The Cologne Galleries

12 May 2017

The fair was one thing but the energy inside the galleries was unreal

The Cologne Galleries
At Jan Kaps, Jean-Marie Appriou’s new show ‘Harvest’ had an incredible vivaciousness and vigour to it. Here is the artist next to his glass portraits, which I particularly loved
The Cologne Galleries
Another gem was the woman in a rainbow formation cascading over a flower filled glass bowl. These works were inspired by Appriou’s dreams
The Cologne Galleries
Everything we saw seemed to be a dream-like fantasy. Such as ‘Nut Rage’ 2015 which we spotted at Danny McDonalds’ show ‘The Beads & Other Objects’ at Kölnischer Kunstverein
The Cologne Galleries
Another new discovery was the wonderful world of Claus Richter at Clages
The Cologne Galleries
Richter’s show was called ‘Living in another world’ and it sure was. I was soaking it all in as I walked around, listening to singing orchids and talking vacuum cleaners. Here is the artist in front of ‘To-Do-Bear’
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In his ‘Hoarding Hamster’ series a hamster is harvesting away at goodness knows what!
The Cologne Galleries
The grand finale was Rose Wylie’s show ‘Cupid & Fur Coat’ at Choi & Lager. Playing well… winning shot