Art makes me feel. Art cracks open a fissure, which I love to delve into with further information from the artist, where it stands in art history, the context of the work’s production… but that comes after. First and foremost, art makes me feel. Sometimes it gives me profound calm and peace, other times it energizes me and feels like a fire ball in my body. Some works stand as a memento of that trip or that time when… and other works feel like an intellectual challenge I want to face head-on. What is your story?
Aesthetics of fracture, loss, erasure and decline
Because decay and disrepair can be generative and fruitful. Because the idea of ruin is even more fascinating when the focus is on the inevitability of change. Because the aesthetics of loss, erasure and decline may hide sublime beauty and a rich textural palimpsest…
Limited Editions: Starting your Art Collection
Purchasing your first artwork and starting an art collection shouldn’t feel like a daunting task. You may be well versed on what it is that you want but if you are not, that is ok too. This doesn’t need to be a life-defining moment with a clear path on what artists, medium or theme you are interested in. Have fun, follow some sensible steps and time will do the rest.
My top tips on purchasing your first artwork…
9th Berlin Biennale: The post-growth, post-national, post-consumer generation
There are a number of must-attend international events in the yearly art calendar and Berlin Biennale is one of them. For anyone interested in seeing artists at an early stage who are laying the ground to potentially shape the art world in the future, this is it.
May Gallery Highlights