Positions Berlin Art Fair 2023

These are a few of my favourite artworks from the Positions Berlin Art Fair. Which one is your favourite? Is it the adorable dog, Alexa, by Monika Plentauskaite and its symbol of fidelity. Or is it Daniel Bodner's Snowfall whose winter scenery is so symbolic of a Canadian Winter. Daniel Bodner has a touch of Emma Haworth in his style. And I like the way he makes one nostalgic for winter. Laurent Chehere's, Les trois Samurais shows us another universe shaped by a flying houses layers upon layers of brick. Its fantastical design and positioning make it a dreamy landscape to ponder. Dobieslaw Gala's, from Steel Rivers series shows a sharp curve, not a road exactly but a painterly choice. It is calculated in its exactitude and renders a slightly dangerous direction. I hope you enjoy these and feel free to comment.

1 Monika Plentauskaite, Alexa, 2022, Lithuanian

 2 Daniel Bodner, Snowfall, 2021, American

3 Domenico Grenci, Emma, 2022, Italian

4 Laurent Chehere, Les trois Samurais, 2023, French

5 Albrecht Genin, Ohne Titwl, 2001, German

6 Yannick Ackah, Untitled, 2022, Ivorian

7 Murrel Alouch, Beauty with brains V, 2023, Kenyan

8 Marianne Thoermer, The Reveal, 2023, German

9 Eilike Schlenkhoff, Rot, 2023, German

10 Giovanni Castell, Kirsche, 2019, German

11 Spencer Chalk Levy, Argonauts, 2021, American

12 Maciej Fricze, Untitled, 2020, Polish

13 Luciano Mariano, Frida and Angela at Simone Home, 2020, Brazilian

14 Tabitha Rub, Hui, 2022, Swiss

15 Yigal Ozeri, Olya in the Hotel, 2023, Israeli

16 Marc Schmitz, Nomadic Squaren 06 13, 2020, German

17 Dobieslaw Gala, from Steel Rivers series, 2020, Polish

18 Jurgis Tarabilda, Untitled, 2023, Lithuanian

19 Sandra Schlipkoeter, Ag 5020, 2020, German

20 Hasti Tabatabaei, Abyss, 2022, Iranian

21 Anita Schmid, Untitled, 2023, Austrian

22 Shiori Higashiyama, Green Dimensions 2, 2023, Japanese

23 Yeanzi, Untitled, 2023, Ivorian

24 Kenichi Yokono, Short Stories 230, 2023, Japanese

The Armory Show 2023 Continued

This is my second installment of The Armory Show 2023. Here I picked some of my favourites from a long list of artists. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. The first artwork is a photograph by Carlos Idun Tawiah who is a Ghanaian photographer. In Flower Boy, Accra he celebrates the youthful beauty that is before us. The flower, an ephemeral symbol of life, contrasts with the beauty of the young man who stands directly looking at the viewer. In Nigerian artist Johnson Eziefula's, Forever in Me, we see a young black couple celebrating the joys of every day life. They are happy and their skin just glistens with the light. Meanwhile, Hoda Kashiha's painting evokes the spirit of Joan Miro. The giant eye watches with a teardrop and we see the abstracted figure of a body. It is an interesting work from the Iranian artist and one that captures the imagination. Cuban artist Enrique Martinez Celaya shows us a discontent in the waters of an unknown land. The Same Places, 2023, displays a sunflower against the backdrop of a giant wave that reminds one of the dangers of our environment and of potential displacement. 

1 Carlos Idun Tawiah, Flower Boy, Accra, 2023, Ghanaian

 2 Yoshitomo Nara, Untitled, 2002, Japanese

3 Jade van der Mark, Backstage by Virgil Abloh ss20, 2023, Dutch

4 Hiroya Kurata, Honey My Point is...., 2023, American Japanese

5 Jeffrey Gibson, Flight Pattern, 2013, Native American

6 Johnson Eziefula, Forever in Me, 2023, Nigerian

7 Zizipho Poswa,Mam uNoSayini, 2023, South African

8 Narsiso C Martinez, Essential Since  2004, 2023, Native Mexican

9 Jaclyn Conley, After Haymaking, 2023, Canadian

10 Hoda Kashiha, Untitled, 2023, Iranian

11 Hannah Brown, Day for Dusk 1, 2023, British

12 Enrique Martinez Celaya, The Same Places, 2023, Cuban

13 Hiba Kalache, in the water of certain rivers there is a wild happiness, 2022, Lebanese

13 Keith Boadwee, Sunflower, 2023, American

14 Kwesi Botchway, Flower Boy I, 2023, Ghanaian

15 Raffi Kalenderian, Leslie and Sharkey, 2023, American

16 Marc Padeu, La bague de Roxane, 2023, Cameroonian

17 Koak, Facade, 2022,

18 Jason Martin, Storm coming, 2023, British

19 Arthur Timothy, Halcyon Days, 2023, Ghanaian

20 Chase Hall, Sunday to Sunday, 2022, African American

21 Anthony Goicolea, Raft, 2023, Cuban American

22 Nicky Nodjoumi With the Cold Hand, 2023

23 Vik Muniz, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, after Pablo Picasso (Gordian Puzzles), 2009, Brazilian

24 Modupeola Fadugba, Bronze Reflections Beside Unstill Waters, 2023, Nigerian

25 Gisela McDaniel, Living More, 2023, Native American

26 Abdul Abdullah, Milieu, 2023