GLOBAL VIEWS
QUESTIONING FREEDOM
ART’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH LONDON
Introducing art scenes from across the globe
An audit of fresh thinking on freedom from the world’s emerging artists
Why the world’s most international city is irresistible for artists
YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LONDON’S MOST EXCITING ART FAIR
‘The fair is firing on all cylinders’ The Telegraph
‘A breath of fresh air…’ The Art Newspaper
‘Cements its place on the international art fair circuit’ Wallpaper
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GLOBAL ART IN A GLOBAL CITY
AYYAM GALLERY
Introducing Art15
SAMA ALSHAIBI
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Art15’s Four Covers Collect art from around the world with the four Art15 covers
GLOBAL ART IN A GLOBAL CITY
ASIA PACIFIC
Sama Alshaibi used her Fulbright Scholar Fellowship to run an education programme at the Palestine Museum in Ramallah in 2014
TICKETS
Art15 is an art fair true to the spirit of London, a city justly known as the world’s crossroads and a place that brings together the very best that the world produces.
Book your tickets now at artfairslondon.com
This globally focused art fair has been praised for bringing together galleries from all over the world. Now in its third edition, this May Art15 will take over London’s Olympia, filling it with a diverse mix of work from the world’s finest artists for crowds of art lovers, collectors and art professionals. Art15 will be an opportunity to celebrate the art of more than 40 countries in focused, exciting presentations from 150 galleries and institutions.
Wednesday 20 May and Thursday 21 May Advance Only First Night / Thursday Late £30
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ZHU JINSHI Zhu Jinshi participated in the seminal ‘The Stars’ exhibition, the first conceptual art exhibition to take place after the Cultural Revolution
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Newly appointed Fair Director Kate Bryan sets out her vision for Art15:
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OPENING TIMES
“Art15 offers a unique perspective as a truly global art fair, pioneering a new attitude which looks beyond the dominance of the western centric artworld. This fair is prepared to seek out new territory and promote a genuinely international platform in the world’s most global city. This fair has been described as a breath of fresh air and I love that we are able to be more risky. Given its diverse and often unexpected content, everyone – from private museum owners and collectors to curators and art lovers – has the opportunity to explore something new.”
First Night Wednesday 20 May 6pm – 9pm
MERCEDES VIEGAS MARCIA THOMPSON
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 May
Marcia Thompson studied under the acclaimed Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhaze and has lived in London since 1995
LOCATION Olympia, Olympia Way, Kensington, London W14 8UX Find Art15 at: artfairslondon.com Or search Art15 to follow the fair on social media
Of course London isn’t only known as a global city, it’s also known as a city hungry for information. This newspaper has been designed as an essential briefing to global art and to Art15, introducing international art scenes, key people, guidance on collecting and more.
PHOTO & CONTEMPORARY
EUROPE
General Opening Hours Thursday 21 May 11am – 9pm Friday 22 May 11am – 7pm Saturday 23 May 11am – 7pm
GEORGES ROUSSE Georges Rousse studied medicine in Nice, France, where he began taking photographs with a Kodak Brownie camera that his father gave him when he was 9 years old
Edited by Mark & Hannah Hayes-Westall Written by Hannah Hayes-Westall Dr. Daniel Barnes
For even more background information and behind the scenes views, follow Art15 on social media and visit artfairslondon.com
Design by The Studio of Williamson Curran Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this publication, and the statements contained herein are believed to be correct, the publishers and the organisers will not accept responsibility for any inaccuracies. No responsibility can be taken for the editorial printed in this catalogue. Reproduction of any part of this publication without permission is strictly forbidden.
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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA OCTOBER GALLERY CHILA BURMAN KUMARI Liverpool-born Chila Burman Kumari has works in the collection of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum
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OCTOBER GALLERY
OMENKA GALLERY
EL ANATSUI
NDIDI EMEFIELE
El Anatsui exhibited at the 2007 Venice Biennale and had a major retrospective that toured America in 2013-14
Ndidi Emefiele is studying for a Master’s in Fine Art at the Slade School of Art in London
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CIRCLE ART AGENCY
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SENCER VARDARMAN
EPHREM SOLOMON
MOHAMMAD ZAZA
Sencer Vardarman is known for work dealing with the way that contemporary mass culture uses visual imagery to achieve calculated effects
Ephrem Solomon graduated from the Entoto Art School in 2009 and has become known for his portraits of empty chairs and unworn slippers
Mohammad Zaza’s conceptual approach is based on an attempt to understand collective consciousness
Local conditions relating to political upheaval and economic difficulty have spurred a generation of young artists to make challenging work Art has always helped societies to understand what’s happening to them, providing them with new ways to frame questions and giving them new ways to move forward to better times. In areas where great change is occurring the role of the artist is both essential and yet incredibly difficult to perform. Artists from the Middle East and Africa face these challenges and responsibilities head on. Iraqi-British artist Athier Mousawi, who can be seen at Art15 in the Ayyam Gallery booth,
is well known for his colourful, dynamic paintings that explore his ancestral but homeless relationship with the Middle East, yet also runs education workshops in the refugee camps of Beirut and Amman. His paintings are bold, highly detailed abstractions that hint at human features, showing influences of Cubism and Modernism but with a distinctive Arabian flavour, while his interest in education has led to him being artist in residence at the British Museum.
The art of these regions offers a blend of contemporary sensibilities with a local vernacular that chimes with a Western audience’s love of art that explores personal histories through a dynamic aesthetic and a commitment to art for everyone. As a consequence, it’s fast gaining in popularity. The recognition of international tastemakers such as Charles Saatchi, who showed Ivory Coast artist Aboudia - rightly compared to Basquiat - in his celebrated exhibition of African and South American art last year, has spurred the market. However, as an emerging field, the work remains relatively affordable and has something to offer even the most discerning collector. There is a sense that local conditions relating to political upheaval and economic difficulty have spurred a generation of young artists to make challenging work that has much to teach us all.
