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14/1/2013

London Art Fair 2013

Business Design Centre, London

The 25th edition of London Art Fair brings together over 130 leading galleries from across the UK and overseas. Museum-quality Modern British art is presented along with contemporary work from today's leading artists, covering the period from the early 20th century to the present day.

Alongside the Main Fair are two curated sections focusing on younger galleries, new work and contemporary photography; Art Projects and Photo50.

With its focus on quality and a uniquely welcoming atmosphere, London Art Fair gives you the opportunity to enjoy exceptional work from over 1,000 artists in one convenient location - making it the perfect place to catch up with friends in the new year.

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London Art Fair

London Art Fair, the UK’s largest art fair for Modern British and contemporary art will return to the Business Design Centre, Islington, between 16 and 20 January 2013. The 25th London Art Fair will feature galleries presenting the great names of the 20th century as well as exceptional recent works from established artists and emerging talent.

Highlights will include:
Main Fair
Galleries from across the UK and overseas will exhibit work by artists covering the period from the early 20th Century to the present day. Museum quality Modern British art will be presented alongside contemporary work from the best leading and emerging artists.

Art Projects
Established as one of the most exciting sections of the Fair, Art Projects captures a snapshot of the current practice and concerns of contemporary artists.

Art Projects is a curated showcase of the freshest contemporary art from across the globe and will feature large-scale installations, solo shows and group displays from selected galleries. The Art Projects Film Programme will host a selection of experimental film and video work.

Photo50
A showcase for contemporary photography that highlights the richness and diversity of photography today, Photo50 will feature 50 works presented in an exhibition curated by Nick Hackworth of Paradise Row Gallery.

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Nick Hackworth curates A Cyclical Poem
Photo50 at the 25th London Art Fair

Photo50, the guest-curated annual showcase of contemporary photography, returns to the 25th London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre, Islington, from 16 – 20 January 2013.

Under the title A Cyclical Poem, Nick Hackworth, Director of Paradise Row, questions the nature of historical change through 50 images by eight photojournalists and documentary photographers working between 1970 and the present day: Ian Beesley, Dorothy Bohm, Brian Griffin, Paul Hill, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Marketa Luskacova and Chris Steele-Perkins and Homer Sykes.

In some cases the works selected are the result of the photographer returning to the same or similar subjects over or after a long period of time. Others come from one period, but made in concert with the passing of time.

Nick Hackworth, curator of Photo50, comments: ‘A Cyclical Poem’ is an elliptical meditation on the idea of historical change, instances separated by eras, of congruence and difference; it considers, through the photographic image, what has changed and what has remained the same.”

“Many of the images included date from well before the digital era. From a certain perspective this might render the show perverse and out of date, for digital culture has fundamentally altered the relationship between image, time and memory. If this is so, then this exhibition becomes, as a whole, a picture of a culture of scarcity and selectivity, one that has already dissolved in the vastness of the ever growing digital datastream that appears to structure contemporary experience.”

Alongside Photo50 a number of galleries at London Art Fair will be exhibiting work by contemporary photographers, including Art First, The Art Movement, BEARSPACE, The Catlin Guide, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Danielle Arnaud, Envie d'Art, French Art Studio, Hannah Barry Gallery, Jack Bell Gallery, Jenny Blyth Fine Art, Purdy Hicks Gallery, Richard Saltoun, SALON VERT, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, Troika Editions, The Wapping Project Bankside and Whitford Fine Art.

A Photography Focus day at the Fair on Wednesday 16 January will see talks programmed by Photovoice and Photoworks, as well as a discussion on African photography. More information on the events programme can be found at: www.londonartfair.co.uk

About the curator:

Paradise Row was founded in London in October 2006 by critic Nick Hackworth to exhibit and support the work of a group of closely aligned London based artists including Shezad Dawood, Diann Bauer, Margarita Gluzberg, Douglas White and Eloise Fornieles.

About the photographers:

Ian Beesley was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1954. After leaving school in 1972 he was employed as a labourer in a mill and a foundry before working at Bradford City Corporations Esholt Sewage Works as the “roadrunner” in the railway gang. In 1973 he began photographing his work mates and with their encouragement applied to Bradford Art College in 1974. He is currently artist in residence for the Bradford Institute of Health Research and progamme leader for MA Photography at the University of Bolton.

Born in 1924 in East Prussia Dorothy Bohm has lived in England since 1939. She is best known for her portraiture, street photography, early adoption of colour, and photography of London and Paris. Dorothy was involved in The Photographers Gallery from its beginnings and was its Associate Director for the next 15 years.

