I was given a handful of tickets to the third bi-annual Other Art Fair so I forced my reluctant siblings to join me: 'I'm going and y'all are coming with me!' We passed a heap of disused broken toilets and I wondered what on earth we were heading to. This could easily have been one of those moments my sisters found new teasing material. But when the organisers say it connects art lovers of all tastes and experience they certainly know what they're talking about. In fact, they're not making it up at all.
In May, the three day event attracted just over 7,000 visitors from gallerists and seasoned collectors to first time buyers, art fanatics and even art amateurs. Of the over 100 emerging and unrepresented artists who were on show this weekend, here's my 5 most interesting:
Orson Kartt
Clever, witty, multimedia.
The book title, story, text layout, image printed on top and message beneath a red barcode, all work to send a single message. Take time to carefully look at them. I think they could be for lit, film and art lovers alike and have huge commercial possibilities. Wouldn't they make great framed gifts this Christmas?
Rutie Borthwick
Nostalgic, emotive, people.
"My work is of people removed from their landscape. With no context to tell their stories, we are forced into a state of heightened empathy for the characters, building our own landscape around them and weaving our own stories into the space left for them on the canvas."
Fashion, portraits, mixed media.
"I've always been interested in fashion. I started doing landscapes and one morning I just stripped it right back. It's about knowing when to stop and going back to basics."
"I've always been interested in fashion. I started doing landscapes and one morning I just stripped it right back. It's about knowing when to stop and going back to basics."
Paper sculpture, 3D, magazines.
Cartoon, people, stories.
"The characters that you see in my work represent souls of the human species".
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