{"id":23851,"date":"2018-02-20T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/02\/20\/reaching-arts-higher-limits\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:37:37","slug":"reaching-arts-higher-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/02\/20\/reaching-arts-higher-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Art\u2019s Higher Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Creative competition elevates cannabis-infused visual art.<\/h4>\n
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T<\/span>his art is not the realm of dorm poster offerings, but you\u2019ll find more than a few canvases filled with neon stoney swirls and psychedelic seven-pointed green leaves.<\/p>\n

This is the High Art contest: the realm of intricate designs, fresh perspectives and original symbolism. Here, artists from around the world reinterpret the visions of canonical artists such as Hieronymus Bosch, Hannah H\u00f6ch and Paul Gauguin in order to celebrate the most cerebral and healing herb.<\/p>\n

In its fourth annual High Art<\/a> competition, which concluded on April 20, 2017 the Natural Cannabis Company<\/a> and Juxtapoz magazine<\/a> received over 3,000 submissions from 63 different countries.<\/p>\n

While some of the submissions excelled within the visual language known to the cannabis community, others pushed the boundaries of what could be considered \u201ccannabis-related art.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cBlob Tower\u201d by Bill Hope<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Take, for example, the bulbous digital creation of Australian artist Bill Hope which won the High Art contest\u2019s overall prize.<\/p>\n

Hope\u2019s piece, \u201cBlob Tower,\u201d balances the grotesque with the beautiful within a swirling pile of animals, body parts and vignette-like scenes such as a woman singing in the shower. Hope\u2019s piece contains no marijuana leaves, no tessellating natural imagery and no joints<\/a>. Instead, it depicts the layers of imagination and insight that might emerge after a particularly strong smoke session.<\/p>\n

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\u201cRiches and Realities\u201d by Mattias Richard Ramsey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The surreal dreamscape from Austrian artist Mattias Richard Ramsey titled \u201cRiches and Realities\u201d is similarly imaginative and successful in avoiding cannabis clich\u00e9s. Ramsey\u2019s wild Salvador Dali-esque painting, which won second place in the print category, has original details such as a gold faucet dripping water into a martini glass, two hands holding up a blooming seed and miniature oxen holding up a vomiting frog with rainbow webbed feet.<\/p>\n

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Or consider the winning submission in the video category: \u201cMemorooms,\u201d from Adam Martinakis in Greece. \u201cMemorooms\u201d follows three animated swimmers gliding effortlessly between portholes connecting different colored rooms in an infinite, rotating circle. The looping memory rooms reverse and skip along to the beat of minimalist electronic music, evoking the feeling of non-linear memory and emotion.<\/p>\n

The contest gave out over $45,000 in prize money to the top winners<\/a> in three categories: print, photography and video.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received submissions from some very well known artists \u2014 though some of them want to be anonymous \u2014 who gave us some phenomenal art,\u201d said Randy Barnes, the marketing manager for the Natural Cannabis Company. \u201cThe quality of art made the judging process a difficult one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of the 3,000 submissions, the Natural Cannabis Company broke the submissions \u2014 which came from countries such as Hungary, India, the Philippines, New Zealand and the Netherlands \u2014\u00a0into their respective categories and whittled the entries down to 500 finalists. Then, for two and a half weeks, five judges narrowed the pool down to 100, and then selected the top 40 submissions based in part on social media votes, Barnes said.<\/p>\n

With such rigorous competition and involvement from artists around the globe, some incredible works didn\u2019t even crack the winner\u2019s podium.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs You Are About To See\u201d by \u201cFlavorhead\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For example, artist \u201cFlavorhead\u201d from Virginia made the top 40 with a multimedia print piece called \u201cAs You Are About To See,\u201d which illustrates an aristocrat whose face has melted into overlapping designs and creatures beneath a gaudy wig.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTV Land\u201d by Bill Jonas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In addition, Hollywood artist Bill Jonas\u2019s top-40 piece \u201cTV Land\u201d takes a muted color palette of an old movie poster and infuses it with gothic imagery to create a digital collage.<\/p>\n

The High Art contest\u2019s winning designs will be featured on the packaging of the Natural Cannabis Company. Owner Dona Frank says the contest was born from the company\u2019s passion for art and need for more creative packaging.<\/p>\n

With dispensaries in three locations around California, the Natural Cannabis Company will soon be displaying the winning art on product shelves.<\/p>\n

Originally published in\u00a0Issue 27<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

TELL US<\/strong>, do you create cannabis inspired art?<\/p>\n

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