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What
COLLECT the international art fair for contemporary objects
When
From 11 to 14 May 2012
Where
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4SQ
The Fanfare
The Saatchi Gallery in London’s Chelsea will host COLLECT the international art fair for contemporary objects from 11 to 14 May 2012.
Launched in London in 2004, COLLECT has become the leading art fair for museum-quality contemporary craft, showcasing the very best ceramic, glass, jewellery, textiles, wood, furniture, silver and fine metalwork by both new and established artists.
This year’s exhibiting artists will be represented by 31 galleries from 11 countries including Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and China.
They include Italian master craftsman Giovanni Corvaja, whose jewellery pieces can take several months to complete, Steffen Dam showing his hand-engraved glass pieces evoking scientific specimen jars, bold ceramic sculptures by Wouter Dam, and jewellery by both Olympic medal designer David Watkins and Paralympic medal designer Lin Cheung.
COLLECT gives private collectors, national galleries and museums the chance to buy new work from leading artists from around the world.
National institutions including the British Museum, National Museum Wales and the V&A make significant acquisitions at the fair.
The Saatchi Gallery’s Project Space area on the second floor will feature ten large-scale installations by individual artists with a focus on textiles and furniture.
COLLECT will also preview the Crafts Council’s next touring exhibition, Raw Craft, which will explore the renewed contemporary interest in raw craft process inspired by real life material and small workshop culture.
The Saatchi Gallery is open daily 10am–6pm, admission free.
COLLECT will run from 11 to 14 May 2012, admission £15, advance bookings £10.
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London SW3 4SQ
Tel: +44 8444 818 898 tickets
Websites: www.collect2012.org.uk
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
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