tonight on tv - Imagine program on bbc - recorded it, managed to see 5 mins when I popped up from the shed - some great stuff, great art and then they focused on the chapman bros at the Frieze art show - for those new to the blog there are several postings about this during sept/oct.
anyhow, thought I would post link to bbc site where you can download your own chapman bros artwork, closes on Thursday 22nd - I'm gonna do my download in the morning - got some ideas of what I shall do with it!!!!
to download
Showing posts with label frieze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frieze. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
the one that got away
As you can see, I met the Chapman Brothers!
The visit to the frieze exhibition was a strange affair: when approaching the show you could smell money - limousines everywhere and gold and diamonds dripping of line stretched necks - how do you make a chicken neck look glamorous? anyway....
I had the painting in a rucksack and along with my printed flyer's entered the 'tent'. Security was tight - earpieces, walkie talkies etc.
I passed a group of people carrying placards - "where do I smoke", "where am I?" - not to sure if this was a demonstration or performance art, they were being given instructions on how to walk etc. let them got on with it thought, I have my own fish to fry.
Initially, I was informed that I couldn't take my rucksack in with me (should have bought D&G handbag!)
Removed painting and flyer's handed in bag and walked to the entry isles. (the painting at this stage was in a discreet Tesco carrier).
I was stopped and asked what was in the bag and then asked to explain why I was taking a painting in - was I an exhibitor? (not quick thinking here on my part)
"you can't take that in with you", so I explained etc. he called over big honcho security and informed me that I couldn't take it in, they would look after it for me. Smiles all round, trying a bit more blag, still no further. Ok, they could look after the painting. Before doing so I took out the flyer's - "are they flyers?" - after reading one he said that I couldn't take these in, they don't allow multiples in?? They are business cards.... you can take one in
This was getting hard work
OK I'll just take the one in.............. pulled out several and stuck in pocket (ha ha)
after 20mins finally got into the 'tent'
Found white cube stand to be informed that the 'bro's' weren't signing/defacing notes at the present time - looking around, not for the foreseeable future either, they had nicked off, done their stunt, they couldn't tell me when they would be back.
Had a look around - basic summary of work - poor, to much stuff trying to be art, trying to be controversial, many pieces were 8-9 years old.
Was I inspired - no
Did see anish kapoor - walked past him
Did get my photograph taken - don't know what that was about, but he did follow me for a while!!
Obviously, there are levels in the artworld and at this level there is little consideration for quality draftsmanship, skillful painting - image is everything.
Managed to slip a few flyers here and there, but generally all I wanted to do is get out and get some fresh air.
Upon exiting the place I was handed back my painting and flyers.
What to do with the painting?
Thinking about that, read a book recently - taking a fridge around Ireland, gives me an idea!!!
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
the other side......
THIS REALLY APPEALS TO ME:
The alternative to the Art Frieze show, more in keeping with ground roots:
Free entry
New work by artist both well known and up and coming artists
Also you can own the work for free
the deal is:
go and have a look during the week and register the piece you like, then on Sunday, first come first served - could be a mad time, but its worth a punt.
http://www.freeartfair.com/
The alternative to the Art Frieze show, more in keeping with ground roots:
Free entry
New work by artist both well known and up and coming artists
Also you can own the work for free
the deal is:
go and have a look during the week and register the piece you like, then on Sunday, first come first served - could be a mad time, but its worth a punt.
http://www.freeartfair.com/
Its not going away is it?
looks like everyone is getting in on the act!!!
source.the telegraph:
Frieze Art Fair and the contemporary art auctions in London this week have become the focus of media speculation that this might be the moment when the art bubble, which saw prices for some artists climb by more than 50 per cent last year, bursts.
Cut out and keep: Musician, performance artsist and collagist Linder made this photomontage for a flyer for the punk rock band Buzzcocks in 1977. It is now on sale for £10,000
Far from being a disaster, this could come as a relief for many.
At Frieze, which opens its doors for the fifth consecutive year to invited guests tomorrow, there will inevitably be works for sale by artists who epitomise the art boom. But there will also be those that question the very workings of the market.
Former dealer David Hickey will give a talk about how to sell art without selling out. This is an issue which obviously concerns the fair's organisers, Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp.
One of the remarkable things about the Frieze brand is its oblique relationship to the market. Frieze magazine, founded by Slotover and Sharp in 1991, never discusses art-market matters. All those gallery advertisements and no mention of money – as if it might sully the art.
Instead, Slotover and Sharp have mastered the art of the soft sell – in their magazine by giving the art critical kudos, and at the fair by including it in an elitist environment, frequently without descriptive labels and almost always without a plain-to-see price tag.
But how far has Frieze been sucked into the culture of "art fair art" – ie, art made for instant consumption at a fair? Are they aware of how many artists find the fair depressing?
One said to me last week: "For a lot of young artists, Frieze is the worst thing that has happened in London because it makes them feel excluded, and puts pressure on them to think commercially rather than creatively."
In his introduction to this year's Frieze catalogue, Neville Wakefield, who has organised several projects within the fair, asks: "Do art fairs have an influence over the kind of art that is made, as well as how it is sold?"
