At Volta, the small art fair affiliated with the much larger annual Armory Show, galleries presented a curated exhibition featuring a single artist. I saw an unusual amount of figuration, much of which was highly skilled, bordering on illustration. Although some of the work was more painterly, I wondered if symbolism and narrative were on the rise or whether the members of Volta’s curatorial committee simply had a personal preference for the figure. In any case, here are some images of the figurative work at the fair. (Note: I had to take some of the images from Volta’s excellent website because halfway through the fair, my camera’s memory card became full. Damn those enormous RAW files I took in the studio earlier that day.)
[Image at top: Seth Michael Forman @ Frosch & Portmann, New York]
Ryan Martin @ Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco
Pose (Jordan Nickel) @ Jonathan LeVine, New York
Petra Johanna Barfs @ WOLFST�DTER, Frankfurt
Tim Kent @ Slag, Brooklyn
Hyon Gyon @ Shin, New York
Zo� Charlton @ ConnerSmith, Washington DC
Pawe? S?liwin?ski @ Beers Contemporary, London
Brece Honeycutt’s book report rom the Fairs (2013)
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