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"Soldier Family," Shen
Jingdong, 2008, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm. China Square |
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Much of Santa Fe’s eminent status as an international contemporary art destination is due to the annual occurrence of ART Santa Fe, which boasted record–breaking attendance in July of 2008.
International galleries mixed with U.S. galleries created a
powerful collection of art from all over the world. Asian
art was of particular interest for many. Carrie Clyne of
China Square Gallery (New York and Beijing) describes
her time at ART Santa Fe as “successful…. People showed
interest in Chinese art and I made great contacts with
curators, critics and collectors. Special interest was generated by Shen Jingdong’s
brightly colored toy-like soldiers in the triptych
Navy/Army/Air force that we displayed.” |
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"Buddies," 2007, Manus Lao-on, Thailand, Acrylic, Canvas, 200x180 cm, Teo + Namfah Gallery |
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Brad and Rattana Gordon from Teo + Namfah Gallery of Bangkok
state that they “received positive feedback…from a wide
range of people, including collectors, art consultants and
curators, as well as the general public. |
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"Too-2-Step," Peter Clark, 2007, mixed media,124 x 110 cm Rebecca Hossack Gallery |
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Exhibitor Rebecca Hossack of London affirmed, “We absolutely loved doing the
fair. We met some terrific clients last summer who returned
again this year and have become long-term friends of the
gallery.” |
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Daniel Borins & Jennifer
Marman,
"In Sit You" 2006, installation Diaz Contemporary |
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The Project Spaces have proven to be a dynamic element of
the annual event. Canadian installation artists Daniel Borins and Jennifer Marman have achieved great success
exhibiting and selling their work in the United States.
Borins finds that “ART Santa Fe continues to grow and so do
its exhibitors.” Curator, Hollis Walker declares, “ART Santa
Fe just keeps getting better and better.” She presented
Furies in collaboration with eight women artists. |
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Keep Adding "Gradient Ghosts I" 2008, 3 LED lightboxes w/duratrans prints, paint on 4' x 10' wood panels |
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As for collectors themselves,
Joel and Ann Berson of New
York had this to say about ART Santa Fe: “It was very
positive for us to meet dealers in person. It’s part of the
whole process of collecting. There was a universal quality,
a sense of being part of the global art world. We will
certainly be returning next year.” Collector Keith Fallis
found “a wonderfully diverse and truly remarkable assemblage
of exquisite work running the gamut of styles” at ART Santa
Fe. Continues Fallis, “With unique representation from
Thailand to Argentina, one was hard-pressed to leave without
finding an ideal match for his or her personal tastes and
esthetics.” ART Santa Fe 2008 was covered by Vernissage TV, a Basel, Switzerland-based web site that covers art events around the globe. See www.artsantafe.com, Vernissage TV’s link for coverage of this year’s fair, as well as Art in America magazine’s second annual cocktail party, hosted this year at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art. On Saturday evening of the fair weekend, Dean Sobel, director of Denver’s new Clyfford Still Museum, was the keynote speaker, part of an ongoing series of lectures and discussions by major art-world contributors presented by ART Santa Fe Presents, a not-for-profit organization for public outreach. William Siegal hosted a post-lecture champagne reception at his gallery in the Railyard Art District. Museum groups included the Art Institute of Chicago, the El
Paso Museum of Art, and Friends of Contemporary Art, the
fund-raising arm of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Groups
visiting from Denver and Los Angeles reported that their
experience at ART Santa Fe was on a par with Art Basel. |
