16.10.25

Artwork from the smaller art fairs

I had a look at some of the smaller art fairs featured on Artsy and found some of these works. If you don't have time to sift through or attend these fairs let me help you. Please scroll down and enjoy.

1 Gago, Bada, 2024, Armenian


2 Christian Awe, Waldchestag, 2025, German



3 Krysia D Michna Nowak, Girl with Bluebird, 2020, British


4 Angel Peychinov, Awaiting, 2024, Bulgarian



5 Ayrson Heraclito, Vodun Agbe I, 2010, Brazilian


6 Henry Ward, Stump, 2018, British



7 Takehito Koganezawa, Circle in the Round Bottom, 2025, Japanese


8 Shahnaz Aghayeva, Sweet or sour, 2025, Azerbaijani


9 Kolawole Samson Oluwadare, Lady in her Prime, 2025, Nigerian


10 Gemma Smith, Scripting, 2025, Australian


11 Sophie Derrick, Earthly Origin, Forest Green, 2023, British


12 Charbel abou Zeidan, sg, 2025, Lebanese


13 Marina Altukhova, Listening, 2025, Russian


14 Aude Herledan, Pathway, 2025, French


15 Ilker Kayali, I turn towards you, 2024, Turkish


16 Olaf Holzapfel, Topographie der ungewohnlichen Welt, 2025, German



17 Brian Lister Kansiime, Roots that shape us, 2025, Ugandan


18 Mia Boe, Rip, 2025, Australian


19 Sonja Vulpes, Sweet 2, 2025


20 Barbara Walker, End of the Affair, II, 2025, British


21 Sarah Emily Porter, Colour Theory, Waterloo, 2025, British


22 Earlie Hudnall, Jr. Mother with Sons, 1973, American



23 Laeila Adjovi, Brisso in the clouds, 2024, French Beninese



14.10.25

Ronen Zien: Walking Into


Ronen Zien was born in Israel to a Syrian Druze family. His work was recently showed at the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv and it was quite moving. Titled Walking Into, the body of work features a series of photographs both old and new, some manipulated, that explore the themes of displacement and the reunification of family. It is a fitting body of work that touches on the political climate in the Middle East. Ronen Zien figures in his photographs as a means to connect with his family history. He walks into his photographs, specifically in Walking Into, and attempts to experience the life that his family lived at a time of political turmoil and separation. His work focuses on the Syrian-Israeli border which separates his family into two. Not able to visit he seeks to find solace through revisiting old memories of his past through old photographs and new ones too. Ultimately, he wants to question what is possible, what is not and what is imagined.


1 My father and mother, 2019



2 Green Screen, 2024

 

3 Khan al Akhdar No.1, 2017


4 Green Roofs, 2019


5 Ronen-Zien, Walking Into, 2024


6 Sacred Landscape Land art, 2021


7 Family album, 1990's


8 Faded Memory No.3, 2021


9 Faded Memory No.2, 2021



10 Intense Memory, 2021


11 Ronen_Zien_Interception, 2024


26.9.25

The Armory Show 2025

I am back from vacation and the art fair calendar is in full swing. I decided to focus on The Armory Show first because I always find it impressive. This year was no different. I particularly liked Amina Rezki's painting with its figure's poignant expression and humorous placement of the apple. It's a great study of contrasts and the colours perform a harmonious balance. The last photograph by Baldwin Lee, Boyle, Mississippi, also displays a brilliance of contrast juxtaposed against the poverty of the South. Its characters come out strong however and what we see is more than just the realities in America; we see integrity in full force.


1 Amina Rezki, Untitled, 2024, Moroccan


2 Suzy Murphy, Red Farm House, 2025, English


3 Maria Berrio, Puzzle Women, 2025, Colombian

4 Anouk Lamm Anouk, Human Feline No.4, 2024, Austrian




5 Daniel Arsham, Labyrinth and the Papaya, 2025, American


6 Matias Salgado, Funky self portraits, 2025, Argentine


7 Hue Thi Hoffmaster, Your Presence no. 11, 2025, Vietnamese American


8 Pat Passlof, Hamlets MIll No.48, 2000, American


9 Terron Cooper Sorrells, Birth of Venus, 2025, American


10 Tania Franco Klein, Valley, 2019, Mexican


11 Mona Ardeleanu, BRUNO, 2023, German


12 John Sonsini, Francisco and Oscar, 2024, American


13 Henry Glavin, Bay Ridge Fire Escape, 2025, American


14 Beverly McIver, Good Thoughts, 2024, American


15 Ryan Cosbert, The Weight of Passage, 2025, American


16 Marilyn Minter, Hell Mouth, 2025, American


17 Katsura Funakoshi, DR0131, 2001, Japanese


18 Tim Braden, Yellowstone, 2025, British


19 Tia Keobounpheng, Threads No.25, 2025


20 Monica Kim Garza, Tying Right Shoe, 2025, American


21 Rachel Mica Weiss, Vernal Twilight III, 2025, American


22 Michael Gregory, Pale White Curtain, 2022, American


23 Tesfaye Urgessa, Untitled, 2025, Ethiopian


24 Baldwin Lee, Boyle, Mississippi, 1985, American