The Other Art Fair 2016
A four-day art fair featuring over 100 artists, a slew of workshops and surprise tattoos.
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Overview
If you've ever tried to buy art, you'll know that it can often be an inaccessible, intimidating process where you get so overwhelmed that you don't end up buying anything at all. That won't happen at The Other Art Fair. The London-founded contemporary art fair — running over four days at COMMUNE in Waterloo from October 27-30 — is specifically designed to bridge the gap between artist and collector, making it easier for artists to sell their work, and for you to buy it.
Returning to Sydney for its second year, the fair will feature over 100 contemporary artists all chosen on merit over experience. Last year's fair challenged artistic practice with live street art and 3D printing demonstrations. This year, there will be a competition to win a surprise tattoo created by LA-based husband and wife artists Kozyndan and tattooed by Rhys Gordon of Little Tokyo (in which participants won't know what the image is, or where on their body it will go), the chance to participate in creating a wall mural with artist Chocolate Einstein, and guided tours with The School of Life. Work-Shop will also be holding three classes over the three days, covering off watercolour brush lettering, gin blending (with Archie Rose) and perfume making.
Food-wise, you'll be able to purchase noms from Three Blue Ducks' grazing table as well as sweets from Black Pantry (who'll also teach you how to make s'mores). A bar will be hosted by Young Henrys, Urban Winery with Archie Rose. Expect music, workshops, and loads of contemporary art that will challenge your expectations (and eventually fill your living room).
Plus, this year the fair is presented by Saatchi Art, which means that all the works showcased will be added to the Saatchi Art online gallery — at the moment, it features over 500,000 works from across the world so it's a pretty big deal.
We're psyched on the whole program, but we picked out four hands-on things you can do at the fair over here.
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