Whilst studio visits to Nigerian artist Ndidi Emefiele might not involve the armoured cars that typified the organisation of Iraq’s 2013 pavilion at the Venice Biennale (she is studying at The Slade in London after all), the artist’s work, shown by the Nigerian Omenka Gallery, is still a reflection of a changing society. Influenced by fashion and social media Emefiele creates tender but humorous portraits of people who evoke the energy and diversity of modern Nigeria.
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WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT COLLECTING? COLLECTOR: SALMA TUQAN AGE: 29
Getting a chance to live with the work.
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FREEDOM AUDIT Artists from across the globe are negotiating a path through issues of taste, of mutual respect and of tolerance and the politics surrounding them.
From Pablo Picasso in Guernica to Banksy in Gaza, the way that artists respond to social and political change goes a long way towards setting the tone for wider conversations within society. As events ranging from ideologically inspired wars to acts of terror in our cities come to dominate headlines, debates that pit security against freedom of expression have become more common. Indeed a recent piece of research by Techcrunch suggests that since the early 2000s, use in articles and books of Ben Franklin’s famous quote about freedom “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” has increased by almost 700%, a sign of a wider preoccupation. Now, in a curatorial commission for Art15, world-renowned independent curator Kathleen Soriano a former Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, undertakes an audit of concepts around freedom in the art world. In Freedom Audit Soriano will conduct a curatorial enquiry into the ways in which artists from across the globe and from a wide-range of cultures are negotiating a path through issues of taste, of mutual respect and of tolerance and the politics surrounding them. Over 15 artists will be shown in Freedom Audit with work including sculpture, painting, photography, video, installation, and live performance. The exhibition will be presented at Olympia, London during the run of the Fair and will be complemented by a corresponding programme of events. On the facing page, Kathleen Soriano gives a rare insight into the conception of this important and timely initiative
ROSSI & ROSSI
OCTOBER GALLERY
TENZING RIGDOL
JUKHEE KWON
Tenzing’s best known work is Our Land, Our People, which involved the covert transportation of 20 tonnes of soil out of Tibet, through Nepal, to Dharamsala in India
Jukhee Kwon gained her MA from Camberwell College of Arts, London, and uses discarded books to create her sculptures
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Can you tell us how you alighted on the subject of freedom for the audit?
READING LIST
I was invited to make an exhibition for Art15 only a few days before the Charlie Hebdo events took place in Paris. At that point, the entire world was focussing on the dramatic events and trying to comprehend their meaning and the consequent shift that had been made to our daily lives. It seemed wrong at that stage to consider an exhibition without purpose, without meaning and without commentary, and so the notion of Freedom Audit emerged.
Get more out of art with this quick reading list compiled by art book specialists showing at Art15
How have you defined freedom? In the days immediately following the Paris attacks there was much talk about freedom of expression and it quickly became clear that it is not a black and white matter. Nor is it clear who is right and who is wrong in their views on the subject. For this reason I wanted to keep the definition of freedom as open as possible so that it touched not just on expression and religious belief, but was allowed to range and include sexuality, politics and human rights. But most importantly, I was interested to understand how the artists interpret it.
KATHLEEN SORIANO Former Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, now an Independent curator pictured here with Anselm Kiefer
FROM THAMES & HUDSON
How did you go about surveying the work of artists for this exhibition? What guided some of your choices? Art15 prides itself on being a global art fair and as such, it seemed to me that it was imperative that the exhibition reflected that breadth of reach. Rather than go to the familiar and usual, big name suspects, I wanted to know more about those artists about whom we were less familiar but who are nonetheless making great work in relation to this theme. Knowing that the global expertise also rested with many of the dealers represented at Art15 my first port of call was through them, to their artists and I put out a call for them to show me how they had been responding to these issues in their work. From those submissions I began my researches on the individual artists and their particular focus, and eventually made my selection. That selection was also put together based on the very distinct space in which the works are shown at Olympia but I was primarily looking for work that surprised and challenged me, but that also went beyond the narrative of the theme in its quality.
ART SINCE 1960 BY MICHAEL ARCHER: THAMES & HUDSON
This seminal book covers the key movements and styles and is an indispensable source of information on the evolution of art over the past five-and-a-half decades.
MADDOX ARTS ANA CVOROVIC Born in the former Yugoslavia, Ana Cvorovic took an MA in Fine Art Sculpture at London’s Royal College of Art
FROM LAURENCE KING THIS IS MATISSE BY CATHERINE INGRAM, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY AGNES DECOURCHELLE
The latest title in a series that presents art history in an innovative and highly visual manner, This is Matisse brings the story of Henri Matisse to life through specially commissioned illustrations by Agnes Decourchelle.
How does the exhibition leave you feeling? Hopeful for the future or a little nervous about where we are going? The exhibition isn’t there to provide all the answers, it is, after all a curatorial enquiry. Sadly, that enquiry is not complete and we live our lives, I hope, continuing to ask the questions and continuing to listen to all of the different responses that can be heard across the world. Essentially however, it leaves me hopeful as it confirms that artists will continue to question, to explore and to find their answers going forward. MIMSY
“…I wanted to keep the definition of freedom as open as possible so that it touched not just on expression and religious belief”
Anonymous artist Mimsy came to prominence with a piece depicting terrorists attacking a picnic, acted out by Sylvanian Family toys
FROM MAGMA GRAYSON PERRY ‘PLAYING TO THE GALLERY’
Based on his popular Reith Lectures and full of words and pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world by the celebrated artist answers the art questions that might seem too embarrassing to ask.
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10 CHANCERY LANE
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HUANG RUI
RODEL TAPAYA
F.N. SOUZA
Huang Rui was a founding member of the Avant Garde group ‘The Stars’ which included Ai Weiwei
Rodel Tapaya won the Top Prize in the Nokia Art Awards and is currently showing in the ICA off-site project ‘Hong Kongese’, curated by Gregor Muir
F.N. Souza was a founding member of the Progressive Artists’ Group of Bombay, and was the first postindependence Indian artist to achieve high recognition in the West
FEHILY CONTEMPORARY KATE SHAW
LIN & LIN LIU SHIH TUNG
Kate Shaw has shown internationally and currently her work is touring to museums throughout Asia as part of the Asialink exhibition Vertigo
For over a decade now Asian artists have been gaining international recognition with their distinct fusion of aesthetic tradition with solid conceptualism Perhaps it was inevitable that as creative freedom and economic growth increased, the art of the Asia Pacific region would flourish. Certainly for over a decade now Asian artists have been gaining international recognition with their distinct fusion of aesthetic tradition with solid conceptualism, and today the art of the Asian Pacific region is a global success story, with a buoyant local and international market that is rich in diversity.
