Friday 15 October 2010

Frieze special - part one

Went to the Frieze art fair - too many interesting artists and pieces to cover them all here, so here are a few of my favourites - with, for all you art tutors out there, reasons why ...



David Shrigley tattooing art lovers - he doesn't tell them what he's going to do - fortunately the tattoo only lasts a week.





Will these new owners of a Shrigley piece ever wash again ?


Next artist is George Shaw, who has been taking thousands of photos of the village where he grew up and then painting images using Humbrol enamel on board - a reference to his painting airfix kits in his childhood. Whilst the paintings are of an ordinary village, there is something haunting and a bit threatening about them.





Hadn't come across Rodney Graham before - two really exciting large scale photos with light boxes to emphasise the colours and contrasts - first "Lighthouse Keeper with Lighthouse Model"



And then "Potatoes blocking my studio door"





Catherine Yass also uses light boxes to make her relatively ordinary images look otherworldly .






Marlo Pascual - shift and fold with a photo




Tomory Dodge uses colour and strong brush strokes to powerful effect,





Johanna Karlsson used silver wire and copper wire for this wall installation - both strong and delicate at the same time.


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