Arty Couple in London
Our new ArtOver the last couple of weekends, inspired by who knows what, we've done a few art-like things. First, we went to the Annie Leibovitz exhibit a the portrait gallery. It was really cool - it was a collection of pictures from 1990-2004 split between her professional photography (magazine shoots, etc - Demi Moore anyone?) and personal photography of her family - imagine the pressure of being in her family! Along the way we learned some interesting things, such as she had her first child at 51, which we all agree is quite an achievement.
The next art like activity resulted in the painting you see above. A friend of ours mentioned the Affordable Art Fair was in town. We have been hemming and hawing about buying some art for quite some time, and actually Katherine owed me an anniversary present that was supposed to be an art piece. So we thought, Affordable, seems good!
We headed down to Battersea to the exhibition centre where the fair was taking place. It was crazy! Tons of people, over 110 gallaries, and a definition of affordable that was less than £3,000 (which given the current exchange rate is only like $4500 but still!) (Editors Note - We did NOT spend $4500 on art - that was just the highest pricepoint they had on display! :). Anywho, we had a great wander around, eliminated a ton of stuff as not so nice, a few other things as too expensive, and narrowed down to a couple of things we were fans of. We circled back around and made our decision. It was cool - the artist was actually at the fair so we were able to chat with him for a while - he lives and works in Brighton, it's inspired by the coast down there, this piece took about 6 months. Very cool.
The next art like activity resulted in the painting you see above. A friend of ours mentioned the Affordable Art Fair was in town. We have been hemming and hawing about buying some art for quite some time, and actually Katherine owed me an anniversary present that was supposed to be an art piece. So we thought, Affordable, seems good!
We headed down to Battersea to the exhibition centre where the fair was taking place. It was crazy! Tons of people, over 110 gallaries, and a definition of affordable that was less than £3,000 (which given the current exchange rate is only like $4500 but still!) (Editors Note - We did NOT spend $4500 on art - that was just the highest pricepoint they had on display! :). Anywho, we had a great wander around, eliminated a ton of stuff as not so nice, a few other things as too expensive, and narrowed down to a couple of things we were fans of. We circled back around and made our decision. It was cool - the artist was actually at the fair so we were able to chat with him for a while - he lives and works in Brighton, it's inspired by the coast down there, this piece took about 6 months. Very cool.
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2 comments:
I like it. Nice choice.
Dad
show offs! I'm jealous.
It is a lovely piece. Can't wait to see it in the flesh.
Col
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