Recent Exhibition Visit

I had better post my last September excursion before October starts. So here it goes: on 16 September, I went to the 20/21 British Art Fair. It is the only fair specialising exclusively in modern and contemporary British art and takes place at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7. It only lasted for a week-end, so unfortunately it has now come and gone (from 15 to 19 September 2010). The fair is open to galleries showing work by a wide range of artists, but it seems that Henry Moore's etchings and drawings were flooding the market. I took this opportunity to discover a few new names such as Fenella Elms (great porcelain sculptures), Annes Desmet(who is an amazing printer), Henri Chopin, painter Jenny Franklin and Paul Feiller (I particularly like his 60s work).
I had the pleasure to see some beautiful prints from Jason Hicklin, his new book of etchings based on the island of Colonsay was being exhibited by The Beardsmore Gallery. Jason was taught by Norman Acroyd but he has now developed his own techniques, and his work really captures the landscapes he sees. A must see!
After the fair, I crossed Hyde Park to go to the Serpentine Gallery and visit the Wolfgang Tillmas exhibition (also finished that week-end His photographic work is really different but my favorite pieces were the creased monocoloured photographic paper presented as sculptures behind acrylic boxes. Full of cold, I decided I would take a break and have a coffee at the red cafe next door; so called because it is all built in red materials by architect Jean Nouvel This building will stay up until 17 October and is well worth a stop, especially for the photographers amongst us. Here are a few shots of the cafe, just to show that art and architecture are most definitely interlinked.