Work by Zhang Huan
On Thursday 11th October, Year 11 art students had the
opportunity to visit the annual Frieze Art Fair. The fair itself was huge and
held a wide variety of different pieces of modern art from all over the world.
There were lots of interesting pieces, from abstract explosions of colour to
incredibly detailed paintings.
In particular we were amazed by Zhang Huan, an artist who
created his artwork completely out of ash! There were also interactive projects
around the stalls, which were created by the involvement of passers by who
could ‘make their mark’. Some pieces combined a range of different mediums like
Franz Ackermann, who used pencil, acrylic and photography which gave it a
colourful vibrant feel. Photography and sculptures were exhibited too, which
really captured movement and expression. As we walked around the endless maze
of artwork, we snacked on delicious cookies (from the Fair café) to keep our
energy levels high.
By the end of the day, we were really exhausted. But it had
definitely been an enjoyable experience and provided us with a lot of ideas and
inspiration for our GCSE project, ‘Ordinary and Extraordinary’. We especially liked
the idea of combining different ideas that wouldn’t usually be put together. At
the Frieze Art Fair there was definitely a lot of ‘extraordinary’ artwork and
we would recommend it to any future Art GCSE students.
Written by S. Ali and M. Shepard 11S
