IT IS NOT A FAIR BUT IT IS A …
February 18th, 2010 by Paul | Filed under exhibition, news.
THREE OF Melbourne’s art informers have teamed up to start a new art fair … that is not an art fair. Taking their lead from brilliant satellite events like Zoo Art Fair that run in tandem with London’s art world spectacle Frieze, the NotFair is a new curated project from artists Sam Leach and Tony Lloyd and writer Ashley Crawford, that will run at the same time as the Melbourne Art Fair in August.
Rather than inviting galleries and dealers to select artists, the trio will be inviting artists directly based on skills, innovation, concepts, and, according to Leach, with “an emphasis on the intriguing, the innovative, the emerging and the adventurous”. The venue will be Wardlow studios in Fitzroy—a breezy 10 minute walk from the frenetic money-changers at the Melbourne Art Fair—and will also be covered on artinfo.com.au.
It is well worth putting in the diary. For more info, check out this video:
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