Born in Birmingham in 1948, Brian Griffin began his photographic career in 1972. He came to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the generation of Chris Kilip, Graham Smith, and John Davies. A major retrospective of his work was held in 2008 at Les Rencontres d’Arles.

Born in Finland in 1948, Sirrka-Liisa Kontinen studied photography in the UK in the 1960’s. She co- founded Amber, a collective of photographers and filmmakers. In 1969 she began a five-year project, interviewing and photographing the residents of Byker, an area of Newcastle, that culminating in her celebrated book Byker. Recently she returned to the area to create a new body of photographs, entitled Byker Revisited.

Born in Prague, Marketa Luskacova has been working as a photographer since 1968 and emigrated to England in 1975. Luskacova is famous for photographing street life in England and Czechoslovakia. For Photo 50 we present a series of images, shot by Luskacova in consecutive years, of carnivals held in Czechoslovakia.

Paul Hill was born in 1941 Ludlow, Shropshire. He trained as a reporter and worked on local newspapers for six years, gradually adding photography to his journalistic skills. As a photojournalist he worked for the Birmingham Post & Mail, The Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph Magazine, and the BBC amongst others. He was the first photographer to be awarded an MBE for his services to photography.

Chris Steele-Perkins moved from Rangoon to London with his family in 1949. In 1971 he moved to London and started working as a freelance photographer and had his first foreign work in 1973 in Bangladesh followed by work for relief organizations and travel assignments. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a group dealing with social problems in British cities. Chris joined Magnum in 1983 and served as the President from 1995-1998.

Born in Canada in 1949, British documentary photographer Homer Sykes has produced one of the most iconic and comprehensive visual archives on the British people. Graduating from the London College of Printing in 1971, his principal commissions throughout the 70s, 80’s and 90’s were for the Telegraph, Observer, Sunday Times, Newsweek, Now, Time, and New Society. He has also worked with various agencies including Viva and Network Photographers, from 1989 to 2005. Homer is the author of ten books and has been a visiting Lecturer at the London College of Communication for over ten years.

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Art Projects: line-up announced

London Art Fair today announces details of Art Projects, the Fair’s curated showcase of the freshest contemporary art. Focusing on London’s leading contemporary galleries, Art Projects will again provide a critical platform for demonstrating the breadth and depth of contemporary art today. Art Projects will present a snapshot of the current practice and concerns of artists shown through installations, solo shows and group displays.

Exhibitors include Hannah Barry, showing images from The Evaluation of Space series by Oliver Griffin: a photographic documentation of the context in which the artist’s life plays out; Poppy Sebire, who in presenting the work of Georgie Hopton poses questions about the coming together of nature and culture; and Limoncello, displaying a space inspired by ITV’s popular dating show Take Me Out.

This year's Art Projects sees contemporary artists looking at some of life's big questions: La Scatola Gallery's project surveys four artists evolving with and against the prophetic notions of art and civilization; Hoxton Art Gallery's stand explores how new facets of modern living could be revealed by advances in biological understanding; and, looking into the future, BEARSPACE's presentation examines the burgeoning science of artificial intelligence.

Pryle Behrman, Art Projects curator comments: “The works in Art Projects are characterised by a gentle questioning that looks at gradually-unravelling developments from a critical new angle, one that is never cynical or simplistic. These are artists who find questions where perhaps none were seen before, and never have the hubris to suggest that the answers are easy to find.”

Highlights from selected galleries include:
Mimicking ITV’s popular dating show Take Me Out, Limoncello presents a group show of 30 wall-based works by female artists snugly installed and jostling for attention opposite an easel displaying one work by a male artist. As the artworks sell, or the female artist is ‘picked’, they will be quickly replaced by a new artist, replicating the show’s flow of contestants.

Presenting a solo exhibition by Samara Scott, an artist whose practice draws upon everyday objects, The Sunday Painter will play with ideas of place and identity by transforming its booth into an ‘interior showroom’ complete with carpet, vases and artworks, creating an immersive viewing experience.

Beers.Lambert considers how history and memory is reframed and skewed by the personal perspective of the artist through an exhibition of photographs by Gigi Cifali, sculptures by Amir Fattal and paintings by Andrew Salgado and duo Roberto and Renato Miaz

Curated by exhibiting artist Doug Jones, Precious Footings presented by Ceri Hand draws upon Jones’ interest in the depiction of people in power, and how their public life is illustrated or acted out. The exhibition will show new works by gallery artists Rebecca Lennon, Eleanor Moreton, Samantha Donnelly, S Mark Gubb and Doug Jones

In an exhibition titled Location of Reality, Hanmi Gallery will bring together a group of established and emerging artists whose practices employ new media arts to explore themes from observed societal realities to the postmodern discourse of hyper-reality.

