Indeed, it has far more in common with conceptual art or alternate-reality science fiction than with sketch comedy.

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This was not a noble withdrawal into the world of art, but a separation from reality.

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For the first time civilians directly confronted the reality of battlefield death rendered by the new art of photography.

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"When I left to pursue my own dreams, to come out here to L.A. to pursue art, it's one of those things where the reality is really different, " Gomez said.

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The truth is that while I love museums and galleries (and I buy all of my art from great galleries in NYC and around the world and spot talents on the rise in museum shows), the whole concept of just seeing a piece of art hanging on a white wall seemed too out of touch from my reality.

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Borbay, a shaggy bleached-blond 31-year old with an eye for haberdashery, came to the art world full-time two years ago after stints in graphic design, reality television, advertising and stand-up comedy.

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Michitaka Hirose, a professor specializing in virtual-reality technology at Tokyo University, traces Japan's thriving artificial entertainment industry to the art of bonsai, in which medieval nobility honed the reshaping of nature into an art form.

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In the first-ever Apprentice-style program about art, aired over four one-hour episodes, a panel of four judges winnows a field of thousands down to a group of six, who then get put through reality-show-like challenges, including life drawing and creating a work of public art at the British seaside.

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