His purpose has been, he says, to "throw sand into the Vaseline-slick presentation of art".
One of the artists he invited is Richard Prince, whose work routinely fetches more than a million dollars. For the fair, Prince has produced a custom-made high-performance car, but is it art?
The answer, presumably, is yes, when it's a Prince.
Other projects commissioned by Wakefield include an invitation to the Queen to attend, and a regular loudspeaker request for a minute's silence. The Queen will probably not appear, but her absence will be greeted by daily sounds of applause.
With the announcements appealing for silence, Wakefield asks "whether art's traditional claims to gravitas can still be heard above the clamour of social networking and commerce". Probably not.
Among the shimmer and gloss, a healthy sense of irreverence for the market raises its head. New York dealer Gavin Brown, for instance, has invited artist Rob Pruitt to turn his stand into a flea market.
To live banjo music and the sound of old records from the collection of curator-turned-DJ Matthew Higgs, and against a background of impromptu fashion shows and performances, browsers can pick through a wide variety of objects associated with well-known figures in the art world.
There will be sculptures made for fish tanks; a selection of clothes owned by former Andy Warhol "superstar", "Baby" Jane Holzer; and a beaten-up old Eames couch from artist Elizabeth Peyton's studio. Have your photograph taken by Sam Taylor-Wood with Pruitt dressed as a panda.
And none of this will cost much. Rubber stamps made by Yoko Ono that read "Imagine(s) Peace" will be on sale for £10 or less.
On White Cube's stand, Jake and Dinos Chapman will draw on any English paper money you give them and hand it back for free. "We're reversing capitalism," says Dinos Chapman, admitting the stunt will come close to a fairground attraction.
But maybe on this occasion the Chapmans have been upstaged.
In the most radical departure from art fair commercialism, the Free Art Fair, held in central London this week for the first time, will show works by 25 artists or artists' groups, including artists in the Tate and Saatchi collections, with a combined value of £40,000.
All you have to do is register your interest in person, and then join a queue by 6pm on Sunday when the works will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Artist Jasper Joffe, who conceived the idea, says the fair "offers an alternative to the market frenzy which we see at this time of year, and opens a debate about the value of art".
source.the telegraph:
Frieze Art Fair and the contemporary art auctions in London this week have become the focus of media speculation that this might be the moment when the art bubble, which saw prices for some artists climb by more than 50 per cent last year, bursts.
Cut out and keep: Musician, performance artsist and collagist Linder made this photomontage for a flyer for the punk rock band Buzzcocks in 1977. It is now on sale for £10,000
Far from being a disaster, this could come as a relief for many.
At Frieze, which opens its doors for the fifth consecutive year to invited guests tomorrow, there will inevitably be works for sale by artists who epitomise the art boom. But there will also be those that question the very workings of the market.
Former dealer David Hickey will give a talk about how to sell art without selling out. This is an issue which obviously concerns the fair's organisers, Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp.
One of the remarkable things about the Frieze brand is its oblique relationship to the market. Frieze magazine, founded by Slotover and Sharp in 1991, never discusses art-market matters. All those gallery advertisements and no mention of money – as if it might sully the art.
Instead, Slotover and Sharp have mastered the art of the soft sell – in their magazine by giving the art critical kudos, and at the fair by including it in an elitist environment, frequently without descriptive labels and almost always without a plain-to-see price tag.
But how far has Frieze been sucked into the culture of "art fair art" – ie, art made for instant consumption at a fair? Are they aware of how many artists find the fair depressing?
One said to me last week: "For a lot of young artists, Frieze is the worst thing that has happened in London because it makes them feel excluded, and puts pressure on them to think commercially rather than creatively."
In his introduction to this year's Frieze catalogue, Neville Wakefield, who has organised several projects within the fair, asks: "Do art fairs have an influence over the kind of art that is made, as well as how it is sold?"
His purpose has been, he says, to "throw sand into the Vaseline-slick presentation of art".
One of the artists he invited is Richard Prince, whose work routinely fetches more than a million dollars. For the fair, Prince has produced a custom-made high-performance car, but is it art?
The answer, presumably, is yes, when it's a Prince.
Other projects commissioned by Wakefield include an invitation to the Queen to attend, and a regular loudspeaker request for a minute's silence. The Queen will probably not appear, but her absence will be greeted by daily sounds of applause.
With the announcements appealing for silence, Wakefield asks "whether art's traditional claims to gravitas can still be heard above the clamour of social networking and commerce". Probably not.
Among the shimmer and gloss, a healthy sense of irreverence for the market raises its head. New York dealer Gavin Brown, for instance, has invited artist Rob Pruitt to turn his stand into a flea market.
To live banjo music and the sound of old records from the collection of curator-turned-DJ Matthew Higgs, and against a background of impromptu fashion shows and performances, browsers can pick through a wide variety of objects associated with well-known figures in the art world.
There will be sculptures made for fish tanks; a selection of clothes owned by former Andy Warhol "superstar", "Baby" Jane Holzer; and a beaten-up old Eames couch from artist Elizabeth Peyton's studio. Have your photograph taken by Sam Taylor-Wood with Pruitt dressed as a panda.