Liu Shih Tung has won the New York Art Creativity Award of the the Asian Cultural Council and exhibited internationally
In China alone, the market for art has expanded, encouraging a host of big international galleries to set up shop representing an international crew of artists; but there is also growing interest in contemporary Chinese art from Chinese collectors who have turned their attention from antiques to new media and abstract art. Artists such as Zeng Fanzhi, whose auction prices have reached a staggering $23.3million, and relative newcomer Liu Wei, represented by White Cube, are noted success stories, and seem set to be trailblazers, for as well as artists living and working in Asia, there is a high concentration of students choosing to study internationally, including many in London.
celebrating Asian art beyond the big names, as Manchester’s 2014 Asian Art Triennial demonstrated with its exhibition, ‘Harmonious Society’, which included fresh talent from Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea. A leitmotif of art from the Asian Pacific region is urbanisation, as ideas and images generated by explosive modern development fuse with ancient traditions. See this at play in Hisaya Taira’s work (shown by Yoshiaki Inoue, Japan), whose photorealist paintings bring enchantment to the mundane urban environments of Japan and North America, and again in Humaira Abid’s intensely detailed wood carvings of ordinary suitcases, (shown by Pakistan-based gallery, Khaas Art). More playfully, London’s Grosvenor Gallery is showing work by veteran conceptual artist Rasheed Areen, whose latticed cube sculptures cross the boundary between stark minimalism and joyful participation by inviting viewers to reconfigure the cubes at will.
There is no doubt that the high profile of conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, famed as much for his dealings with the Chinese government as for his ‘sunflower seeds’ at Tate Modern, has raised the profile of contemporary art from China. However, the art world is increasingly
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WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT COLLECTING? COLLECTOR: BLAISE PATRICK AGE: 30
For me, the best thing about collecting contemporary art is meeting and working with the artists involved.
ASIA PACIFIC GALLERY SOSO SEUNG UN CHUNG Seung Un Chung studied at the Seoul National University, South Korea, and in Dusseldorf, Germany and has exhibited internationally
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A WORLD OF ART TO DISCOVER
FIND FASCINATING IDEAS, STIMULATING DISCUSSIONS AND DELICIOUS RESTAURANTS AT LONDON’S GLOBAL ART FAIR
SULGER BUELL-LOVELL JENNA BURCHELL
FINE ART SOCIETY CONTEMPORARY ANNIE MORRIS
TALKS
TOURS
ARTSY
PROJECTS
Engaging panel discussion and bite-sized sessions form an innovative and provocative talks programme at Art15. Discussions take place around two of the fair’s main curatorial themes – Freedom and Digital Art – as well as pertinent art world topics such as Private vs Public Museums and the ever-evolving role of artists.
One of London’s most revered art education institutions, Sotheby’s Institute of Art will offer specialist and highlights tours of Art15.
YOUR ONLINE GUIDE TO ART15
See more than 15 sculptures and artist projects throughout Art15, including site-specific pieces that intervene with your journey. See work by artists including Wang Keping, Jenna Burchell and Annie Morris.
Art15’s informal ‘10 Things You Didn’t Know About…’ series returns for another round of educational 20-minute bites, W-Art present a forum around the status of women in art and global authority on design Wallpaper* host a panel discussion.
Highlights tours giving an overview of the fair are free to join and are led by Sotheby’s Institute post-graduate students.
Specialist tours will cover regions such as the Middle East, Africa and Asia as well as various media including Sculpture, Digital Art and Photography.
Find out more and book at artfairslondon.com/programme/tours
Artsy, the premier resource for browsing over 40 of the world’s most influential art fairs, is the official online listing platform and mobile guide for Art15. Artsy provides the opportunity for visitors to browse over 1,000 images and collect artworks by exhibiting galleries via Artsy.net and the Artsy iPhone app. Free to download at iPhone.artsy.net
Intimate ‘in-conversation’ events with artists, writers and curators will be hosted throughout the fair. Find out more and register at: artfairslondon.com/programme/talks
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Special Art15 Projects tours will take place at 3pm on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May. Find out more at artfairslondon.com/programme/projects
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FIRST NIGHT Stay one step ahead of the rest of London and be sure not to miss Art15’s exclusive First Night. Rub shoulders with art world glitterati at the opening of London’s global art fair. Book tickets and find out more at artfairslondon.com/visit/firstnight Tickets are limited so early booking is recommended.
THURSDAY LATE IN ASSOCIATION WITH VANITY FAIR
FOOD 4 ART As with art, so with restaurants, London is up there with the biggest players. To celebrate the exuberant culinary talent of the city, Art15 has invited four restaurant chefs representing very different, hugely successful aspects of eating out to inspire the catering at the fair.
The fair stays open for a second consecutive evening in association with Vanity Fair – the world’s most talked-about magazine and Art15’s official media partner.
Chosen by Fay Maschler, restaurant critic of London’s newspaper, the Evening Standard, the chefs are bringing shimmering Spanish tapas, Indian as it is found in Indian homes, new generation rock star food and the chic comfort of a Yankee-influenced all-day grill menu to the four days of the show. Here is a unique opportunity for visitors to Art15 to get a taste – or indeed three courses – of the sort of cooking that has put London right at the centre of the gastronomic map.
Book tickets and find out more at artfairslondon.com/visit/thursdaylate
Find out more at artfairslondon.com/visit/food4art
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GYMKHANA
Wednesday 20 May Barrafina (Collectors Lounge only) Thursday 21 May Gymkhana Friday 22 May The Clove Club Saturday 23 May The Colony Grill Room
ART15 CLUB LOUNGE
THE CLOVE CLUB
In partnership with
Enhance your evening at the fair and book tickets to the private Art15 Club Lounge. Available on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May, guests enjoy drinks, canapés and live DJ’s in the Club Lounge plus tours of the fair led by the experts from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Thursday Late Club Lounge ticket holders also receive a special private view of the Freedom Audit exhibition, priority access to the Vanity Fair talk and a 6-month iPad and iPhone subscription to Vanity Fair.
