Affordable Art Fair 2012

Last night we visited Affordable Art Fair/AAF (or according to the roommate, Cheap Art Something/CAS) because our bro Tilen was exhibiting his paintings there. It's held at F1 Pit building by the way, so we got the chance to taste what it's like to watch Singapore GP from 'up there'. 

The venue's huge, the event was hugely inspiring. 

Clever!

This is also a good one - from AAF Milan earlier this year

Here are some that we like:

Tilen's!

by Kang Yeong Meon

Jolene Lai's - a gifted lady with extraordinary mind and technique.
Visit her website: enelojial.com
We apparently share the same alma mater :)
She's now based in LA.


Some of hers:

Insomnia. Can totally relate to that.

My favorite: Daphne's Toys

Dear Diary

And another paintress! Vanessa Smith, who combines pastel line drawings and realistic paint texture, interior scene and extreme weather, to give you goosebumps. 

The scenery outside the window's extremely realistic. 

Below is the artist's statement about her artworks:

"I like to think the interiors I depict in my paintings bring together the mysterious and the mundane, whether it be a deserted cafe or dimly-lit living room, these spaces are imbued with an eerie tension. Devoid of people, there are suggestions of life or habitation - a smoking cigarette, a glowing light, a door left ajar - all hint at a fractured narrative.

The window-view monochrome landscapes increase the sense of isolation, their bleak subjects - burning cars, industrial wasteland, deserted roads, are evocative of an aftermath as seen in Science Fiction films or crime scenes. Although there is undoubtably a sense of the macabre in my work, I have a congenial relationship with this aspect; I find a beauty in the stillness and silence.

We get it, like totally.