A message from London just arrived announcing the upcoming Parallax Art Fair - The third edition of Parallax AF takes place on Thursday to Saturday at Chelsea Town Hall, King’s Road, and is curated by Dr.Chris Barlow.
Offering a new way, "Parallax AF is different from other artists’ fairs in that it is like a specialised exhibition. It is a serious platform for international and national artists to present their work to national and international dealers, art industry people, collectors, critics and buyers without commission charges. This also provides artists with the benefit, if they wish, to present non-commercial work, or to try out new commercial ideas, without high overhead risks often associated with other fairs.
Parallax AF grew out of an international exhibition called “Parallax” that was conceived and curated by the art historian and theorist Dr Chris Barlow.
Parallax AF is different from other artists’ fairs in that it is like a specialised exhibition. It is a serious platform for international and national artists to present their work to national and international dealers, art industry people, collectors, critics and buyers without commission charges. This also provides artists with the benefit, if they wish, to present non-commercial work, or to try out new commercial ideas, without high overhead risks often associated with other fairs.
Parallax AF is also smaller and intimate than other fairs, and held in a professional gallery space in central London. The shows are curated by a professional guest curator, having the feel of an organised exhibition, and catalogue essays are written by specialists. Parallax AF aims to provide a key service in helping artists to promote and sell their work, as well as providing a platform for developing their careers and practice."
Street Art in the Middle East is telling more than just Colors and Signs
25th January 2012. One year ago the widest political uproar swept over the arab countries from North Africa to the Asian borders. People were using not only social media and virtual spaces to exchange messages, people used walls, houses, the streets to communicate. Logos, stencils and graffiti spread and flourished all around the urban spaces. And “Arabic Graffiti” tells this story in pictures - a great contribution.
At times, Arabic graffiti voices the suffering of a nation, while in other contexts it serves as a quest for identity. Regardless whether the writing is in Beirut, Gaza, Tehran, Paris, London, Berlin or Montréal, Arabic graffiti cries out personal and national ideas in expressive calligraphic and typographic words.
Berlin, Januar 2012. Zart wie eine Miniatur ragt die eiserne Hand aus der weißen Vulkanschlacke auf dem grauen Estrich. Bevor man sie zuordnen kann, spürt man Turbulenzen, ähnlich gerade abgeflauter Sturmböen, die im Raum ihre Spuren hinterlassen haben. Ob nächtliche Wüste oder dämmriges Eismeer - weiß liegen amorphe Formen wie Pfützen verstreut, ungewiss ob hier Lavablasen kurz vor der Eruption oder bereits erstarrte Schlacke nach dem Ausbruch ihre Spuren legten. Zugleich leiten unsichtbar gezeichnete Linien zum Epizentrum des Bebens, führen zum Herzstück der Figur, der „Eisernen Frau“.
Und Bügelfalten als plastische Raster: Helen Mirras poetische Wegeindrücke „Field Recordings 1-3“ in den Kunst-Werken in der Auguststraße Berlin
Berlin, Januar 2012. Wandert man in diesen Tagen durch die drei Etagen der Kunst-Werke, so bewegt man sich durch drei Raum-Zeit-Gebiete. Von Ferne betrachtet, zieht sich eine sanft bewegte Horizontlinie, rhythmisch gebrochen wie entlegene Gebirgszüge oder Flusslandschaften über die weißen Wände der ersten ansonst leeren Ausstellungshalle. Von Nahem hingegen erweist sich der scheinbare Horizont als Serie tintenbrauner Abdrucke von Zweigen, Halmen, Gräsern auf Naturleinen.
A message from London just arrived announcing the upcoming 
25th January 2012. One year ago the widest political uproar swept over the arab countries from North Africa to the Asian borders. People were using not only social media and virtual spaces to exchange messages, people used walls, houses, the streets to communicate. Logos, stencils and graffiti spread and flourished all around the urban spaces. And “Arabic Graffiti” tells this story in pictures - a great contribution.
Und Bügelfalten als plastische Raster: Helen Mirras poetische Wegeindrücke „Field Recordings 1-3“ in den Kunst-Werken in der Auguststraße Berlin