Can YOU Draw the Mink? Contest results: Kerri Pullo (USA), Carina Granlund (Finland), KDJ (USA), Erni Baer (Germany), Diane Keys (USA), Not Hi Ng (USA), Marie Wintzer (Japan)

[De Villo Sloan]

"Can YOU Draw the Mink? Famous Artist Talent Scout Contest" poster for MinXus-Lynxus Solar Festival 2012.

August 11, 2012 - As part of Solar Festival 2012, MinXus-Lynxus sponsored the Can YOU Draw the Mink? FREE Famous Artist Talent Scout Contest. The competition was open to artists of all levels of ability and skill. They were asked to base their work on this stunning piece of antique taxidermy (artwork in its own right) on exhibit in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA:

 

Submissions poured in from all corners of the globe and were accepted until August 1, 2012. Our esteemed judges selected the works below that represent the attainment of the ideal in various facets of MinXus-Lynxus. Among the prizes and honors that will be heaped upon the winners, they have been named to the Order of the Tangerine Mink by MinXus-Lynxus:

 

 

Without further discussion, here are the winners of the "Can YOU Draw the Mink? Contest" for Solar Festival 2012:

 

“Untitled” by Kerri Pullo (Tucson, Arizona, USA). CATEGORY: Red MinXus

 

 

Carina Granlund (Petsmo, Finalnd). CATEGORY: Red MinXus.

 

 

Mink stamp by KDJ (Orlando, Florida, USA). CATEGORY: MinXus stamps

 

“Untitled #1″ byDharmaDaDa Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany). CATEGORY: DaDa MinXus

 

“Untitled #2″ by DharmaDaDa Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany). CATEGORY: Street MinXus

 

“Erni Runs the Vozoo Down” by DharmaDaDa Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany). CATEGORY: Experimental MinXus

 

 

“Vegan not Mink” by Diane Keys (Elgin Illinois, USA). CATEGORY: ideo-MinXus

 

 

“Beady-Eye Mink Vispo” by Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA). CATEGORY: MinXus vispo

 

 

“Mink’s Night out on the Town” – by Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA). CATEGORY: Mink paws

 

“Untitled” by Not Hi Ng (San Pablo, California) – CATEGORY: Conceptual MinXus

 

"Can You Spell the Mink?" by Marie Wintzer (Saitama, Japan) CATEGORY: MinXus visual poetry

 

 

"Raisin in the sun Mink" by Dark wall (New York, USA) CATEGORY: MinXus cerealism

 

 

Many thanks to all who participated.

 

[De Villo Sloan]

There you are Erni! Hey! You brought DaDa to MinXus - worthy of the Order of the Tangerine Mink for sure. 

[Marie Wintzer]

The other day I had a vision about the 33rd Death of MinXus. Now I understand.

[De Villo Sloan]

MinXus has taken more bullets than the Bunk House wall during a Friday night poker game.

[Marie Wintzer]

MinXus endures :-)))) this shall be the new motto for a little while

[De Villo Sloan]

Definitely Marie, the finest work in the spirit of MinXus-Lynxus I have yet seen. Incredible innovation and diversity.

Of course these pieces will also be included in The Ineffable Treasures of MinXus Exhibition that will be displayed at IUOMA later this month. This work is historically important too because it boldly extends the boundaries of what we think of as MinXus-Lynxus in exciting new ways. 

MinXus endures.

[Marie Wintzer]

This is such an impressive, aMAZING collection. (- KDJ's mink rubber stamp file seems to be broken? -). Such a diversity of talents....
Can you make Dw post the winners' poster in the photo section? I would like to favorite it.