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"  China Chow inhabits both the worlds of art and fashion seamlessly \u2014 often taking it upon herself to meld the two. While she appeared in Barney&amp;#039;s Fall 2011 campaign styled by Carine Roitfeld and shot by Mario Sorrenti, she was also included in an art piece with artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio, worked intimately with Richard Phillips on a project, was shot by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and introduced Jason Wu to Kaws for a collaboration for the designer&amp;#039;s Fall collection. And those are only her recent projects. Chow is also a girl about town, often photographed at parties in especially chic ensembles. The notoriously exclusive art community may not seem the best fit for reality TV, but Bravo&amp;#039;s Work of Art, which Chow hosts and judges, somehow manages to make it seem almost approachable \u2014 with your must-have reality TV drama mixed in for good measure. BAZAAR spoke with Chow about bringing art into the mainstream and, of course, how she chooses those stellar ensembles she&amp;#039;s known for. Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar: What do you think makes a great work of art? China Chow: A great work of art is always ahead of its time. It feels tough, new, and a little bit risky \u2014 but it also feels all the more compelling precisely for these reasons. HB: What qualities do you judge the artists work on? CC: I&amp;#039;m always looking at a work&amp;#039;s formal aptitude, its intellectual rigor, and of course, I&amp;#039;m looking to see if it has that special something that tips the scale \u2014 a sense of mystery, surprise, the uncanny. When I find a work to possess a bit of the ineffable magic of art, that&amp;#039;s when I know it&amp;#039;s succeeding. When I don&amp;#039;t, I think about why it might be lacking and I try to express that to the artist. HB: Do you think art lends itself well to the reality show genre? Why? CC: Art is visual. Unlike other competition reality shows centered around food, which needs to be tasted, or clothing, which needs to be worn, I think art has a pretty good shot at being translated through the television. Of course this may be tougher with sculpture and installation, but two dimensional works fare relatively well on screen. HB: You are well known for your incredible style, why do you think art and fashion are so inexorably linked? Are they? CC: Art and fashion are so inexorably linked because the zeitgeist affects all creative people with vision and a means to express it. This includes artists, fashion designers, architects, musicians, filmmakers, writers, etc. etc! HB: How do you choose your wardrobe for the show? CC: I conceive of my looks in relationship to the challenges the contestants face each week. I think along the lines of: &amp;quot;This episode&amp;#039;s challenge might relate to what that designer is doing with color or cut this season.&amp;quot; Of course, magazines like Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar are a fantastic resource throughout this process. HB: Thank you! So many great people from the art world appeared in Season One. Can you tell me about who we can look forward to seeing in season two? CC: Episode one featured the incredibly talented photographer Mary Ellen Mark as a guest judge, and the one-and-only Rob Pruitt appears in episode three. Other than that, you&amp;#039;ll have to wait and be surprised! HB: The promos for the season are fun but show a lot of tears. Were the artists especially sensitive this season?  CC: I can&amp;#039;t give away too much. What I can say is that artists are definitely a sensitive breed. It&amp;#039;s this sensitivity that makes them both hyper-perceptive and emotionally vulnerable. The second season of &amp;quot;Work of Art&amp;quot; began airing on Bravo TV on October 12th and runs every Wednesday at 9pm. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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