Bravo's "Work of Art" to Return With Much Drama, Sobbing and, Hopefully, Art

One of the best reality TV surprises from last year was Bravo's Work of Art, which is basically Top Chef, but with art. You know -- painting, sculpture, woodworking, woman wearing trashbag smeared with goop. The usual.

What was great about WOA was that it managed to combine the usual reality show drama with pretty interesting people who had actual talent, and more importantly, gave viewers what at least felt like some kind of insight into the life of an artist and the artistic process. And unlike Top Chef, where viewers can't really have an opinion about food we can't taste ("the salted caramel demi-glace on the rhino haunch had a pinch too much saffron, you imbecile"), on WOA we can decide whether or not like we like a piece of art.

After being off more than a year, Bravo announced the show would be returning on October 12th. The network also released a compilation of scenes from the season and it appears there is going to be much sobbing. Loads of sobbing. It's practically a showing of Beaches from the look of things.

In fact, they even manage to get Sarah Jessica Parker (one of the show's executive producers) to shed a tear. (Maybe they made her watch Sex & the City 2?)

Check it out.

Hopefully this is just to trick viewers who think art is for pinheads into tune in thinking it's The Real Housewives of New York City,

And the show does have an out contestant. His name is twenty-eight-year old Young Sun from Morton Grove, IL. Here's his bio from the Bravo website:

As a global citizen, Young has studied at Goldsmiths College, London and is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Young received a government grant to study new media art in Germany for a year in 2007. He then moved to New Zealand where he curated over 25 exhibitions while running a gallery. He was named one of the country's top ten emerging artists to watch by the New Zealand Herald's Canvas magazine. Young's work has been exhibited and sold around the world from France to Australia, as well as in the United States. Accomplished in photography, installation, and performance art, his style is known to shift with each project. He considers himself as much a philosopher as an artist, and uses art as a way to visually demonstrate his beliefs. Prepared to showcase his skills to a vast audience, Young brings both a conceptual and heartfelt approach to the competition.

Not gay, but of gay interest is an artist named ... Sucklord. No, I didn't make that up. Apparently Sucklord is known for creating gay Star Wars Stormtroopers. They're gay because they're pink? I can't wait to hear more about that.

Are you a Work of Art fan?