Showing posts with label Artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artists. Show all posts

17.1.25

Art Palm Beach 2025

Art Palm Beach is a lesser known fair but it is quickly becoming on the art market's radar. Located on the coast of Florida it features over 1,000 works of art. My first selection is that of Indian American artist Parvaze's art. The contrast in his Botanical I Vibrant is that of almost primary colours. It's a vibrant work and beautiful in its rendering. Suspended in space it sits outside of its natural habitat. Meanwhile Canadian artist, Martin Brouilette gives us a thoughtful abstract work to contemplate. The colours here have a pleasing palette and playful bursts of colour and doodles are a part of the composition. It is a layered work full of nuance and we wonder at the artist's intentions. On the other hand, Damien Hirst's Civilisation Exploding is an extraordinary rendering of a garden in full bloom. It is robust in in its colour scheme and almost chaotic in its busyness. Ayobola Kekere Ekun's Oya Confessional II, is a mixed media work that uses paper to achieve its success. The artist uses cutouts of paper giving her subjects large eyes to entice the viewer. She studies black identity and the way women are perceived in her culture. Enjoy these and other works as well. 

1 Parvaze, Botanical I Vibrant, 2024, Indian American



21.5.24

The Expo Chicago 2024 art fair was undeniably excellent

The Expo Chicago 2024 art fair is always an unforgettable experience. It couples established artists together with emerging ones from all over the world. This year showcased many talented African American artists and the African diaspora. There were other countries on full display too and you shall see that here. In Olasunkanmi Akomolehin's Dare to Dream. we see a joyous celebration of life tied together with nature. Everything is in bloom and we see hope before us. In Ashley January's In Memory of Baby Roland we see the impact that motherhood has and the tragedy of death. It's a beautiful painting that shapes memory and love in place of sorrow. In Sheena Rose's Volume we see the Barbadian artist celebrating femininity and the beauty of the female form. Movement is at play and we can see bodies dancing in rhythm with the women's hair in full volume and full of pride. Xavier Daniels, Wishful Thinker in an ingenious work of art showing a young boy with his face split in half. It deserves contemplation. The boy is pensive and there is redness in his eyes. He is longing for something else, perhaps something that will bring him wholeness. It is wonderfully rendered and the talent is undeniable. 

1 Olasunkanmi Akomolehin, Dare to Dream, 2022, Nigerian


2 Ricky Burrows, Untitled, 2024, African American


3 Ashley January, In Memory of Baby Roland, 2024, African American


4 Catheris Mondombo, Sublime Femme en T shirt, 2020, Congolese

5 Miles Regis, More than meets the eye, 2022, Trinidadian



6 Hung Liu, Manchu Bride Study, 2015, Chinese

7 Entang Wiharso, American Gothic with Broken Pitchfork, 2022, Indonesian


8 Alic Brock, An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away, 2024, American


8 Martin and Sicilia, Al pan pan y al vino vino, 2023, Spanish


9 Emmie Nume, Jinja, 2022. Ugandan



10 Jarek Puczel, Lovers, 15 2022, Polish



11 Sheena Rose, Volume, 2024, Barbadian

12 Cathy Daley, Untitled 2, N.D., Canadian


13 Elvire Bonduelle, Buisson, 2015, French


14 Caio Fonseca, Tenth Street, No. 52, 1994, American


15 Robert A Sengstacke, Dr. Martin Luther King, Chicago, 1964, African American


16 Xavier Daniels, Wishful Thinker, 2024, African American



8.9.23

Intersect Aspen Art Fair 2023

Intersect Aspen had a great deal of art on display. I chose the following works to share here. The first is from the female duo who hail from Sweden, Cooper and Gorfer. Their majestic looking photograph of a young black woman's profile in a golden dress is marvellous to look at. It is warm and inviting and asks just enough from the viewer to glimpse at it for longer. The next work of art is from Hiejin Yoo, titled Blooming Days. It blends well with the first work in terms of colour and I like how well they work together. It is a bold work of art blending the real and the abstract. Ethan Murrow's painting of a man in a canoe is a charming work that deserves contemplation. Titled Third Charm it is a fantastic piece of work. While the man's head is covered with flowers he stands holding a flying object not knowing exactly where he is going. Meanwhile, Yigal Ozeri's photorealist paintings convey the sensual beauty of its subjects. The women are poised in front of a natural landscape and pierce the viewer with their gaze. Please enjoy my selections and feel free to comment.  

