{"id":5912,"date":"2014-01-04T03:56:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T03:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5912"},"modified":"2014-01-04T03:57:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T03:57:12","slug":"michael-kagan-astronaut-painting-wins-best-art-vinyl-2013-top-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5912","title":{"rendered":"Michael Kagan astronaut painting wins Best Art Vinyl 2013 top prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winning entry in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvinyl.com\/best-art-vinyl-award\" target=\"_d\">Best Art Vinyl Award<\/a>\u00a0competition for 2013 is an astronaut portrait by Michael Kagan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestartvinyl.com\/news-item\/7.html\" target=\"_d\">Best Art Vinyl 2013 Winners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestartvinyl.com\/1-0-0\/docs\/Best_Art_Vinyl_2013-Winners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Best Art Vinyl 2013 Winners Press Release (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-25575828\" target=\"_d\">White Lies astronaut wins record cover art prize &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Best Art Vinyl 2013: Winners Announced<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Michael Kagan&#8217;s Artwork for White Lies&#8217; Record &#8216;Big TV&#8217; Claims the Top Spot<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3 January 2014 \u2013 The winners of the award \u2018Best Art Vinyl 2013\u2019 have been announced. The public has voted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelkagan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kagan<\/a>\u2019s oil painting on the cover of White Lies\u2019 record \u2018Big TV\u2019 to number one. In second place we find \u2018Repent Replenish Repeat\u2019 by Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip with artwork by Paul Jackson, followed by Bonobo\u2019s \u2018North Borders\u2019 designed by Leif Podhajsky in third.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/showimage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"showimage\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/showimage.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White Lies, who came 7th in Best Art Vinyl 2009 with the record cover of \u2018To Lose My Life\u2019, approached Kagan wanting to use his painting \u2018Pilot 2\u2019 depicting a man in a space suit for their 2013 release. Michael Kagan explains \u201cFrom the beginning, the band was very sincere and I could tell immediately how connected they felt to the painting and how it was important for them to use it.\u201d<br \/>\nThe painting, which in its original is oil on canvas, forms part of a series of paintings by Kagan created in 2010 portraying astronauts. Among them we find astronauts from the early space initiative \u2018Project Mercury\u2019 highlighting Kagan\u2019s predisposition to revolve his work around iconic images.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the Best Art Vinyl award Andrew Heeps comments: \u201cIn an era with a heavy focus on the digital music format, it is interesting to see that the public prefers such a traditional artistic technique as oil on canvas to associate with music. With the music industry reporting increases in vinyl record sales for the 9th consecutive year, this traditional music format is seriously having a renaissance. Over a quarter of vinyl records are now sold as wall art, adding visual appeal to the high quality listening experience. It is therefore clearly apparent that the Best Art Vinyl Award has highlighted the amazing affordable art available to us all through over 60 years of record cover art and design, and continues to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kagan shares his feelings about his art becoming an important part of the music experience: \u201cIt has been a very exciting experience for me to see my artwork used in this way. I have really enjoyed how involved the band has wanted me to be. We spent some time together in NYC, and after seeing their show, I could see how the painting had really become a symbol of the band and the new album. There is a nice cohesiveness between all of the images used and the songs and feel of the album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second and third place record covers were both specifically designed for their purpose, with the designers creating something concrete out of the musicians\u2019 visions.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Jackson, the designer of the cover to \u2018Repent Replenish Repeat\u2019 by Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip explains the thoughts behind the design: \u201cThe animals represent each artist, Scroobius Pip is the lion and Dan Le Sac is the panda. These are their favourite animals. They wanted to use them in some way but weren&#8217;t entirely sure how so I came up with the idea of them vomiting up a whole world of stuff &#8211; essentially representing what Scroobius Pip does &#8211; vomits words and ideas into a microphone. The idea seemed visually arresting and interesting enough to turn heads &#8211; which to me is what a good album cover does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leif Podhajsky explains the process of creating the abstract design of Bonobo\u2019s record cover, which was voted the public\u2019s third favourite cover in Best Art Vinyl 2013: \u201cWe actually started off down the more traditional &#8216;clean photo&#8217; route which you see on Bonobo\u2019s previous release, I snuck some more abstract ideas in which I thought could really fit the mood of the album which Simon responded to. We had a chat about how he saw the album and the ideas he was exploring. We really wanted the album and singles to have a common thread which tied them all together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The award, founded to celebrate the best in art, photography and graphic design in modern music culture, shortlists 50 record covers in the search for the most creative and well-designed record cover of the year. The winning designs are decided by public vote. In its ninth year, nominations for Best Art Vinyl 2013 included artwork by designers such as Damien Hirst and Vanessa da Silva among records by musicians like Elton John and Paul McCartney.<\/p>\n<p>The nominations and winners are on display through exhibitions in Malmaison hotels in Birmingham, London and Oxford until 31 January 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malmaison.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.malmaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winning entry in the\u00a0Best Art Vinyl Award\u00a0competition for 2013 is an astronaut portrait by Michael Kagan: Best Art Vinyl 2013 Winners Best Art Vinyl 2013 Winners Press Release (pdf) White Lies astronaut wins record cover art prize &#8211; BBC Best Art Vinyl 2013: Winners Announced Michael Kagan&#8217;s Artwork for White Lies&#8217; Record &#8216;Big TV&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5912\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Michael Kagan astronaut painting wins Best Art Vinyl 2013 top prize<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1xm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21488,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21488","url_meta":{"origin":5912,"position":0},"title":"NASA Langley student space art contest winners","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month NASA Langley announced the winning entrants in a space art competition: Winners of 2020 NASA Langley Student Art Contest Named | NASA The winners of NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center\u2019s 2020 Student Art Contest have been selected out of nearly 1,300 entries from 40 states and Puerto Rico.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"(Finalist # 55) 6th Grade Mehar Kapoor","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49163321828_35f944bace.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11577,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11577","url_meta":{"origin":5912,"position":1},"title":"Space arts: Michael Kagan + Ed Belbruno","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned\u00a0Michael Kagan\u00a0here a couple of years when his\u00a0astronaut painting won the\u00a0Best Art Vinyl 2013 top prize. 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