And none of this will cost much. Rubber stamps made by Yoko Ono that read "Imagine(s) Peace" will be on sale for £10 or less.
On White Cube's stand, Jake and Dinos Chapman will draw on any English paper money you give them and hand it back for free. "We're reversing capitalism," says Dinos Chapman, admitting the stunt will come close to a fairground attraction.
But maybe on this occasion the Chapmans have been upstaged.
In the most radical departure from art fair commercialism, the Free Art Fair, held in central London this week for the first time, will show works by 25 artists or artists' groups, including artists in the Tate and Saatchi collections, with a combined value of £40,000.
All you have to do is register your interest in person, and then join a queue by 6pm on Sunday when the works will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Artist Jasper Joffe, who conceived the idea, says the fair "offers an alternative to the market frenzy which we see at this time of year, and opens a debate about the value of art".
Monday, October 08, 2007
Horns provide plenty of entertainment as London fair crown's record year for art
Following my interest in this years Frieze exhibition, looks like a sculptute to catch the eye!
The annual sculpture park erected in Regent's Park is always a highlight of the annual Frieze Art Fair, London's biggest contemporary art fair, and when it opens on Thursday it promises to make more noise than ever.
Two huge, bright yellow musical instruments, entitled French Horns: Unwound and Entwined, 2005, are among the most unusual exhibits because they mark a collaboration between leading artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The two have unravelled, and then twisted together, the oversize stainless instruments which yesterday appeared in their temporary home, the park's English Gardens.
Visitors will also come face to face with three life-size bronze statues by Christian Jankowski of street performers dressed as Che Guevara, Salvador Dali's 'anthropomorphic cabinet' woman
Two huge, bright yellow musical instruments, entitled French Horns: Unwound and Entwined, 2005, are among the most unusual exhibits because they mark a collaboration between leading artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The two have unravelled, and then twisted together, the oversize stainless instruments which yesterday appeared in their temporary home, the park's English Gardens.
Visitors will also come face to face with three life-size bronze statues by Christian Jankowski of street performers dressed as Che Guevara, Salvador Dali's 'anthropomorphic cabinet' woman
and a Roman legionnaire who calls himself 'Caesar'. Kadar Attia has topped broken concrete columns with rusted metals fragments to create works that resemble decaying house foundations and distorted concrete trees. The work was inspired by houses the artist has seen in his native Algeria.
In all the park will showcase nine sculptures by young artists and established names such as Bjoern Dahlem and Brigitte Kowanz. The majority have been made specifically for the fair, and all but one is from 2007.
This year's fair will crown an unprecedented boom in the contemporary art market in Britain. Figures released last week by specialist art insurer Hiscox show that in the past year the value of contemporary art has risen by 55 per cent. One of Damien Hirst's trademark medicine cabinets sold at auction for £9.65m, breaking the European record for work by a living artist, while a Banksy painting, Space Girl and Bird, went for £288,000.
· The Sculpture Park is free and open until 14 October.
Source: The Observer
In all the park will showcase nine sculptures by young artists and established names such as Bjoern Dahlem and Brigitte Kowanz. The majority have been made specifically for the fair, and all but one is from 2007.
This year's fair will crown an unprecedented boom in the contemporary art market in Britain. Figures released last week by specialist art insurer Hiscox show that in the past year the value of contemporary art has risen by 55 per cent. One of Damien Hirst's trademark medicine cabinets sold at auction for £9.65m, breaking the European record for work by a living artist, while a Banksy painting, Space Girl and Bird, went for £288,000.
· The Sculpture Park is free and open until 14 October.
Source: The Observer
Saturday, October 06, 2007
gives an idea/new painting III believe the hype!
Well, things are on the move - work on the £10 note painting is coming along, see image below. I have opted for a blue grey colour rather than match the browns found on a £10 note. The reason for this: its more in keeping with my other work, brown looks s*** as seen on wild west painting, it changes the intention to make a copy of a note and I intend to use on orange as a contrast - not making a great deal off sense - late night painting!!
Update on the hype!: contacted Frieze yesterday, spoke to their press about the concept - they liked the idea but no free tickets (I had no intention of trying to get a free ticket)
I will have to queue like everyone else, but that's all part of it.
I intend to post the full idea and thought process later/nearer the time. If it goes the further movement will be to auction the painting and proceeds going to breast cancer charity.
Next stages:
second coat of blue/grey on canvas
contact white cube gallery - in view of my intentions
post more on different groups that I am part of
bump up the hype!!
Update on the hype!: contacted Frieze yesterday, spoke to their press about the concept - they liked the idea but no free tickets (I had no intention of trying to get a free ticket)
I will have to queue like everyone else, but that's all part of it.
I intend to post the full idea and thought process later/nearer the time. If it goes the further movement will be to auction the painting and proceeds going to breast cancer charity.
Next stages:
second coat of blue/grey on canvas
contact white cube gallery - in view of my intentions
post more on different groups that I am part of
bump up the hype!!
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