Pip Todd Warmoth ‘ Looking down the River Thames towards Battersea Power Station ’ 2021 oil on board 100 x 170 cm . Courtesy of Tanya Baxter Contemporary
Georgina Maxim ‘ Two hearts in one ’ 2022 textile and mixed media . Courtesy Koop Projects
Notable thematic presentations include RAW Editions ’ s all-woman booth featuring pieces by Bridget Riley , Louise Bourgeois , and Barbara Kruger who seek to explore the possibilities of their chosen mediums by engaging in historic , art-historic , political and aesthetic discourse ; Candida Stevens ’ ambitious curation titled If You Could Save One Place , a significant work created by the collaboration of 12 international artists which demonstrates their response to its title ’ s question . If You Could Save One Place encourages contemplation of the varying global reactions to , and ramifications of , climate change . Meanwhile , Koop Projects ’ stand is dedicated to presenting African artists who transform discarded materials to explore themes around individual and collective identity .
Platform
For the 5th edition of Platform , art historian and author Ruth Millington presents a collection of galleries whose artists collaborate with inspiring individuals , reframing the muse as an empowered and active agent in the story of art . This year ’ s edition of Platform , titled ‘ Reframing the Muse ’, invites viewers to consider the instrumental role played by diverse , real-life individuals , past and present , beyond the frame in which they are immortalised .
On display from Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery , a contemporary art gallery specialising in Aboriginal , Australian and Western art , will be works by Nikoleta Sekulovic , who subverts the tradition of Odalisque portraiture , and portraits by Carla Kranendonk . Gala Fine Art will be showcasing powerful new work by Golnaz Afraz , whose muses are young Iranian women protesters . Male muses are also being showcased by RAW Editions , through the male-onmale gaze of Peter Doig , Grayson Perry and David Hockney , whose portrait Reclining Figure pays tribute to one of his most significant subjects , Gregory Evans . Audiences , too , are invited to take themselves as their own muse , as they pose before the interactive mirror , No Photos Please by Eve de Haan .
CURATED SECTIONS
London Art Fair reflects contemporary practice and collecting trends within the art world through its critically-acclaimed sections curated in collaboration with leading experts .
Lucian Freud ‘ Self Portrait - Reflection ’ 1996 etching on Somerset textured paper 39.5 x 43cm . Courtesy of Osborne Samuel
Lynn Chadwick ‘ Cloaked Couple V ’. Courtesy of Osborne Samuel
Issue 56 2023 THE ART OF LUXURY