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LONDON THE WORLD’S MOST GLOBAL CITY
In a city that attracts talents from all over the world artists find a welcoming community
London has been a truly international city since its Roman foundation as Londinium in 43AD. Today, visitors often remark on how global the city feels, and for good reason; the Office for National Statistics’ most recent data shows that London is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse cities, with 50 non-indigenous groups having populations over 10,000. Indeed more than one in three Londoners was born outside the UK and the city remains a beacon for young people from all over the world who come to the capital hoping to make their mark. As expatriate communities come together with new arrivals and longer-term residents, the city benefits from a unique energy and vibrancy, and it gives the local art scene a uniquely connected, global outlook. Artists flock to the city drawn by opportunities to connect with one of the world’s most diverse and influential gallery scenes (and of course the collectors that support them), access to some of the world’s most important art collections, and, vitally, the community of fellow artists who have made London their home.
ART15 LONDON COMMITTEE Here, members of the committee share their thoughts on what makes London so global, so diverse, so unique
Its tolerance, historically and today. For all its occasional points of friction, this city has welcomed strangers and their cultures like no other
It is a global hub for businesses of cultural diversity
The people and the constant flux of culture
CAROLINE RUSH CBE CEO, BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL
JONATHAN YEO ARTIST
London is often compared to New York, but I believe London has the added advantage of its rich history alongside the most unique sub-cultures representing global values. It’s where these two social realities meet that the most exciting cultural developments emerge
The huge range of culture, architecture, people and of course my favourite, the cuisines!
THOMAS MARKS EDITOR, APOLLO MAGAZINE
It’s a combination of diversity and accessibility. There are certainly other, probably greater, immigrant cities, but London sits so close to the rest of the world. The flow of ideas and people in both directions is the key GEOFFREY CASSIDY ARTS ADVISER
FAIZA BUTT ARTIST
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Yes, it’s a city famed for its celebrity artists, international auction houses and major outposts of mega dealers, but it’s also a city of curatorial excellence
also a city of curatorial excellence. There are a host of medium-sized and small galleries and the sheer number of galleries active sets up an environment where curatorial rigour is the norm, with the result that the emerging and mid-career artists shown are working to an incredibly high standard. For the collector it means access to a huge range of tremendous art without astronomical prices.
In the late 80s, the London artworld was ruled by imports from the bustling New York scene. The artworld was a few galleries in and around Cork Street, where a few curators and dealers called the shots, only occasionally jolted out of their politeness by Gilbert & George with their dirty words and bodily fluids. One young man, who was doing odd jobs at the renowned Anthony D’Offay Gallery, decided to show the world that there was more to London than a few stuffy old galleries. Damien Hirst’s now legendary ‘Freeze’ group exhibition in a warehouse in London’s ramshackle Docklands changed the landscape of the London artworld forever. This exhibition of work by a group of unknown Goldsmiths students was fresh, exciting and independent of the establishment, yet crucially, it had the curatorial rigour that has come to define the London art scene. Freeze heralded the birth of the YBA movement and changed the balance of power, opening a pathway for young gallerists and artists - should they be both good and lucky - and set the art business in London on a new footing. The lasting impact of this event is one of the reasons that London retains its position as the preeminent city in which to see, sell and buy great art. Yes, it’s a city famed for its celebrity artists, international auction houses and major outposts of mega dealers, but it’s
This diverse, rigorous environment is home to the enigmatic Bosse and Baum gallery, nestled in the emerging art district of Peckham, South London representing socially engaged artists including Richard Wentworth and Dave Beech, whilst in Soho, Riflemaker Gallery, focuses on a programme of emerging artists and the artists who might have inspired them. Having recently staged an exhibition by William S Burroughs, at Art15 they are showing works by Josephine King, whose painting ‘Uncontrollable’ has been selected to appear on a US postage stamp. The Clerkenwell-based William Bennington Gallery is noteworthy for its being dedicated to sculpture; they opened in London after successfully staging the annual Sculptural outdoor exhibition in Devon. At Art15 they will present works by Mark Davey, whose beguiling semi-abstractions of underpants and florescent lights suggest some mythical point at which Pop art and minimalism meet.
KARSTEN SCHUBERT BRIDGET RILEY Bridget Riley was the first woman to receive the Sikkens Prize, the Dutch award for use of colour in painting
Happily for collectors, in this most international of cities, internationally-oriented galleries embrace the pervasive rigor. Lychee One is a good example, a gallery that is committed to bringing the best of home-grown and Chinese art to London. Vivian Zhang, who will be showing her colourful and enigmatic paintings at Art15, was in the Saatchi New Sensations during Frieze week 2014 and is also the recipient of a Chadwell Award and Residency. PIPER GALLERY TESS JARAY Tess Jaray is noted for her public commissions, which include Centenary Square Birmingham and the foyer of the British Embassy in Moscow
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CHARMING BAKER
Stella Vine courted controversy with her painting of Princess Diana which was bought by Charles Saatchi
Charming Baker collaborated with Sir Paul Smith on a piece for the 2012 London Olympics which was shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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TOP COLLECTING TIPS Building an art collection is an experience that is both rewarding and enriching. Get off to a flying start with Art15’s guide to starting a collection
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Buy something that you genuinely like. Analysing the art market isn’t a perfect science, so buying purely for investment is risky. Plus of course you’ll have to live with what you’ve bought.
Staying abreast of trends in the market will help explain why that emerging artist you picked up for a song last year is suddenly more expensive.
Many dealers at art fairs don’t display prices as they feel it compromises the display – but they’re there to sell art so they want you to ask.
If you’ve narrowed down your choices and know what you’re interested in, look it up online. There’s a host of information about recent sales, prices and even art world gossip that will help you make a more informed decision.
