WWW.BOATINTERNATIONAL.COM
survey / art before 2000
If Nova is dedicated to new work, the art in the Survey sector has all
been made before 2000. This year six of its 16 exhibitors have never
shown at ABMB. Of these, London-based Offer Waterman’s survey
of works by the great late-20th century British sculptor William
Turnbull (1922-2012), whose estate it represents, promises to be
a highlight of the whole fair.
Turnbull began his career in 1939 as an illustrator at DC
Thomson, the Scottish publisher ofThe DandyandThe Beano
comics, joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and served as a pilot in
India and Ceylon. His paintings – blocks of vibrant color divided by
a vertical line – may look abstract, but in some respects they are
stylized views of rivers bisecting the tropical and arid landscapes he
saw from the cockpit of the planes he flew. He is best known,
however, for his sculpture, a considerable body of work that ranged
from his early linear pieces, belying the influence of his friend
Alberto Giacometti, who he met in Paris in 1948, to his later, more
substantial figurative bronzes and steel-based minimalist works.
Also showing for the first time here are two other eminent
London dealers: Hales Gallery, which is exhibiting paintings by
the distinguished Guyana-born British artist Frank Bowling
(born 1936); and Richard Saltoun, which will showcase works
by Edgardo Antonio Vigo (1928-97), a leading figure in the Latin
American avant-garde.
There’s also a chance to discover the work of two Brazilian artists:
São Paulo’s Galeria Jaqueline Martins has works by Letícia Parente
(1930-1991), one of the pioneers of video as a medium; and Ricardo
Camargo Galeria will be showing paintings by the Paulistano pop
artist Wesley Duke Lee (1931-2010).
Keep an eye out too for Ceysson & Bénétière from Paris, which
has an exhibition of Claude Viallat’s richly colored patterned
abstracts and Noël Dolla’s more formally geometric forms, while at
A arte Invernizzi from Milan there are works by the Italian artist
Dadamaino (1930-2004), one of Italy’s foremost proponents of Op
Art, as well as her near contemporary Mario Nigro (1917-1992).Above:Latin American
Cult, European
version, by Edgardo
Antonio Vigo, 1975Above: visitors enjoy
Collins Park and sculptures
at ABMB 2016
Below: Scottish
artist William TurnbullBelow: Claude Viallat’s art will be
shown by Ceysson & Bénétière