1 Cooper and Gorfer, Profile of Roseline, 2022


 2 Hiejin Yoo, Blooming Days II, 2023, Korean German


3 Ethan Murrow, Third Charm, 2023, American


4 Salomon Huerta, Salomon Huerta Untitled, Poolside, 2023, Mexican American



5 Fiona Rae, I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, 2022, British



6 Yigal Ozeri, Untitled, Annika, 2019, Israeli


7 Cooper Cox, Or Disorder, 2023


8 Roscoe Hall, If I were a King, 2023, American



9 Andie Dinkin, The Lion, The Fish and the Wardrobe, 2023, American



10 Marc Dennis, The Forest of My Ancestors, 2020, American


11 JJ Manford, Aspen Sunset, 2023, American


12 Andrew Jensdotter, Vogue, 2023, American


13 Bastiaan Woudt, Tino VI, 2022, Dutch


14 Julie Speidel, Taghmon, 2022, American



15 Chris Rivers, Everyone Needs Space I, 2023, English



16 Mike Ousley, Spirit Board, 2023, American



17 Whitney Bedford, Veduta, 2023


18 Vera Girivi, Untitled, 2023, Italian


19 Christian Voigt, Philosophical Hall, 2015, German


20 Paul Nicklen, Gaia's Lungs, 2022, Canadian


21 Rafa Macarron, Untitled, 2023, Spanish


22  Sofia Cacciapaglia, Gaze and Hands, 2023




29.8.23

Artsy's Foundations Art Fair 2023 Continued


Artsy's Foundations art fair spotlighted numerous artists who are up and coming. Aplerh Boku Borlabi hails from Ghana and uses coconut sheath to paint the colour of his subject's skin. It's a unique technique that shows the depth of his skills as an artist. Olga Sabko is a mutltidisciplinary artist and here we have a sculpture made by her. It is ethereal in its beauty and timeless in its style. Kader Diaby initally worked as a fashion designer and then segued his way into photography. His subjects are the people from the Ivory Coast. They're beautiful indeed. Meanwhile Janet Sobe paints in the style of Marc Chagall, fluid in motion. Her painting comes together for the perfect composition.

1 Aplerh Boku Borlabi, Red Cap, 2022, Ghanaian

 2 Anne Van Boxelaere, The Course of Empire The Arcadian State, 2022, Belgian


3 Ademola Ojo, Found New Identity, 2023, Nigerian


4 Audrey Guttman, Si Proche de Moi Meme, 2022, Belgian



5 Amna Elhassan, Outdoor, 2021, Sudanese


6 Bettina Pittaluga, Untitled, Julia Reunion Island, 2022, French Uruguayan



7 Kyle Weeks, Nana II, Accra Ghana, 2020, Namibian




8 Olga Sabko, Fear Singer, 2022, Ukrainian


9 Vitus Shell, Top of the Line, 2019, African American



10 Justin Natividad, Instrusive thot, 2023, American


11 Banele Khoza We are good, 2023, South African


12 Galina Munroe, Chambre Bleue, 2022, British French



13 Opara Courage, Journeying through time 4, 2022, Nigerian



14 Lluis Guell, Untitled, 1981, Spanish


15 Langston Allston, Saints (After Kerry James Marshall), 2022, African American


16 Qualeasha Wood, Can't Get it Out, 2023, African American


17 Aluu Prosper Chigozie, Caroline, 2022, Nigerian


18 Cassidy Early, Uniform, 2022, Scottish American


19 Jess Xiaoyi Han, Cauldron, 2023, Chinese



20 Jonathan, Zawada, Anything you can do I can do better, 2022, Australian



21 Serena Viola Corson, The Garden of Revolutionary Pleasures, 2021, American



22 Kevin Sabo, Je me transforme, 2022, American



23 Stephen Price, Untitled PINK, 2023, Ghanaian
 

24 Tope Fatunmbi, Mystical motions, 2023, Nigerian


25 Janet Sobel, untitled, c. 1942, Ukrainian American



26 Kader Diaby, Oath 1, 2019, Ivorian