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12/10/2006

Zoo Art Fair 2006

London Zoo, London

Zoo Art Fair identifies and supports young commercial and non-commercial art organisations on an international platform. Exhibitors include galleries, project spaces, artist collectives, curatorial groups and publications. Zoo Art Fair is a non-profit enterprise, sponsored by established collectors, galleries, arts businesses and public funders.

In its first year, 2004, the fair showcased 26 under 3 year old local London spaces and welcomed 8,000 visitors, selling over £500,000 worth of work. In 2005, 28 under 4 year old UK exhibitors were invited and over 10,000 visitors attended with over £1 million in sales. In 2006 we showcase 46 under 5 year old exhibitors, including 31 from the UK and 15 from Mexico, Berlin and Los Angeles.

For collectors, curators, critics, dealers, artists and art enthusiasts, the Zoo Art Fair remains a considered introduction to the next generation of art talent and an in-depth survey of their emerging markets. This year’s Portfolio brings together the work of thirteen Latin American artists as a collection of editioned prints, photographs and multiples contined in a specially designed presentation box. Selected by Adriano Pedrosa, co-curator of Bienal de Sao Paulo, and published by Fair sponsor Archeus, the Portfolio represents a cross section of the best emerging art from across the continent.

Each piece has been commissioned for the box and is by an up-and-coming artist already enjoying some success, who has having been deliberately selected as someone to watch out for. Each commission is typical of their work though in many cases it will be the first time they have made editions. Latin America is one of the most exciting and interesting international rising markets, with the inclusion of many Latin artists in Biennales and institutional shows worldwide, and the purchase of their work by important local and international collections. The ongoing establishment of artist run spaces and commercial galleries throughout the continent is ensuring the continuing high profile of Latin art. The Portfolio is published in an edition of 30 and will be launched at Zoo Art Fair 2006

A Rachmaninoff’s publication in association with Zoo Art Fair, the new art considers some recent developments in contemporary art. In addition to newly commissioned pieces from a range of established and new writers working from bases within and outside the UK, the new art features images that reflect many aspects of contemporary practice. In examining the background for change within the ‘emergent’ scene, the new art discusses individual as well as institutional factors that herald shifts in the context of making and thinking about art; the book takes a specialised view of the motivations and dynamics that underscore contemporary art practice. the new art also foregrounds views from a wide range of the professionals involved in contemporary art: from the ideas of emerging artists to the attitudes and influence of writers, curators and dealers. Issues include: appropriation; melancholy; “spectres of the past"; contemporary elaboration or staging of exhibitions involving video and installation (with reference to painting); visual and language intersections in artists’ works; the value of art fairs; the significance of works which explicitly involve themselves with the circumstance of their production and consequence of their dissemination; the slight denigration of performance and the reinstatement of forms of satire; “futurology", “lacunae", “ellipses" and so on.

Artists and projects discussed include: Tomas Saraceno, John Bock, Doug Fishbone, Tino Sehgal, Anne Bean, Man in the Holocene, pablo internacional magazine, Jonathan Monk, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Bonnie Camplin, Steven Claydon, Los Super Elegantes. Published by Rachmaninoff’s in association with Zoo Art Fair Printed by Special Blue

The Hut Project Escort Agency

The Hut Project Escort Agency appropriates the mechanism of the guided art-tour, commissioning artists, writers and curators to escort visitors around exhibitor booths at the Zoo Art Fair using the art it displays as source material for a new artwork. Each tour will constitute one work in the overall editioned series titled “The Hut Project Escort Agency" and will be authenticated by a signed certificate. While existing commercial tour models operate merely as an aid to sales or as introductory service for the uninitiated, The Hut Project Escort Agency is designed to provide a platform for cultural producers to respond critically to the phenomenon of the art fair, and the state of contemporary art at large in a manner aligned with their practice. Facilitating intimate contact with small audience groups and Escorts, The Hut Project Escort Agency is designed to create direct engagements with works on display through the subjective view of the Escort, creating an artwork that constitutes a unique experience. Proposing that the key role of any artist/curator/writer is to articulate a position in relation to the field of contemporary cultural production, the project sets up a multi-tiered mediatory structure between a key mode of art distribution - the art fair - its audience, the Escorts, and The Hut Project itself. Escorts confirmed so far are: Reza Aramesh, Dave Beech, Mark Boulos, Bill Furlong, Sophie Hope, Kelly Large, John Reardon, Rob Tufnell Tours are available on all public days of the Fair and can be attended by up to four people. Each tour is offered at £250.

ARTWORDS BOOKSHOP

Artwords Bookshop offers specialist books, magazines and videos on the contemporary visual arts and has the most up-to-date selection of newly published titles, both nationally and internationally. Normally based over two sites, in Shoreditch, and at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, Artwords will be present at Zoo Art Fair by the Cafe' area in the side marquee. Artwords is dedicated to contemporary art and regularly imports new publications from the European continent, North America and Australia. Artwords' staff have many years experience in art bookselling and have expert knowledge of art publishing over the last decade.

In addition to specially selected publications covering contemporary emergent practice both nationally and internationally, Artwords will also be selling the Zoo Art Fair 2006 catalogue and the new art, a Rachmaninoff’s publication in association with Zoo Art Fair at a special joint price of £15.00.

October, 13, 2006

London Zoo
Regents Park, Prince Albert Gate - London
12.00 - 8.30pm

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