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Even if the piece you covet has gone to another collector, giving the dealer your details and an idea of what you like means that they can get in touch if the artist produces similar work, or if work in the same spirit becomes available.
Even if the work you buy goes up in value immediately it’s not a good idea to sell it straight away. Dealers avoid so called ‘flippers’ like the plague, and more importantly, you won’t get a chance to live with the piece.
Trends come and go, but you are buying for yourself, so use the trends as a guide, but trust your own judgement.
It’s a good idea to go to an art fair with measurements of the walls you’re thinking of hanging art on or the space you plan to put a sculpture in. Art needs space around it in order to shine.
Building a collection is about learning what you like and what works in your space as much as it is about the act of buying art, so don’t feel like you need to blow the whole budget at the beginning of your collecting career.
HAVE A BUDGET You can find art starting from £500 at Art15. Many great collections started off small, so work out what you can spend and stick to a limit.
THE NEW 100 CLUB Uniting The World’s Young Collectors
Finding sympathetic fellow collectors can be a valuable support. The New 100 Club by Art15 has been designed to help facilitate the growth of networks Building a collection is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it’s not without challenges. Finding sympathetic fellow collectors can be a valuable support, and whilst this happens eventually, the establishment of the New 100 Club by Art15 has been designed to help facilitate the growth of networks.
Each year an invitation only group of the world’s 100 most active and engaged young collectors will be invited to take up a 12-month membership of the club. Alongside introductions to other collectors, members will be hosted at a series of dedicated events during Art15 and its subsequent editions, and most importantly, will be invited to participate in a legacy initiative, the funding of a major art commission. Each member will have the opportunity to donate to the International Production Fund, a philanthropic platform launched by Outset Contemporary Art Fund in 2012 to commission major new works at the world’s preeminent art biennials. Once funds are assigned, members of The New 100 Club will have an unparalleled early-stage involvement with the biennial’s Artistic Director and their chosen artist while presentations by the Artistic Director and a studio visit with the artist will be made accessible through private live streams.
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BRINGING ART HOME
STYLE What do a busy crew of art critics, writers gallerists, business leaders and editors consider to be their art fair essentials?
The Expert’s View Creating a harmonious space in which to live with art requires careful consideration Industrialist Henry Frick’s jewel-like former home contains masterpieces by Fragonard and Boucher that famously glow within the perfectly accommodating space – a testament to the collaboration of Frick’s art dealer Joseph Duveen with decorator Sir Charles Allom. Finding a place for a grand master in the drawing room isn’t an everyday problem, but creating a harmonious space in which to live with art requires careful consideration. Vanessa Brady OBE, the President and Founder of the Society of British & International Design (SBID), has designed interiors for collectors at all stages, and takes a very pragmatic approach. When choosing art to match an interior she suggests thinking about the artwork that will live in a space very early on in the design process. “I generally create a monochrome canvas to the correct scale and position it in the property so that the owners can choose art to personalise the space to their own taste… the artwork is worked into the design in the initial stages”.
CAROLINE RUSH
GEORGE BENINGTON
CEO, BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL
WILLIAM BENINGTON GALLERY
The perfect bag is essential. Large enough to put in all of your information and brochures and individual for your personal style statement.
There’s no need for a suit; a solid pair of leather brogues, smart pair of jeans, crisp white shirt and a well fitted jacket with plenty of pockets to stash all the business cards you’ll get handed. Finish with an iPad tucked firmly under one arm.
ALICE BRUDENELL-BRUCE
MEGAN PIPER
VANESSA BRADY OBE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGN
Also key is the natural light source, “(it) impacts on the interior as well as the furnishings and what suits a wall in an open plan chalet in Switzerland is different to a loft in New York”.
VANITY FAIR
PIPER GALLERY
Aesop Immediate Moisture Facial Hydrosol – as the light at art fairs can be drying.
Comfortable shoes (although not necessarily flats) an iPhone with large amounts of storage for photographing works and labels (to remind you which works were on which stand), a notebook and pencil for when your phone runs out of battery... And leave umbrellas at home!
Vanessa’s focus on ensuring that the practicalities are covered extends to her approach to purchasing art, “Take advice, visit public galleries, speak to artists and attend exhibitions see what styles you are drawn towards and consult a designer - then an investment or an indulgence will continue to satisfy and give pleasure for a lifetime. That’s a true investment in art; it’s not just financial”. HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS MAIN STAIRCASE Even challenging spaces like stairwells can be places for art when lighting and colour are considered alongside the work, as here at The House of St Barnabas
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HUW LOUGHER
AMY E WILLIAMS
INCITO ART ADVISORY
YOU MAGAZINE, THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
Hawaiian shorts - a dealer I know of last year wore these to a fair last year basically to stand out and facilitate meeting up with people.
Huge dark glasses, should the price of that coveted piece be eye-watering…
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ZIPPER GALERIA
DIANA LOWENSTEIN
JAMES KUDO
FABIANO PARISI
James Kudo was born in a town that later flooded and became a lake; his work explores his relationship to that transient place
Fabiano Parisi, who photographs derelict cinemas in North America, was shortlisted for the Young Masters Prize in 2012 and 2014
BLAU PROJECTS UPFOR
PRAXIS
BRENNA MURPHY
MARIANO GIRAUD
Brenna Murphy is a member of the experimental art collective MSHR and the Oregon Painting Society
Mariano Giraud designs his sculptures on a computer before using a 3-D printer to realise them
From the Americas, a range of artists questioning the nature of cultural identity In November 2014, the icy darkness of a New York night was briefly lit up by the setting of a new world record for sales of Latin American modern and contemporary art as Sotheby’s raised $20million in one auction. South America has produced some of the brightest stars in the contemporary art market, such as Christian Rosa and Oscar Murillo, an artist who is in such high demand that in March this year one of his paintings was stolen from the walls of MoMA, New York. Prices for these artists can reach $500,000 at auction, but they are just the superstar tip of an extremely varied and complex iceberg.
