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Wednesday brought the big fair. We took a
saunter there, feeling much less urgency than any of the years before.
We went straight to Casey Kaplan and purchased at last, a lovely work by Jonathan Gardner we had reserved earlier. All the galleries had sent their PDF previews so there was a feeling of déjà vu, which really eliminated the feeling of discovery and competition amongst the collectors.
There were still some surprises though as a few of the works extended beyond the jpeg. Such as this Alicja Kwade cast of a prehistoric bone which resembled something much more gothic and sinister at König Galerie.
At Metro Pictures we were taken aback by the beauty of Camille Henrot’s ‘Self Effacing Management Politics 2 (Desktop Series)’.
I was mesmerised by Jumana Manna’s ‘Blue Elbow’ at CRG Gallery.
Sculpture felt very much on the agenda. We loved the work of Erin Shirreff at Sikkema Jenkins & Co, they reminded us of an Anthony Caro series of works from when he was in Rome, which I had seen in Chicago a while back and mentioned in my diary.
There were a few friend moments. Tif managed to get together again with Felipe Dmab from Mendes Woods and Michael Xufu Huang.
But then it was back to pure concentration as we shifted through at least 10,000 works of art. My brain was sizzling, this Korakrit Arunanondchai explains it perfectly!
I stumbled across Yngve Holen’s new work at Modern Art and that age-old question again - art or not art?
Kelly Akashi at Francois Ghebaly was strong and very interesting, definitely an artist to collect.
But my favourite had to be Kelley Walker at Paula Cooper Gallery.
