The Saatchi Gallery has a well established reputation for exhibiting avant-guard fine art but will this be a suitable place to showcase contemporary craft? Will this choice of venue help the fine art world take the applied arts more seriously?
Images show:
1. ‘White Pot’ (30×33×30cm) by Christian Burchard; Gallery: Sarah Myerscough Fine Art; Photo: Christian Burchard, 2006
2. Saatchi Gallery Interior
3. 'Untitled’ (7×7cm) by Kazumi Nagano; Gallery: Alternatives Gallery; Photo: Hitoshi Nishiyama, 2008
4. Saatchi Gallery Exterior
4 comments:
The most important aspect of Collect is that it continues year after year. The venue being the Saatchi gallery can only be a positive for the show as it allows the show to continue in 2009 and as venues go it could be a lot worse. Supporters of the Collect will travel to the show regardless of where it is held but the Saatchi Galleries worldwide reputation and focus of avant-guard art you would think should introduce and showcase the attributes of applied arts to the fine art world in a new light. Only time will tell.
Having just visited the Saatchi Gallery I think it will be a fantastic place to showcase Collect.There are 13 gallery rooms and I'm not sure how much of this will be assigned to Collect or whether there might be a fine art exhibition running in conjunction with it which could be interesting. With the week pound more foreign visitors might come also.
Collect has done well to establish itself as the only exhibition (I can think of!)in Britian where craft and design can command the high prices of the fine art world.When exhibiting with Bishopsland at Collect at the V&A, it was wonderful to have the chance to make those very high end, one off exhibition pieces that most galleries would shy away from.Also to have the chance to see exciting new work from around the world- interesting to see that function plays a much smaller role and that the fine art esthetic is much larger. The V&A was a wonderful venue to launch the whole project, but I am sure that the Saatchi Gallery will bring the Exhibition to a larger fine art market, whilst still bringig in the old patrons- Well lets hope!!
Please note that The Scottish Gallery will have a major stand at Collect - Scottish, UK & International objects.
www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
Stand 1.01 Gallery 6
15 - 17 May 2009
Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York HQ, Kings Road
Chelsea London SW3 4SQ
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
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