Affordable Art Fair rings in the sales
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Director of Retrospect Galleries, Bree Delian, 36, pictured at her booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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Dr Martens - Union Jack, priced at $700, by artist Purnomo, pictured at Redsea Gallery's booth at the Affordable Art Fair. In the background are sculptures by artist Adi Gunewan. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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The general crowd at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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Waiting For Love, a sculpture by artist Adi Gunewan, selling at $6800 as pictured at Redsea Gallery's booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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People check out the Fiction Series by artist Phil Shaw at the Rebecca Hossack gallery booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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A man looks at the series Precious Trio by artist Chris Woods at the Gallery Jones booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. The whole series is priced at $3200. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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22-year-old Zhang Han looks at the artpieces (from top) Lipstick, Banker's Wife (Dollars) and Symphony by artist Debra Franses Bean from the Mark Jason Gallery (London) booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. Each piece is priced at $3200. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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A girl jumps next to the art piece Daydream by Vellachi Ganesan at the Young Artist Talent programme booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. The artpiece consists of a lamp and a swing priced at $650 and a stool priced at $550. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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Five-year-old Aedan Pereira, carried by his mother Erin Caskey, 32, who works as an art teacher and artist, reaches out to the artwork Crocodile by David Farrar from the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. It is priced at $3500. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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Vincent Van Goh II, by artist John Dean, as pictured at Bicha Gallery's (UK) booth at the Affordable Art Fair. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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People at the Affordable Art Fair check out the booth of Ketna Patel Art Studio on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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29-year-old Nepalese Bhim Chhantyal takes a photo of the series titled The Cyclists, each priced at $380 by artist David Gerstein, at the Bruno Gallery booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Director of Retrospect Galleries, Bree Delian, 36, pictured at her booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Dr Martens - Union Jack, priced at $700, by artist Purnomo, pictured at Redsea Gallery's booth at the Affordable Art Fair. In the background are sculptures by artist Adi Gunewan. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
The general crowd at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Waiting For Love, a sculpture by artist Adi Gunewan, selling at $6800 as pictured at Redsea Gallery's booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
People check out the Fiction Series by artist Phil Shaw at the Rebecca Hossack gallery booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
A man looks at the series Precious Trio by artist Chris Woods at the Gallery Jones booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. The whole series is priced at $3200. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
22-year-old Zhang Han looks at the artpieces (from top) Lipstick, Banker's Wife (Dollars) and Symphony by artist Debra Franses Bean from the Mark Jason Gallery (London) booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. Each piece is priced at $3200. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
A girl jumps next to the art piece Daydream by Vellachi Ganesan at the Young Artist Talent programme booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. The artpiece consists of a lamp and a swing priced at $650 and a stool priced at $550. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Five-year-old Aedan Pereira, carried by his mother Erin Caskey, 32, who works as an art teacher and artist, reaches out to the artwork Crocodile by David Farrar from the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. It is priced at $3500. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Vincent Van Goh II, by artist John Dean, as pictured at Bicha Gallery's (UK) booth at the Affordable Art Fair. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
People at the Affordable Art Fair check out the booth of Ketna Patel Art Studio on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
29-year-old Nepalese Bhim Chhantyal takes a photo of the series titled The Cyclists, each priced at $380 by artist David Gerstein, at the Bruno Gallery booth at the Affordable Art Fair on Nov 17, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Australian gallerist Bree Delian barely has time to take a break at her booth at the Affordable Art Fair. There is a busy stream of collectors making enquiries, and of course, buying artworks.
One of her most popular artists is Canadian artist Marie-Danielle Lablanc, whose abstract landscapes painted on cherry wood have been selling like hot cakes. At the press time, seven have found buyers.
Snatching a few moments between fielding queries from interested buyers, Ms Delian, 36, tells Life!: "In Australia, we can get quite isolated in terms of the international art scene. So it's great that we get to come to Singapore to introduce some exceptional artists to people here." The artworks at her booth are priced between A$190 (S$241) and A$6,000.
This is the second time that her gallery, Retrospect Galleries, located in Byron Bay, New South Wales, is taking part in Singapore's Affordable Art Fair, an annual art fair with works costing between $100 and $10,000. Three-quarters of the works on show are priced under $7,500.
