
START ART FAIR FIFTH EDITION: DISCOVERING TOMORROW’S ART TODAY, SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
Over the last few days the Start Art Fair has once again taken over Saatchi gallery for its annual presentation of emerging artists and young galleries. Now in its fifth edition, Start presented 48 exhibitors from around the world offering collectors and art lovers the opportunity to discover and support inspiring new talent to add to their collections.

Start Art Fair comprises of three section: Start Galleries which showcases young galleries, Start Solo which showcases individual artists and Start Projects which is a series of curated projects, that aims to offer the audience an alternative art fair experience. This year Start also featured a special collaboration with China Academy of Art in celebration of their 90th anniversary, featuring a group exhibition of up and coming Chinese multidisciplinary artists entitle ‘Will to Faith’. The exhibition explored China’s new generation of artists making sense of faith in a time of uncertainty and in an expanding technological future. Through their artwork they explore their place within the world today as traditional views on art make way for the contemporary generation.

Start continued this more curatorial approach within the solo and gallery sections rather than simply being a commercial space to just purely sell art work. As seen in exhibitors such as ‘Gallery of Everything’ (London); which helps fund its partner organisation ‘Museum of Everything,’ with the aim of supporting artist creating work beyond the cultural mainstream. Meanwhile Pichai Pongsasaovapark (SAC galleries), explored geo-political themes in his exploration of carbon emissions which are also used as a medium in his work. SMO Contemporary Art (Nigeria) curated a mini exhibition in their stand entitled ‘inBETWEEN’. This displayed a collection of works by Nengi Omuku, Ngozi Omeje and Olumide Onadipe, who ‘discussed the socio-political and emotional state of Africa’s youth who often find themselves “inbetween”; which is a thread also discussed in the China Academy of Arts exhibition. One of the artists that was particularly interesting was Ngozi Omeje, who presented an avant-garde perspective on migration and identity, however explored this from an African viewpoint which was refreshing take on such a widely discussed subject.
