From listadmin@worldwidereview.com Thu Aug 28 11:31:46 2008 From: listadmin@worldwidereview.com (jasper joffe) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:31:46 +0100 Subject: [FAF]PRESS RELEASE: The Free Art Fair 2008, the art fair where all the work is given away Message-ID: <007c01c908f9$473515b0$31b11256@jaspert7o8mgt9> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C90901.A75B5E10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable THE FREE ART FAIR 2008=20 13 to 19 October=20 The art fair where all the work is given away=20 Artists Anonymous Centre of Attention Matthew Collings Jimmy = Conway-Dyer Sacha Craddock Stuart Cumberland Adam Dant Stephen Farthing = Rose Gibbs Luke Gottelier Alex Hamilton Peter Harris Pablo Helguera = Saron Hughes Lee Johnson Sayshun Jay James Jessop Chantal Joffe Jasper = Joffe Peter Lamb Cathy Lomax Amanda Loomes Marta Marce Bruce McLean Alex = Gene Morrison Stephen Nelson House of O'Dwyer Harry Pye Danny Rolph = Martin Sexton Bob & Roberta Smith Terry Smith Geraldine Swayne Chris = Tosic Gavin Turk Markus Vater Stella Vine Michael Ward Douglas White = Charlie Woolley=20 =20 www.freeartfair.com=20 New Quebec Street and Seymour Place=20 Portman Village=20 London W1H=20 nearest tubes: Marble Arch and Edgware Road=20 Open Monday to Sunday 11am till 6pm=20 T:079571 36066 Following its great success last year, The Free Art Fair returns bigger = and bolder and with surprises. The 2008 Free Art Fair involves over 50 = artists. The Free Art Fair is an art fair where all the work is given away at the = end. People will have the chance to own pieces by artists from the = Saatchi Collection or who have exhibited at the Tate or some of the = world's best known galleries like White Cube and Haunch Of Venison. They = will also be able to choose art by an exciting new generation of = emerging international artists. For once instead of art going to the highest bidder or those who can = afford it, someone who really loves an artwork will be able to have it = for free. On the Sunday when the show finishes people will be able to = take one piece of art away on a first come first served basis.=20 The Free Art Fair takes place in two streets in Central London, located = between Frieze and Zoo, two of the world's most high-profile art fairs. This year the fair also includes a program of the best of London's = performance art, curated by Lee Campbell and Frog Morris. A 64 page Free = Art Fair handbook by acclaimed designer Paulus M.Dreibholz will be given = away during the fair. "I thought we should do something different from what everyone else is = doing at this time of year and non-commercial, and something that = excites people and values art not selling. This gives anyone the chance = to own a serious piece of art." (Jasper Joffe, founder The Free Art = Fair) -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- The 2007 Free Art Fair=20 The first Free Art Fair was terrific and provoked heated debate about = the value of contemporary art. The Daily Telegraph described it as the = "the most radical departure from art fair commercialism." Press coverage = in all London newspapers/Time Out and national and international media = culminated in a live broadcast of the final give away on BBC News 24. = People camped out overnight to secure the piece they wanted and by = morning the queue snaked through Marylebone with over 700 members of the = public registering interest. For further information and images please contact: Jasper Joffe=20 T: 079571 36066=20 E: jasperjoffe@hotmail.com=20 www.freeartfair.com =20 "FROM EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITIES" ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C90901.A75B5E10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
THE FREE ART=20
FAIR 2008
13 to 19 October
The art fair =
where all the=20
work is given away
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Artists=20
Anonymous |
www.freeartfair.com
New Quebec Street and =
Seymour=20
Place
Portman Village
London W1H=20
nearest tubes: Marble Arch and Edgware Road
Open Monday to Sunday 11am till 6pm=20
T:079571=20
36066
Following its great = success last=20 year, The Free Art Fair returns bigger and bolder and with = surprises. The=20 2008 Free Art Fair involves over 50 = artists.
The Free Art Fair is an art fair = where all=20 the work is given away at the end. People will have the chance to=20 own pieces by artists from the Saatchi Collection or who have = exhibited at=20 the Tate or some of the world's best known galleries like White Cube and = Haunch=20 Of Venison. They will also be able to choose art by an exciting new = generation=20 of emerging international artists.
For once instead of art going to =
the highest=20
bidder or those who can afford it, someone who really loves an artwork =
will be=20
able to have it for free.
The Free Art Fair takes place = in two=20 streets in Central London, located between Frieze and Zoo, two of = the=20 world's most high-profile art fairs.
This year the fair also includes = a program=20 of the best of London's performance art, curated by Lee Campbell and = Frog=20 Morris. A 64 page Free Art Fair handbook by acclaimed designer Paulus=20 M.Dreibholz will be given away during the fair.
"I thought we should do something = different=20 from what everyone else is doing at this time of year and = non-commercial, and=20 something that excites people and values art not selling. This gives = anyone the=20 chance to own a serious piece of art." =20 (Jasper Joffe, founder The Free Art Fair)
The first Free =
Art Fair=20
was terrific and provoked heated debate about the value of=20
contemporary art. The Daily Telegraph described it as the "the most radical departure from art fair=20
commercialism." Press coverage =
in all=20
London newspapers/Time Out and national and international media =
culminated in a=20
live broadcast of the final give away on BBC News 24. People camped out=20
overnight to secure the piece they wanted and by morning the queue =
snaked=20
through Marylebone with over 700 members of the public registering=20
interest.
For further information and images = please=20 contact:
Jasper Joffe
T: =
079571=20
36066
E: jasperjoffe@hotmail.com
www.freeartfair.com
"FROM EACH = ACCORDING TO THEIR=20 ABILITIES"