For the 4th year, The Catlin Guide will present a selection of 40 of the most promising new graduate artists in the UK, as recommended by a wide survey of curators, collectors, gallerists and course tutors.

Other Art Projects highlights will include a group show from COLE, which explores the possibilities of the photographic medium and new works made for London Art Fair by Kate Hawkins and Darren Marshall, presented by Gallery Vela.

Art Projects provides a unique environment for younger galleries and new work, complementing the great names of 20 century British Art and contemporary work from leading figures featured in the Main Fair. Art Projects has established itself as an important international platform for new galleries to showcase the most stimulating contemporary practice.

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London Art Fair celebrates largest-ever fair in 25th year

London Art Fair, the UK’s premier art fair for Modern British and contemporary art, announces its largest-ever fair for the 25th edition. A total of 100 UK and international galleries have been confirmed for the Main Fair with a further 30 younger galleries exhibiting new work in the acclaimed Art Projects section.

Photo50, a themed showcase for contemporary photography presented by a guest curator, will return for the seventh year. Contemporary galleries include CHARLIE SMITH london, Galerie BRAUBACHfive, UNION Gallery, Danielle Arnaud, Flowers Gallery, SALON VERT, Pertwee, Anderson & Gold, Jack Bell Gallery, Scream and VIGO.

Modern British specialists will once again form an important core of the Fair, including Agnew’s Gallery, Osborne Samuel, PIANO NOBILE, The Fine Art Society, Austin/Desmond Fine Art and Robin Katz Fine Art. Major artists represented include Bridget Riley, Barbara Hepworth, Eduardo Paolozzi, Sol LeWitt, L S Lowry, Elisabeth Frink, Helen Chadwick, David Hockney, Edward Burra, Kenneth Armitage, Marcus Harvey and Barry Flanagan.

Now in its eighth year, Art Projects features London’s emerging contemporary artists and galleries presenting solo shows, curated group displays and large-scale installations, this year including Limoncello, COLE, Hannah Barry Gallery, The Sunday Painter, Ceri Hand Gallery and Poppy Sebire. Exhibiting at the Fair for the first time, the Artist-Led Initiatives Support Network (A.L.I.S.N) will present a selection of the most sophisticated of artist-led projects in the UK and also show as part of Art Projects Film and Performance Programme. Visitors to the Fair will be greeted by Tread Pad - a monumental sculpture by James Capper, represented by Hannah Barry Gallery.

Photo50 is an exhibition of contemporary photography and features fifty works – many for sale – this year curated by Nick Hackworth, Director of Paradise Row.

Hackworth’s exhibition, titled A Cyclical Poem, will ask us to consider the idea of historical change through the work of photojournalists and documentary photographs from the 1970s to the present day.

Those attending London Art Fair can visit The Macallan’s Masterclass lounge for an introduction to The Macallan and to view the third edition of their The Masters of Photography Series, featuring Annie Leibovitz photographs of Kevin McKidd, whilst enjoying a dram of The Macallan Gold, the newest edition to The Macallan’s portfolio. An extensive programme of talks and critical debates in association with key partners, plus daily tours of the Main Fair and Art Projects, will be announced in the next few weeks.

For further press information please contact
Janine Limb / Chris Baker / Matt Railton at Four Colman Getty
janine.limb@fourcolmangetty.com / chris.baker@fourcolmangetty.com /
matt.railton@fourcolmangetty.com / 020 3023 9059 / 020 3023 9032 / 020 3023 9947

Tues 15 January 2013 Invited guests / Preview & Six Day Ticket Holders 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH
Opening Hours:
Wed 16 January 11:00am - 9:00pm
Thurs 17 January 11:00am - 9:00pm
Fri 18 January 11:00am - 7:00pm
Sat 19 January 10:00am - 7:00pm
Sun 20 January 10:00am - 5:00pm
Ticketing information:
Day Ticket: £12.00 adv. / £16.00 on the door / £12.00 conc.
Six Day Ticket (includes Preview Evening): £30.00 adv. / £35.00 on the door
Preview Evening: £25.00 adv. / £30.00 on the door
Child under 12 years old (accompanied by an adult): FREE
Please note: £1.50 booking fee applies per ticket purchased in advance

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