MARCONE MOREIRA
A theme that regularly appears in the art of both North and South America is characterised by ongoing investigation into forced cultural change – a reality born out of colonialism, immigration and economic change. In practice what this means is we see photographer Fabiano Parisi, who was shortlisted for the Young Masters Prize in 2012 and 2014 and who is shown by Miami-based gallery, Diana Lowenstein, documenting the decay of capitalist cultures in photographs of derelict cinemas and theatres across North America. Meanwhile, painter James Kudo, represented by Brazil’s Zipper Galeria, creates vibrant paintings that are informed by his Japanese heritage and growing up in Brazil. The painter SH Raza, represented by Aicon Gallery, USA, has been working since the 1940s on developing a continuous style that reflects his travels from childhood in India to France and thence to New York at the height of abstract expressionism, while Blau Projects, São Paulo, is showing a selection of work by Eder Oliveira, whose vast
Marcone Moreira installed 30 polystyrene boxes wrapped in coloured ribbons at the River Tocantins near Marabá, Brazil
murals depict criminal youths from the Amazon city of Belem. Painted from photographs on a billboard scale, these brooding faces question race and masculinity in contemporary Brazil. The spectre of colonialism, growing economic wealth and inequality loom large in an artworld whose historically charged but highly contemporary aesthetic is irresistible to international collectors. In North America, Brenna Murphy, showing at Upfor Gallery, USA, is blending tribal iconography with modern electronics to create structures that symbolise the collision of the contemporary with the past whilst Another Praxis Gallery from Argentina is showing paintings by Agustin Sirai, whose flirtations with narrative suggest a world on the verge of catastrophe.
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WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT COLLECTING? COLLECTOR: KAMIAR MALEKI AGE: 36
Travelling the world, meeting interesting people, being able to discuss art not only with the artists themselves, but the critics, curators and influential art people. Also getting the exciting feeling of discovering young talent and being able to hang them on your walls.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA JENKINS JOHNSON KENYATTA A.C. HINKLE Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and in 2012 was the youngest artist to be included in the Hammer Museum Biennial
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#IRL Integrating Digital Into the Artworld
As a generation that has never known life without the internet begins to make art, Art15’s curatorial programme turns its focus to the intersection between the on-and offline worlds. Digital art is a far older concept than we might suspect. It began in 1949 with an essay ‘Mathematics in Art’ by Max Bense and the first digital artists, people like Frieder Nake, Georg Nees, and Michael Noll were actually mathematicians. As time went on, researchers in computer labs such as IBM began to investigate the creative uses of their giant machines - the first ever digital nude was created in Bell Labs by Murray Hill and Leon Harmon in 1966. As supercomputing power moved from labs to offices to homes and eventually to the smartphone in our pockets, artists continued to explore the possibilities of a new medium. Now, as a generation that has never known life without the internet begins to make art, Art15’s curatorial programme turns its focus to the intersection between the on-and offline worlds with #IRL, (In Real Life), a project conceived and led by noted curator Valentia Fois.
In a curatorial statement, Fois discusses this changing world,
We have designated a physical space inside Art15 where the audience can gather together and interact in real life with the artists, me, ultimately between themselves. We are curating a series of activities that focus on promoting the interaction between the public and the digital project.
“Digital natives (those born during the age of digital technology) don’t know what it means to live in a non-digital world. Expressing oneself through a device such as a mobile phone or tablet has become the norm. We should expect to see an increasing number of artists using the internet as their medium in the future. This is not a current trend, as some might argue, but a way of life for the younger generation and the ones to follow … The question for me is no longer what ‘digital art’ is but if there is still a need to differentiate it from ‘art’?”
What is it about an art fair that makes it such a good place to investigate real life? VALENTINA FOIS #IRL CURATOR
When you were thinking about structuring the piece were there any rules you put in place to guide the artists?
The #IRL project will bring together artists Emilie Gervais and Sara Ludy in a unique format that Fois describes as a ‘freestyle rap battle’ of ideas. The two artists will respond to one another’s work in an open conversation between Gervais and Ludy through the technology they use to create art, physical sites, the environment and the public.
The way I like to work is to open up conversations between the artists and or curators I am collaborating with and myself. With #IRL, with Sara and Emilie, I shared some initial ideas and we went from there. How are you defining Real Life for this project? One of the aims of this project is to show that the digital network and the physical world are not so far apart from each other; we want to curate a space where digital and physical dimensions coexist. Digital is all around us, therefore it’s getting hard to differentiate what belongs to the digital realm and what is happening in real life - aren’t they the same? How do we judge what is real and what is digital? For many people virtual happenings are as real as the ones taking place offline.
Valentina Fois gave an exclusive insight into the process of creating #IRL
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Art15 is taking place in a physical space where thousands of people get together because they share similar interests and passion; contemporary art is the communal element that unifies them. This is an amazing opportunity to have access to a great pool of people that potentially can interact with the artists and me, helping us to discover what happens when, in real time you live a digital experience within a physical space. The artists that you have selected are an interesting pairing. How did you come to work with them, and had they worked together in the past? I have had the pleasure of working with Emilie and Sara on a few occasions. They have also featured together in many shows and projects so they are both very familiar with each other’s work. I love their work but most of all I respect their strong views on contemporary art practice and net art. Their works are very strong so it will be fascinating to see what will happen.
OTHER DIGITAL WORKS AT ART15 Art made with, or featuring digital technology is one practice in which rules have yet to be made, making it a uniquely exciting area for collectors and enthusiasts alike. Find the work at these galleries:
GALLERY YANG
CHRISTINE PARK
DAM GALLERY
KONG LI’NAN
HANGJUN LEE
CASEY REAS
Kong Li’nan was born in Jinlin Province, China, and now lives in Beijing
Hangjun Lee is a film maker an independent curator whose work focuses on multi-screen projection and noise improvisation
Casey Reas invented the programming language, Processing, which is used by artists worldwide
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ART FOR GOOD A new partnership with The House of St Barnabas will harness the transformative power of art On a sunny corner of Soho Square sits an elegantly proportioned Georgian building with a fascinating purpose. The House of St. Barnabas, as it has been known since its foundation in 1846, was first established to ‘help those in necessitous circumstances’ and it has done so ever since.
