Celebrated for its unexpected take on the traditional art fair experience, The Other Art Fair returns to The Truman Brewery this March, offering switched-on Londoners the chance to buy artwork directly from over 150 incredible emerging talents.
Continuing its mission to reframe art, and how it is enjoyed; this is a Fair. that is inclusive, evocative, and inspiring, with a vibrant programme of exciting features, guest exhibitions, immersive installations, live poetry readings and DJs. Rather than a traditional ‘private’ view, The Other Art Fair hosts an Opening Night party, open to all, with tickets available to purchase online.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
In celebration of March’s International Women’s Day, the Fair has announced an impressive 61% female line-up, championing some of the most exciting emerging female talents working today, continuing its ongoing mission to strive for gender parity in the art world. 64% are UK based artists and 11% BIPOC creators. 48% of the artist line-up are London based.
Artists to look out for include London based oil painter Sarah Lim-Murray, whose evocative figurative paintings seek to capture an emotion or moment in time, and Peruvian artist and muralist Gisella Stapleton who uses materials ranging from recycled fabrics to organic pigments and embroidery threads to create works that explore themes surrounding elements of nature, land, fertility, relaxation, self-care and self-love.
Los Angeles artist Ragni Argawal who creates vibrant mixed media works that seek to reflect the dark and light inside each of us, exploring mental health, body (dis)illusions, self-destructive thoughts, and behaviours. Ukrainian artist and illustrator Katalin Macevics, who creates simple, beautiful works that celebrate the beauty of womanhood and the female form.
London figurative painter Rod Kitson will painting live portraits in real time at the Fair as part of his ongoing portraiture project. Each sitting will take two hours and by the close of the weekend he will have created a mini gallery of visitor portraits, all painted from life, in oil paint. Also on display in his booth are many other portraits from the 350-painting series which he has been working on since 2019. It will form an exhibition in June this year called Where Are We Now. The portraits created at the fair will also go into the exhibition.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the March edition of the Fair will include several female-focused features including a site-specific entrance installation created by The Sistxrhood, Glastonbury’s female, non-binary and trans venue and specially created for The Truman Brewery space.
COLLAGE WORKSHOPS
There will be drop-in workshops throughout the weekend hosted by Collage Club, a workshop series celebrating the art of cutting and sticking! Embracing hands-on techniques and using scissors as a drawing tool, Collage Club is perfect for anyone keen to flex their creative muscles and get making without having to produce perfectly proportioned, boring drawings. Each themed session is packed with top notch magazines, colourful paper, shapes, and tapes for participants to rip, snip, glue and stick into something brand new.
Female tattoo artist Ally Ink specialises in an elegant and expressive fine line style of tattooing. Dedicating her work to an innate and eclectic love of music, Ally strives to bridge the worlds of tattoo art and music through her project ‘From Song to Skin’.
REFUGEE ART WORKS
Charity partner Karmabank presents Refugee Art Works (RAW) a new multinational collective of female refugee artists & craft makers, drawn together for mutual support & creative development. They will exhibit artworks created by female refugee artists from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Through RAW, Karmabank provides micro grants to help displaced artists fleeing war and other abuses re-establish themselves.
The Other Art Fair London, 9-12 March, The Truman Brewery, London E1. www.theotherartfair.com
