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Into the frey and as always out first stop was Thomas Dane where the most intense work Ishgaan Adams ‘Kruispad”
I admire the work by Yu Nishimura and this is one of the best works to date ‘Arcade at Noon’ at Sadie Coles
Lovely to see Matthew Barney work a combination of ceramic and two NFL Jerseys synthetically cast ‘Wall Rack: Sanguine’ Looks interesting
Elizabeth Peyton, what a Gem! After art, my second favourite pastime is reading about the Tudors - I am wholly obsessed and can never get enough of our weird English History. Before my eyes is ‘Mary Queen of Scotland (after Clouet)’
Sadie’s Booth was on fire and I loved the work by Kati Heck ‘Brief and den Wind’ a true honest contemporary portrait that stood out and felt as alive and present as the portraits of Kehinde Whiley
Then there was Jordan Wolfson probably one of his best works to date ‘Mirror and Bear’ the work speaks for itself. The work is pure Blasphemy - as though religion has been thrown in the wind!
At Carlos/Ishikawa I am being introduced to the work by Evelyn Taocheng Wang a painting called ‘Frog Princess in Modegeschaegt’ I finding the work challenging but enjoy the style and fairy tale element to it
An insane furnace photograph by Wolfgang at Maureen Paley. As well as being an eye opener at an art fair it is also a show stopping art work. ‘Upsetting an ingot on an open-die forging press, Dirostahl, Remscheid, b.’
At The Approach I am intrigued by the work of Andersson Borbo ‘Hover’ a Brazilian artist collaging photographs on a wooden surface that he burns and paints and creates layer after layer
Two very happy Gallerists Jake Miller and Emma Robertson on their booth
At Catriona Jeffries was artist Abbas Akhavan whose Untitled two way mirror was definitely a subject to be addressed and part of my Hashtag ‘art and not art’ series
Great work by Jonathan Gardner at Casey Kaplan looking at human form and gaze also giving a sense of drama and suspense
This work I want to take home by Jean-Luc Moulène at Miguel Abreu Gallery
Marianna Simnett showing her lovely scarf all individual and beautifully crafted, need to buy this asap
We are looking in Herald Street cupboard at two works of another artist who passed away at the age of 93 by Lucia Di Luciano , one an early work in 1963 and a newer work as Lucia as her eyesight fades, like Monet her marks are looser and in a way more free - made nearly sixty years later
Another older woman artist Joan Nelson, working as a recluse in upstate New York
Also in Herald Street we spot the fascinating work of Sang Woo Kim ‘Ways of Seeing’
