Art
Fair returns
A taste
of Taiwan
The contemporary and modern art fair
Art London returns to the grounds of the
Royal Hospital from October 8-12. Leading Chinese art dealer Michael
The fair brings together more than 80 Goedhuis is showing contemporary
international galleries showing painting, art from Taiwan at 16 Bloomfield
sculpture photography, works on paper, Terrace. The group exhibition is
ceramics and glass. part of Asian Art in London – the
This year’s special exhibition is week-long series of Asian
dedicated to works by the Victorian artist exhibitions and lectures that unites
Frederic, Lord Leighton. The collection is some of London’s leading Asian art
on loan from Leighton House Museum, dealers as well as auction houses,
which is currently closed for museums and institutions.
refurbishment until April 2010, and Beyond China: The New Ink Painting
marks the first time the works have been from Taiwan brings together nine
shown in the UK outside the Holland contemporary artists from Taiwan
Park museum. who represent the best of New Ink
Tickets can be bought on the door: £12 Painting – the contemporary
single, £18 for two. www.artlondon.net expression of the classical brush
and ink style developed over the
Frederic Leighton, A Noble Lady of Venice, 1865 centuries.
Artists on show range from
established (Liu Kuo-sung, Tong
Yangtze, Yuan Jai, Lo Ch’ing and
Ho Huai-shuo) to emerging (Fay
Saatchi on screen
Ku, Hsin-hua, Yu Peng and Huang
Zhiyang). Seen together, these nine
artists represent the different trends
in the development of
Charles Saatchi will search for a new star of the contemporary Chinese Ink
art world on television this autumn. Painting.
The gallery owner and Belgravia resident,
who famously discovered Damien Hirst Beyond China: The New Ink Painting
when he bought his glass box containing from Taiwan runs from October 30
a decomposing cow head, invited artists to November 27 at 16 Bloomfield
to submit their work earlier this year. Terrace. T: 020 7823 1395.
Artists of all disciplines, including www.michaelgoedhuis.com
installation, painting, digital media,
sculpture, printmaking and
Yao Jui Chung, Dust in the Wind Yaos
performance art, were encouraged to Family on the Wild, 2009
apply.
A panel of judges including Tracey
Emin will shortlist the entries to 50, which
will be presented to Saatchi in an
exhibition. He will then pick the six artists
he believes have the raw talent and creativity
to earn a place at Art School.
Inside stories
The finalists will develop their work over
three months under the watchful eye of Ackermann Modern is holding an artist and described as “like an
some of the most innovative names exhibition of painting by Susan interior of the woods”. Also
in the art world today. The eventual Ryder that explores the artist’s included are a selection of views of
winner of the show will hang their fascination for capturing the the Loire Valley.
work in an upcoming Saatchi atmosphere of empty rooms and A member of the Royal Society of
exhibition in St Petersburg, Russia. abandoned terraces. Portrait Painters and the New
Saatchi will meet regularly with Painted from her extensive English Art Club, Susan Ryder is
the six artists and their Art School travels around the Dordogne, well known for her portraits and
tutors and they will relay his Provence and Britain, the works past commissions include The
thoughts and feedback to viewers. conjure up thoughts of serenity and Princess of Wales in her wedding
He will be seen on screen but will calm while exploring the colours dress in 1981 and The Queen, to
not be interviewed direct to and light of interior settings. celebrate the Royal Automobile
camera. Centrepiece of the exhibition is a Club’s Centenary in 1997.
Saatchi said: “I am looking huge six foot landscape painting of
forward to the prospect of finding the woodlands at Ryder’s home in The exhibition runs from October
undiscovered British talent. Anyone Scotland. Entitled Wild Garlic, the 6-23 at Arthur Ackermann, 27
with a fresh creative approach work is a new departure for the Lowndes Street. T: 020 7235 6464.
should enter – because nobody
knows where the next art star will
emerge from.”
Saatchi’s Best of British will air on
BBC2 in November.
Wild works
Paintings of the horizon by Belgravia-based
artist Lynne Moore are on show at Frost &
Reed in Mayfair from November 4-28. The
works chart the artist’s travels around the
globe, from Australia, Namibia, Jordan and
Botswana to Lapland and the farthest
north of Scotland.
Wild Horizons takes place at Frost & Reed,
2-4 King Street. T: 020 7839 4645.
Byron Bay, Australia Twilight
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