Art London 2011
dal 4/10/2011 al 10/10/2011
Segnalato da
4/10/2011
Art London 2011
Royal Hospital South Grounds, London
The art fair presents exhibitions of both blue-chip historical and contemporary art works. As well as London-based and UK galleries, an exciting international focus are brought by galleries showing artists from Europe, Australia and the United States.
Art London is delighted to announce the details of its 2011 fair at Royal Hospital, Chelsea. From 6th October, galleries from across the globe will come together for Art London’s annual event to present carefully curated exhibitions of both blue-chip historical and contemporary art works. As well as London-based and UK galleries, an exciting international focus will be brought by galleries showing artists from Europe, Australia and the United States. This year, the cultural dynamism brought by galleries representing Asia and the Middle East will also give an added dimension to the already buzzing art scene found at Art London.
Art London is known for its success in attracting new and young buyers as well as established collectors, with works ranging in price and medium. Stands specialising in historical works will bring paintings or drawings by Impressionist and Modern British artists including Camille Pissarro, L.S. Lowry, Sir Peter Blake, Pablo Picasso and Graham Sutherland among others. The fair will also show new and unusual installations, photography and mixed media works by emerging contemporary artists such as Tom Leighton, Luke Foreman, Emma Hack and Alastair Gibson. There is sure to be no shortage of variety for London’s art lovers.
Galleries exhibiting at the 2011 fair will include contemporary art specialists The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Tamara Beckwith’s The Little Black Gallery, Long & Ryle Contemporary Art, and Galerie Olivier Waltman as well as historical art specialists including Whitford Fine Art, The Court Gallery, Clerkenwell Fine Art, and the Stern Pissarro Gallery. International galleries will include Lebanese art specialists, Art Med, Vietnamese art dealers, Apricot Gallery, Irish gallery, Oliver Sears, and Hong Kong gallery Karin Weber.
In 2010, Art London attracted over 16,200 visitors and was described by The Times as “one of the most enjoyable modern art fairs”. Apollo magazine similarly raved about the fair stating “[Art London] sets outs to marry serious art with a welcoming and friendly approach”.
Founder of Art London, Ralph Ward-Jackson, commented “Testament to the growing popularity of Art London, this year we will be hosting an exceptional range of galleries both local to the UK and internationally. We are extremely excited about the variety of art on offer, and we are certain that Art London 2011 will follow in the success of its previous editions.”
Each year Art London works alongside a series of charity partners who benefit directly from the sale of artwork on their stands. This year the fair’s charity partners will include Survival International and Blue Sky Healing Home.
Survival International is the only human rights organisation that helps to protect the lives, land and human rights of tribal people. A photography exhibition and sale at Art London, curated by Survival International supporter Ghislain Pascal of The Little Black Gallery, will include works by legendary photographers Bob Carlos Clarke, Duffy, Chris Levine, Gered Mankowitz, Terry O'Neill and Sebastiao Salgado among others.
Blue Sky Healing Home is a small, private medical foster home in Beijing, China, that helps orphans and children from poor families receive the medical care and surgeries needed. Their home provides children with a loving and clean environment to heal their wounds and nurture their physical capabilities. To support Blue Sky Healing Home, their stand at Art London will exhibit work by 17 year old prodigy, photographer Tanis Chalopin.
Besides the main gallery within the marquee at Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Art London will also present its acclaimed Sculpture Garden with monumental outdoor pieces. 2011 is set to exhibit an exciting and eclectic range of works including a 10 metre installation by street artist, L’Atlas.
Highlights at Art London 2011:
Whitford Fine Art
Ascher scarves from the 1940s and 1950s are extremely collectable and a selection of these vintage Ascher scarves will be on display at the Whitford Fine Art stand. Focusing on fabric design for the most practical fashion accessory of the 1940s – the head scarf – fabric designer Zika Ascher struck up relationships with some of the world’s most prominent painters and sculptors to create designs for a new collection of scarves. The project was a huge success and Ascher worked with the likes of Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Barbara Hepworth and Cecil Beaton amongst many others.
The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
This year, The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery will exhibit new works by the world’s ‘number one’ skin illustrator, Emma Hack. Hack was first inspired by the Australia interior designer Florence Broadhurst and has since used her wallpaper designs as the backdrop for her body art installations. At Art London, Hack will conduct live performances of body painting to coincide with the sale of both individual photographs and an exclusive limited edition book of her work.
The Drang Gallery
Alongside their more traditional artists, The Drang Gallery will exhibit a series of sculptures by Alastair Gibson. An early interest in marine life inspired Gibson to attend art classes to capture the form of interesting fish in the medium of sculpture. An education in balance engineering, and a 22 year career in the motor sport industry - 14 of which were in Formula One - led him to draw similarities between modern Grand Prix cars and game fish. Gibson undertook a series of sculptures using F1 parts and technology to show these unique fish in a different form. A selection of these sculptures will be exhibited at this year’s Art London.
Apricot Gallery
At Art London 2011, Apricot Gallery (London’s only gallery specialising exclusively in contemporary Vietnamese art) will be exhibiting work by some of Vietnam’s most established modern masters as well as works by young contemporary artists who are cutting new swathes in the Vietnamese cultural arena. Artists include Phuong Quoc Tri, Pham Luang, and Le Quy Tong.
Image: Clockwise from top left: Portrait of a Lady XIII, Phuong Quoc Tri, Apricot Gallery; Mondrian Dress 1, Nicolas Saint Grégoire, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery; La Locomotive, Bela de Kristo, c.1945, Stern Pissarro Gallery; Lightness of Being, Chris Levine, The Little Black Gallery; Prize Poodle, Peter Clark, Rebecca Hossack Gallery; Architectonic Composition, Caziel, c.1951, Whitford Fine Art
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Rachel Phillipps
Email: Rachel@pagetbaker.com
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Private View: 5th October, 2011
London Gate, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3
Opening Times: 11am – 8.30pm Thursday, Sunday and Monday/ 11am – 8pm Friday and Saturday
Tickets can be purchased on the door: £12 for one / £18 for two