Frieze Art Fair

Niven Aladag

Niven Aladag- Stiletto instillation- 2011 Niven Aladag was an artist that I came across at frieze. He has created this work from his instillation at an art festival in Berlin. The instillation was a starting point for his video "raise the roof". The instillation was supposed to show female resistance, through control and liberation. The works I find interesting because they are the metal plates that the performers stood on during the performance and they are the prints that are left behind by their shoes. The print itself I find very interesting because of all the marks that have been dented into it. It is more concentrated in some areas where steps have been repeated in a sequence, but then sparser in others where the performer may have gone wrong. It's really interesting because the performer can't hide anything and I really like the idea of that. http://www.wentrupgallery.com/artist/nevin_aladag/work/nag_401 Elizabeth Magill Elizabeth Magill- Marooned - 2013 http://elizabethmagill.com/site/prints_1112.html Elizabeth Magill I also came across at frieze and I really like the way that she has printed onto the canvas. There is some sort of vague image within the piece, but it is hard to see what I think that it looks like a forest of trees. The way that she has used the ink and spread it around with a flat object is really nice. The fact that there is no certainty that it will turn out well I find really interesting. Magill lives and works in London and is well known for her painting as well as prints. She commonly works with monoprints that represent abstract landscapes. http://elizabethmagill.com/site/prints_1112.html Thilo Heinzmann Thilo Heinzmann- O.T - 2013 Thilo Heinzmann has printed into polystyrene and then painted into the print with nail varnish to highlight the areas. It's interesting because there doesn't seem to be any particular pattern in the work or precision; it all seems to have been done by accident. Heinzmann Lives and works in Berlin. He was born in 1969 and studied in Berlin. All of his works have a glass cover which makes you think that he is very protective of his work; he won't have anyone else touch them at all. This also makes it very hard to photograph without a reflection, suggesting that he wants you to see it in person. This is a very simple form of a print, but the whole concept of it is very interesting and is something I will include in my work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilo_Heinzmann Jeppe Hein Jeppe Hein- Frequency Watercolours- 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeppe_Hein I looked at this piece because I thought that the way that the dots had formed was an accumulation of paint, but the dots are then dispersing. I think that the combination of colours is really nice and they are really important to complete the piece rather than just using black. It's one of those works that you don't appreciate until you get really close to it, when you step back the colours all blend into one. Hein is a Danish artist who now lives in Berlin and Copenhagen. He mainly creates sculpture and instillations that inspired by architecture. His work is very much of the minimalist style. Idris Khan Idris Khan- the creation of the creator- 2013 This work like Hein's is an accumulation of marks to form a shape. Opposed to dots Khan uses lines; they all look like they are being dragged into the center by some underlying force. It almost looks like iron shavings being attracted by a magnet. I also think that the light grey outline around the shape makes it look like a solar eclipse; I think that it's really interesting idea and sticking to grey-scale really works. Khan lives and works in Birmingham where he creates mainly photographic work, which is mainly grey-scale. The work is again mainly architectural and made up of lines.  http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/idris_khan.htm Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama- Heart- 2013

I chose this piece because even though it's not a print it's still relevant to my work because it is a collection of a repetitive cycle of circles and marks. Even though it is panted it seems to look like the black paint over the top has been printed. The metallic paint underneath really comes through and creates a really flat image. Kusama was born in Tokyo and grew up there, however she moved to New York where she had a massive impact on the art scene. Her work is mostly about obsessions and OCD as she suffers it herself.

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/yayoi-kusama

Daido Moriyama- Rain, Tokyo- 1990

Daido Moriyama

I have looked at this image because it is a dispersion and then a accumulation of water. It's like a constant circle. I think the black and white print is more effective as you can see the patterns more clearly. There is quite a high contrast which makes it further effective. There is a very textured look to it that could be recreated in a print. Moriyama is a famous photographer who was inspired by the war in Japan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama

Somnath Hore- Wounds 32- 1970

Amalia Pica

Amalia Pica- Hot spot- 2013

I looked at this simply because of the visual atheistic of the instillation. I find it really interesting how they are positioned on the floor, there is obviously a reason why they are positioned in that way, but it is unknown why. The colours are also really interesting they are all warm colours as well which suggests that the piece is trying to convey a positive and warm message. Pica was born in Argentina, but lives and works in the London.

http://the-artists.org/artist/Amalia-Pica

Somnath Hore

Somnath Hore- Wounds 32- 1970

This is a pulp print where it has been printed into with objects before the pulp dried. I think that the pattern that is made is really interesting and must have been quite random purposeful pattern pressed; Hore must have been relying on the work drying they way she liked. Hore live and works in India and her work is a reaction to events in the 20th century.