 page views in one week!) resulted in the selection of nearly 30 artists, based on the following criteria: respect for the theme, originality, visual, and emotional impact.
The works are now on display from February 3rd to 25th, 2011, at the Galerie l’Entrepôt. At the end of these three weeks, the jury will announce the winners. Each winner will see their work reproduced on the cover of the Principality’s Official Directory 2011 edition (Yellow Pages, White Pages, and Collector), and a solo exhibition for the winner of the Open Prize.
