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16/10/2008

Zoo Art Fair

Royal Academy of Arts, London

The fifth Zoo Art Fair will be held from 17-20 October at Royal Academy of Arts, 6 Burlington Gardens, in central London. One of the foremost international platforms for emerging contemporary art talent, the Fair showcases under six year-old commercial and non-commercial arts organisations. Exhibitors include galleries, project spaces, artist collectives, curatorial groups and publications.

With over 350 submissions from 36 countries, the application process is heavily over-subscribed and has received more interest from international arts organisations than ever before. Up to 60 exhibitors will be chosen by a new panel of respected arts professionals who bring their critical, curatorial and market expertise to the selection process.

Exhibitors will once again include galleries, project spaces, artist collectives, curatorial groups and publications under 6 years old, offering one of the best insights into emerging art from around the world.

The list of exhibitors for 2008 have been selected by a panel of prestigious art professionals made up of critic and writer Louisa Buck, South London Gallery Director Margot Heller, and independent curator and writer Andrew Renton.

http://www.zooartfair.com/exhibitors.php

In addition onsite exhibitions include solo shows of last year’s Champagne Perrier-Jouët Prize winner, Karla Black and John Jones Award winner, Elad Lassry, a site-specific group show of works in vinyl responding to the architecture of the building, Los Vinilos as well as a programme of Film and Video and a series of Performances.

Zoo Art Fair is a non-profit enterprise supported by the generous sponsorship of established collectors, galleries, brands and arts businesses as well as public funding including Arts Council England.

For collectors, curators, critics, dealers, artists and art enthusiasts, Zoo Art Fair remains a considered introduction to the next generation of art professionals.

Performance

CollectingLiveArt has curated a series of performances and live works programmed throughout the five days of Zoo Art Fair. The works will play out in a range of ways from intervening with the structure of the Fair itself, to events situated in time.

16th October - 5.15pm - Front Hall
Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry, Auction #1, variable duration, 2008
Re-inventing the auction as the work and sales mechanism, the audience is invited to bid for ownership of the auction itself whilst also casting themselves within it. Courtesy the artists and Eastside Projects, Birmingham (Stand A9)

17th October - 2pm, 4pm, 5.30pm - Front Hall
Doug Fishbone, Slide-Show Performance, duration approx 17 mins, 2008
Fishbone will be performing one of his celebrated comic slide-show lectures, taking his audience on a journey through his mildly warped imagination, with a special nostalgic look at the Cold War, and his childhood growing up in New York City.

18th October - Intermittently during the day and throughout the building
Giorgio Sadotti, Violin Siren, performance, variable duration, 2005-ongoing
Violinists are asked to write a score emulating the sound of the local emergency vehicle siren. The violinists play their scores live whilst moving around the Fair as quickly as possible. Courtesy the artist and Limoncello, London (Stand A11)

14th - 21st October 2008 – Ongoing and throughout the building
Nina Beier, All Together Now, durational intervention, 2008
Interns working at the Fair have been asked to whistle a socialist workers’ song when per- forming routine tasks during the installation, public hours and de-installation of the Fair. Courtesy Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (Stand C19)

16th - 20th October – Ongoing and throughout the building
Reza Aramesh, Action No. 60, durational intervention, 2008
In response to the social and historic meaning of the building, and to the Fair and its artistic and financial meaning, Reza Aramesh will infiltrate the space with a military symbol of power and protection.

All works are available for purchase. Please contact the artists’ representatives or CollectingLiveArt at info@collectingliveart.com or +44 (0)777646 3886.

Zoo Art Fair is a non-profit enterprise supported by the generous sponsorship of established collectors, galleries, brands and arts businesses as well as public funding including Arts Council England.
For collectors, curators, critics, dealers, artists and art enthusiasts, Zoo Art Fair remains a considered introduction to the next generation of art professionals.

By arrangement with Royal Academy of Arts, 6 Burlington Gardens 24 hour Box Office provided by SeeTM Tickets
http://www.seetickets.com/zooartfair

24 hour Box office: +44 (0)871 230 1079 / +44 (0)115 993 4424

For further information, please contact:
Jessica Hakoun Press Officer E: jessica@zooartfair.com T: +44 (0) 793 264 4422
or Elizabeth Barrett, +44 20 7183 3577 or email elizabeth@suttonpr.com

All accredited members of the press are welcome to attend Zoo Art Fair on Public Days, 17-20 October 2008.

Zoo Art Fair will be located at 6 Burlington Gardens in central London directly behind the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House. The closest tube stations are Piccadilly Circus and Green Park. Bus numbers 8, 9, 14, 19, 22 and 38 stop outside Royal Academy of Arts on Piccadilly.
Opening times: 12-8pm Friday-Sunday, 12-5pm Monday

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