The London Art Fair 2024 showcased 120 galleries with over 1,200 works of art from around the world. On display were well-known names such as Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst along with many up and coming British artists. There were others however from as far as the Dominican of which the first one appears here. Bold in colour Pauline Marcelle's After the Sunrise shows the joyful everyday scenery of her hometown. Born in the Dominican she grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of the island and its peoples. Here we see three youths celebrating the day smiling at their lucky environment. Frank Bjorklund's Air Balloons on the other hand is an intricate layering of the real and the surreal. In the artwork we see a woman holding balloons accompanied by a tiger in the middle of traffic. It's a highly unlikely encounter but interesting nonetheless. James Mortimer's Island with Mountains is a utopian landscape painting full of naked figures surrounded by water and mountains. It is intriguing to watch the juxtaposition and we wonder where this could possibly exist. All in all it was an impressive art fair and I hope you enjoy these as well as others too.
1 Pauline Marcelle, After the Sunrise, 2023, Dominican
2 Frank Bjorklund, Air Balloons, 2023, Swedish
3 James Mortimer, Island with Mountains, 2023, British
4 Volker Hermes, Hidden Vivien III, 2020, German
5 Anke Roder, Seawind, 2023, German
6 Kate Montgomery, Swan and Blossoms, 2023, British
7 Stephen Bone, Mary Adshead in Bed, 1930, English
8 Mel Fraser, Cerchio di Fiamme, 2020, British
9 Alistair Gow, Caught, 2023, Scottish
10 Lucy Giles, Cucumber 2019, British
11 Denisse Ariana Perez, Uganda Flowers no.2, 2021, Dominican
12 Donna McLean, Selfie 13, 2022, English
13 Chris Orr, City Slickers, 2021, British
14 Lidia Masllorens, Lithography 19, 2021, Spanish
15 Henry Ward, Mallets, 2022, British
16 Eric Roux Fontaine, Motionless Journey, 2023, French
17 Paul Ettedgui, Streetscape, 2023, British
18 Tracey Emin, Inside Your Heart, 2014, British
19 Juliana Sicoli, Untitled, 2021, Brazilian
20 Maro Gorky, Spring, 2014, American
21 Damien Hirst, Justice, 2021, British
22 Jason Line, Studio Interior, Summer, 2023, British
23 Alison Lambert, Tobias, 2023, British