FOR THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS MICHAEL PINSKY
The House of St Barnabas Photos by Mike Tinney
The artist will install a new edition of his work ‘Viral Planting’ where the microscope view of the Ebola virus is recreated using 30,000 roses
Today, The House of St Barnabas supports those affected by homelessness and social exclusion back into sustained work. The current model is of an integrated Employment Academy and social business (a not-for-profit private members’ club), an answer to one of today’s most pressing needs; that people who have been affected by homelessness are coming up against multiple barriers when moving in to work, keeping work and progressing. The House of St Barnabas and Art15 have come together to act on the charity’s belief that cultural inclusion and social inclusion go hand in hand and that the arts and culture form a strong part of how the ethos of the House of St Barnabas can be shared. Noted for its extensive arts programme and strong connections with the contemporary British art scene, for Art15 the House of St Barnabas’s arts club ‘The Collective’ will introduce an installation by renowned British artist Michael Pinsky. The work will be shown at one of Art15’s bars in association with the club, which will host an informal series of talks. Check @Art15London_ throughout the fair for the latest programme details.
THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS
THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS
The House of St Barnabas has an active arts club ‘The Collective’, which acts on the organisation’s belief that cultural inclusion and social inclusion go hand in hand
The House of St Barnabas supports those affected by homelessness and social exclusion back into work with an integrated model incorporating an Employment Academy and social business (a notfor-profit private members’ club)
Katie Heller, Curator at The House of St Barnabas explained the collaboration:
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How did the collaboration with Art15 come about and why is it a good fit for The House of St Barnabas? We want to align ourselves with a fair that is diverse in its content, has a global reach and that, like ourselves, works with both established and emerging artists. Art15 is therefore the perfect fit. What do you hope to achieve… We hope to disseminate The House of St Barnabas’ mission to a wider audience. As well as our fight for social change we also believe in exploiting the power of art to its full potential as a catalyst for change in both local communities and on a wider scale. The House of St Barnabas aims to show the power of mixing cultural and social landscapes to create new experiences for people to engage with our vision. We hope that being present at Art15 will raise awareness of the Charity, bring new supporters and help us find a new wave of social ambassadors who love art. What lies behind your selection of Michael Pinsky for this project? Michael Pinsky is a British artist who explores issues which shape and influence the use of our public realm. Taking the combined roles of artist, urban planner, activist, researcher, and resident, he starts residencies and commissions without a specified agenda, working with local people and resources, allowing the physical, social and political environment to define his working methodology. His work has been shown at: TATE Britain; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu; Saatchi Gallery; Victoria and Albert Museum; ICA, London; BALTIC, Gateshead; Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, amongst others. Michael Pinsky will install a new work, taking its cue from an established work ‘Viral Planting’. What should visitors expect to see? For this edition of Viral Planting the image will be based on a microscopic view of the Ebola virus. This image will be rendered in eight colours on a grid using 30,000 roses. From a distance the image should be recognisable as a virus, but as the viewer get closer the image will become more difficult to read appearing as a mixed bed of roses in different colours.
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CORTESI GALLERY
PASCAL JANSSENS
ANNART
PAOLO SCHEGGI
CARLOS CRUZ DIEZ
FLORICA PREVENDA
In his short life Paolo Scheggi recieved global acclaim for his approach to treating paintings as objects
Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz Diez had several works in Sotheby’s Latin American Sale in May 2014
Florica Prevenda has exhibited in her native Romania, where her family were persecuted by the communist regime, and also all across Europe
ANNA MARRA CONTEMPORANEA
KEVIN KAVANAGH
PERINO & VELE
NEVAN LAHART
Perino & Vele’s papier maché pieces play with the way that mundane objects are viewed
Nevan Lahart’s work is about the media and television; he has shown at the Irish Museum of Modern art and is famed for his public sculpture, ‘Value for Taxprayers Money’’
Europe continues to produce artists adept at playing with tradition It might seem obvious that the European contemporary art market is vastly more complex and diverse than tabloid headlines of auction prices for a Damien Hirst or a Picasso suggest, but how did it get that way? One answer might be to do with the extraordinary growth in gallery numbers. Back in 1978, when Kay Roberts established her indispensable listings pamphlet, ‘New Exhibitions’ as a guide to art in London, there were just seven contemporary art galleries in the capital. Now the number listed is in excess of four hundred – and that is only a fraction of the total. These days, London leads the world in art sales, but it’s not alone and the growth in galleries and sales has been seen across Europe. One
consequence of this wider public interest in art is the growth of an enormously diverse and nuanced art scene taking place outside the traditional art centres of London, Berlin and Paris. Truly there is great, exciting, affordable art to be found throughout this huge continent. Steeped as it is in art history, Europe continues to produce artists adept at playing with tradition, but the rigour of its art schools is also visible in the tremendous strength of its conceptual canon. See the mix in action the earthy folk-inspired sculptures of Virgil Scripcariu shown by Annart Romania contrast with the work of Hungarian artist Vera Molnar, shown by DAM Gallery, Berlin, who has spent nearly seventy years developing a painting practice that combines geometric abstraction and computer generated patterns where the computer is a tool for exploring the limitations of form and colour. From Portugal, Valter Ventura’s cartographically obsessed photography is
shown by Kubik Gallery whilst Norwegian gallery Son Escape, will be showing paintings by Morten Viskum, an artist who is infamous for his performance paintings made using a real human hand that he severed from a corpse in 1998, starting the ongoing series of works titled ‘The Hand that Never Stopped Painting’. At the cutting edge of technology DAM Gallery, Berlin, presents new works by Casey Reas, the immensely popular American artist who writes software in order to produce video and print images that explore conditional systems. Photo & Contemporary, Italy, has works by photographer Silvio Wolf, whose Horizon series uses the ends of unexposed rolls of film as negatives to create deeply saturated colours reminiscent of Rothko. Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Ireland, presents a solo exhibition by the darkly humorous artist Nevan Lahart, more evidence that Dublin is fast becoming a centre for some of Europe’s most adventurous, exciting contemporary art.
