Contemporary Art Dealers at the Works on Paper Fair 2015

Press Release December 2014

The Works on Paper Fair, the annual art fair specialising in drawings, watercolours, original prints and photographs, will be returning for its sixth year at the Science Museum, London, from Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 February 2015.

The Fair is known for including pictures from every era of art history, with the contemporay side growing year after year.

Exhibitors showing contemporary art at the 2015 Fair include:Artshouse • Beaux Arts • Byard Art • Camburn Fine Art • Coombe Gallery • Fine Art Consultancy • The

Gallery at Sculpture by the Lakes • M J Forster Gallery • Hanga Ten • John Iddon Fine Art • Francis Illes Gallery • Lime Tree Gallery • NOA • The Russell Gallery • The Tolman Collection London • The Whitley Art Gallery

The Fair's Directors are delighted to welcome Beaux Arts (London), Byard Art (Cambridge), The Gallery at Sculpture by the Lakes (Dorset), and The Whitley Art Gallery (Dublin) as four new contemporary exhibitors to the 2015 fair. They will be bringing a range of works by current artists such as Gillespie, Lecourt, Sainsbury and O'Donoghue, priced from £975 to £10,000.

Joining them will be the other contemporary exhibitors, such as Artshouse, who will be showing a selection of images by Shanti Panchal, priced around £5,000. In an interview in The Leisure Painter in 2011, the art critic Oliver Lange described Panchal's work as: “Challenging the boundaries of the medium...he produces works that have a remarkable sense of presence and impact”.

Shanti Panchal (b.1951)Father and SonWatercolour54 x 36 cm. £5,000

Sarah Gillespie (Living)All that I have is a RiverCharcoal on paper66 x 101.5 cm. £10,000For sale by Beaux Arts

Elisabeth Lecourt (b.1972)CoquelicotsReproductions of Maps84 x 60 x 40 cm. £1,950For sale by Byard Art

Hughie O'Donoghue (b.1953)Crow IIEtching and Aquatint55 x 75.2 cm. £975For sale by The Whitley Art Gallery

Jonathan Sainsbury (b.1951)BarneveldersCharcoal & Watercolour99 x 99 cm. £3,000For sale by The Gallery at Sculpture by the Lakes

Several of the exhibitors, such as Hanga Ten, Fine Art Consultancy and The Tolman Collection London, specialise in contemporary Asian works, alongside British ones, by renowned artists such as Toko Shinoda and Shuji Wako, highlighting the diversity of works on offer. These range in price from £420 to £2,500.

Other contemporary dealers showing at the fair, such as John Iddon Fine Art and The Russell Gallery, also sell modern works of art, alongside images by contemporary artists such as Donald Hamilton Fraser, RA and Jenny Wheatley.

Further contemporary exhibitors returning to the fair include Camburn Fine Art, who sell works by the British artist Alan Halliday; Coombe Gallery, who are dedicated to promoting upcoming West Country artists; The Lime Tree Gallery and Francis Iles Gallery, who both specialise in contemporary fine art; and watercolour artist-turned-dealer, Matt Forster, of M J Forster Gallery.

Dame Frink (1930 - 1993)Lying Down HorseLithograph60 x 75 cm. £1,750For sale by Fine Art Consultancy

M J Forster (b.1975)The Western IslesOriginal Watercolour70 x 90 cm. £10,000For sale by M J Forster Gallery

Toko Shinoda (b.1913)One's WayLlithograph with hand colouring52 x 71 cm. £2,500For sale by Hanga Ten

Donald Hamilton Fraser, RA (1929 - 2009)Puys Lauren IIOil on paper31 x 41 cm. £4,000For sale by John Iddon Fine Art

Gordon Rushmer (b.1946)Boats for HirerWatercolour45.5 x 51.5 cm. £1,800For sale by Francis Illes Gallery

Zanna Wilson (b.1978)Connachan Wood, CrieffWatercolour and Pastel23 x 33 cm. £380For sale by Lime Tree Gallery

Kenji Nagai (b.1947)WL 99-7Hand Printed Lithograph80.5 x 91 cm. For sale by The Tolman Collection London

Jenny Wheatley (b.1959)Low TideWatercolour 66 x 56 cm. £1,900For sale by The Russell Gallery

Alan Halliday (b.1952)Late Summer FlowersGouache on Millboard80 x 120 cm. £3,750For sale by Camburn Fine Art

Zanna Wilson (b.1978)Connachan Wood, CrieffWatercolour and Pastel23 x 33 cm. £380For sale by Lime Tree Gallery

Rosie Sanders (Living)StreptocarpusWatercolour 124 x 102 cm. £14,000For sale by Coombe Gallery

The Works on Paper Fair has supported The National Open Art Competition (NOA) as a partner for five years, and the directors have selected twenty NOA works from the 2014 competition to be shown at the fair. These works have been created using a variety of different mediums, such as photography, engraving, and drawing, by a range of UK-based artists. Many of the NOA works are affordable, with prices starting at around £200, offering the perfect chance to build up a contemporary art collection.

The National Open Art Competition was founded by The Duke of Richmond in 1995, and is administrated by not for profit the charity, the Chichester Art Trust. NOA aim to promote the work of contemporary artists, by hosting exhibitions throughout the UK for upcoming talent.

Brian Sewell, an NOA judge, has said of the competition:

“For established artists, it provides the opportunity to exhibit between group and one man shows. For the young it is a stepping-stone. No serious working artist should ignore it”

Paul Furneaux (Living) Grant Legassick (Living)Sumi Wave Urban EtchingJapanese Woodcut Print. 110 x 80 cm. £1,950 Photography. 80 x 80 cm. £1,800 For sale by NOA For sale by NOA

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Notes to Editors: Event: Works on Paper Fair Location: Level 1, Science Museum, South Kensington, SW7 2DD Dates: Thursday 5 - Sunday 8 February 2015 Opening Preview: 4 February 2015 (invitation only) Website: www.worksonpaperfair.com Email: info@worksonpaperfair.com Telephone: 01798 215 007 Ticket Price: £15. Under 14 years free. 14-21 year olds - half price admission For more images or for high resolution images please contact: press@worksonpaperfair.com

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