Art16 returned to Olympia, London from 19–22 May for the fourth year of this contemporary art fair. More than 100 galleries were brought together from over 30 countries, along with not-for-profit exhibitors and commissioned-artist installations. With the founders of Art16 being the same team that launched Art Central Hong Kong, Art International Istanbul (postponed this year) and Sydney Contemporary, it was no surprise to sense a strong presence from Asian galleries. The high point and fresh discovery for AM was the stall by the Taiwanese gallery, Yiri Arts.
The piece above is by Penny Byrne, ‘Felled’, 2014, Bronze and stain black patina, H100 x W205 x D87 cm. Fehily Contemporary (Australia). See below the variety of works that caught our eye at the fair.
Philip Colbert, one piece from Colbert’s ‘FRIED EGG WORLD’ mixed-media pop art installation at Bar16. Commissioned by Art16
Art16, Olympia, London
Left: Human model with headwear; Right: Yoshiyuki Ooe, ‘Flower Head #3’, 2015, Mixed media, H40 x W20 x D22 cm. Tezukayama Gallery (Japan)
Yoshiyuki Ooe, ‘Flower Head #3’ (close-up)
Yiri Arts (Taiwan) stand (exterior)—Front, left to right: Guim Tió Zarraluki, ‘No Name #5’, 2016; Shih Yung-Chun, ‘Taipei × Turkey.C – -Shooting at 3 Bronze Birds in a Hotel Room’; Right side: Guim Tió Zarraluki—Three portrait paintings, left to right: ‘No Name #2’, ‘No Name #6’ and ‘No Name #7’, each 2016, Oil on linen
Guim Tió Zarraluki, ‘No Name #5’, 2016, Oil on linen, 100 x 81 cm. Yiri Arts (Taiwan)
Lai Wei-Yu, ‘It’s the Final Boss!’, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 194 x 259 cm. Yiri Arts (Taiwan)
Yiri Arts (Taiwan) stand (interior)—Lai Wei-Yu— Multiple black-and-white paintings: Acrylic and charcoal on canvas; Lai Wei-Yu—Colour painting on the left: ‘Slide’, 2014, Oil on canvas; Guim Tió Zarraluki—Three portrait paintings, left to right: ‘No Name #4’, ‘No Name #3’ and ‘No Name #1’, each 2016, Oil on linen; Hou Chen-Lu—Two foreground sculptures, left to right: ‘Untitled I’ and ‘Untitled III’, each 2015
Lai Wei-Yu, ‘Zoo’, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 53 x 65 cm. Yiri Arts (Taiwan)
Lai Wei-Yu, ‘Plain Sailing’, 2016, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 53 x 65 cm. Yiri Arts (Taiwan)
Ilona Szalay, ‘Pink’, 2015, Oil and resin on glass, 165 x 105 cm. Arusha Gallery (UK)
Over The Influence (Hong Kong-based management team) stand—Top to bottom and left to right: Invader, ‘PA_454’, 2002, Ceramic tiles on perspex, 17 x 74.1 cm; Jerkface—Two paintings: ‘A Friend Like Me’, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 183 cm; and ‘Small World’, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152 cm; Invader—Three mosaics: ‘PA_406’, 2001; ‘AMS_08’, 1999; and ‘AMS_03’, 1999, each ceramic tiles on perspex; Cleon Peterson—Five paintings, including the largest: ‘The Crying Voices’, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 366 cm
Cleon Peterson, ‘Dirty Hands’, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm. Over The Influence (Hong Kong)
Diet Sayler, ‘Arrigo’, 1998, Acrylic on canvas on wood, 93 x 93 x 5.3 cm. 418 Gallery (Romania)
Centre: Lee Bae—Two works, each: ‘Untitled’, 2016, Charcoal, resin and acrylic on canvas, 162 x 130. Galerie RX (France)
Takahiro Yamamoto, ‘Reannotation’ (close-up), 2016, Oil and pencil on board, 10 x 10 cm. Gallery Kogure (Japan / USA)
Justin Bower, ‘Bleach’, 2015, Oil on canvas, 183 x 152 cm. Unix Gallery (USA)
KwangHo Shin, ‘Untitled #14P66’, 2014, Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm. Unix Gallery (USA)
Katrin Fridriks—Two works, left to right: ‘Noble Awareness Messenger’ (diptych), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 210 x 210 cm (framed); and ‘Gracious Awakening’, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 x 10 cm. Circle Culture Gallery (Germany)
Huang Mingchun, ‘The Dream of Ruined Lotus’, 2015, Oil on canvas, 160 x 260 cm. Fish Art Center (Taiwan)
Mackie, ‘The White Horse’, Oil on canvas, 2016, 150 x 180 cm. bo.lee gallery (UK)
Stefano Bombardieri—Two sculptures, left to right: ‘Marta e l’elefante’, Bronze, H69 x L50 x D25 cm; and ‘Il Peso Del Tempo Sospeso / Rhino’, Bronze, H79 x L70 x D40 cm. Galerie Mark Hachem (France / Lebanon / USA)
Art16, Olympia, London
Antonia Showering, ‘Wing Attack’, 2016, Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 100 cm. City & Guilds of London Art School
Arthur Aillaud, ‘Untitled 9’, 2016, Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm. Galerie La Forest Divonne (France / Belgium)
Anne Kagioka Rigoulet, ‘Reflection k-t-15’, 2016, Oil and mixed media on panel, 50 x 70 cm. Sakurado Fine Arts (France / Japan)
Anne Kagioka Rigoulet, ‘Reflection k-t-15’ (detail)
Andy Warhol, ‘Work Boots (Negative)’ and ‘Work Boots (Positive)’, ca. 1985–1986, Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, each 40.6 x 50.8 cm. Galerie Alexis Lartigue (France)
Andrei Andreev, ‘HEADS’ series, 2013, Oil on canvas, each 103.5 x 103.5 cm. 25Kadr Gallery (Russia)
Photo credit and text: Patrick Nguyen.