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WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT COLLECTING? COLLECTOR: HUMA KABAKCI AGE: 24
Spending time with the artists, talking to them and really getting to know about the artwork you are collecting which initially becomes a collection of artists works and subsequently, a collection of memories.
EUROPE LA NEW GALLERY CRISTINA DE MIDDEL Cristina de Middel is a documentary photographer and artist who recently published ‘The Afronauts’ about the short-lived Zambian space programme
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10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT… ART15 13.36
433,285 10,412 Collective miles travelled by galleries from all over the world
Glasses of champagne drunk at the fair
The amount of times the Art15 gallery walling would wrap around the Royal Albert Hall
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1,200+ 25 / 93 The number of people involved in Art15, from builders to bartenders, cleaners to curators and shippers to security
The ages of the youngest artist Nicole Wong (Rossi+Rossi) and Vivien Zhang (Lychee One) to the oldest – S H Raza (Aicon/Grovenor)
The total number of countries represented by artists at Art15
15 MINS Take some time out in the tea room at Tezukayama Gallery’s Tettei installation
Most expensive artwork? Price on request of course!
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TATE MODERN TO ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS The equivalent distance you’d travel if you walked every aisle at Art15
$202,716,062 The total value of Zeng Fanzhi’s work sold between 2011 and 2014 – the most valuable artist at the fair
150 Galleries. 40 Countries. Over 500 Artists. 3 Punts Galeria / Spain / Germany 10 Chancery Lane / Hong Kong Advanced Graphics London / UK Aicon Gallery / USA AKI Gallery / Taiwan Albareh Contemporary / Bahrain Albemarle Gallery / UK Arndt / Germany / Singapore Art on 56th / Lebanon Arusha Gallery / UK Asia Art Center / Taiwan Ayyam Gallery / UK / UAE / Lebanon Beers Contemporary / UK Boesso Art Gallery / Italy Alessandro Casciaro / Italy The Cat Street Gallery / Hong Kong CCA Galleries and Coriander Studio London / UK Circle Culture Gallery / Germany Coates & Scarry / UK COB Gallery / UK Corridor Contemporary / Israel Cortesi Gallery / Switzerland / UK Cynthia-Reeves / USA DAM Gallery / Germany Da Xiang Art Space / Taiwan Dillon Gallery / USA East Gallery / Taiwan Faur Zsófi Galéria / Hungary Fehily Contemporary / Australia Wadi Finan Gallery / Jordan The Fine Art Society / UK The Fine Art Society Contemporary / UK Flowers Gallery / UK / USA Galerie du Monde / China Gazelli Art House / UK / Azerbaijan Galerie Grand Siècle / Taiwan Michael Goedhuis / UK
Sabrina Amrani Gallery / Spain Artistique Design Gallery / Qatar Bosse & Baum / UK Hanmi Gallery / UK / South Korea IAGA / Romania Kevin Kavanagh / Ireland Galerie Koo / Hong Kong La New Gallery / Spain Mao Space / China Ohshima Fine Art / Japan Piper Gallery / UK Son Espace / Norway / Spain Gallery Yang / China Zipper Galeria / Brazil
Grosvenor Gallery / UK Galleria H. / Taiwan Mark Hachem / France / USA Hafez Gallery / Saudi Arabia Gallery H.A.N. / South Korea Kashya Hildebrand / UK Ifa Gallery / Belgium / China Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery / Japan Galerie Pascal Janssens / Belgium Jealous / UK Jenkins Johnson Gallery / USA Kanalidarte / Italy Khaas Art / Pakistan Kobayashi Gallery / Japan Galerie Kornfeld / Germany Pearl Lam Galleries / China / Hong Kong / Singapore Amy Li Gallery / China Liang Gallery / Taiwan Lin & Lin Gallery / Taiwan Louise Alexander Gallery / Italy Diana Lowenstein Gallery / USA Galerie Maria Lund / France Maddox Arts / UK Maerzgalerie / Germany Kalman Maklary Fine Arts / Hungary Anna Marra Contemporanea / Italy Mead Carney Fine Art / UK Meno Parkas / Lithuania Dominik Mersch / Australia Millennium / UK October Gallery / UK Olsen Irwin / Australia Omenka Gallery / Nigeria One East Asia / Singapore Galerie Ora-Ora / Hong Kong Paci Contemporary / Italy
Galerie Frank Pages / Switzerland / Germany Galerie Paris Beijing / France / Belgium / China The Park Gallery / UK Photo&Contemporary / Italy Piano Nobile / UK PIFO Gallery / China Praxis / USA / Argentina Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design / Netherlands Galeria Quadro / Romania Riflemaker / UK Rossi & Rossi / UK / Hong Kong Galleria Russo / Italy / Turkey Galerie RX / France Sanchit Art / India Sardac / France Karsten Schubert / UK Schütz Fine Art / Austria Alon Segev Gallery / Israel Gallery Sensei / USA Shine Artists / UK Gallery SoSo / South Korea Space Station / China Gallery Sumukha / India Sundaram Tagore Gallery / USA / Hong Kong / Singapore Tang Contemporary / Thailand / China / Hong Kong Tezukayama Gallery / Japan OTCA: Omer Tiroche Contemporary Art / UK Unix Gallery / USA Vanguard Gallery / China Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea / Brazil Galerie Olivier Waltman / France / USA Yiri Arts / Taiwan Zemack Contemporary Art / Israel
AnnArt Gallery / Romania Art On Istanbul / Turkey William Benington Gallery / UK Blau Projects / Brazil Circle Art Agency / Kenya Marian Cramer Projects / Netherlands Lychee One / UK Galerie Laurent Mueller / France Christine Park Gallery / UK Q0DE / Jordan Sulger-Buel Lovell / UK / South Africa Upfor Gallery / USA White Rainbow / UK
House of St Barnabas / UK Camden Arts Centre / UK Dundee Contemporary Arts / UK IADA / Kazakhstan Ikon Gallery / UK INIVA / UK Maraya Art Centre / UAE Modern Art Oxford / UK Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art / UK Postmodernism Museum / Romania Society of Nigerian Artists / Nigeria UAL: NOW / UK Whitechapel Art Gallery / UK
Gallery list correct at time of print
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