This year’s Pick Me Up saw familiar artists & collectives like Print Club London, No Brow and Kate Morros, described as some of the best, most innovative and avant-garde graphic artists, collectives and galleries stand along-side a handful of international talent, including Victo Ngai, Revenge Is Sweet and Yoh Nagio.
Mostly inspiring, the fair is a bold, colourful and sometimes psychedelic experience. It’s also an excellent opportunity to buy some affordable art, limited books, post cards and more. There is a real sense of energy, the hand made and collectible about many of the exhibitors works.
Here are a few of my highlights.
Themlot presented ‘There City’, a model cluster of hand made colonies, a refuge, ‘a place for Them to be’ – inviting you to star in THERE city. With set up cameras and spotlights inviting the visitor to engage in their mini city.
For two evenings (17th & 24th March), Heavy Pencil, are presenting evenings of live music and live drawing by some of the best illustrators in the land, which is projected on a large screen for all to see. Artists include Jiggery Pokery, Andrew Rae and Luke Best.
The Hong Kong born artist/illustrator Victo Ngai prints stood out for me. I found it so difficult not to call the bank for an over-draft increase to but her joyful and beautifully coloured prints.
Revenge Is Sweet presented a series of graphic and tonal works, but also a mirrored art deco typographic piece, which again, I mostly wanted!
And if course Anthony Burrill & guests multi-media in house studio.
For a full list of artists, galleries + collectives visit The Somerset House website. Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphic Art Fair will take place at Somerset House runs until 27th March 2011.
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