Dog Days at the Affordable Art Fair
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, March 2009
For the most part, this year’s AAF was a hit or miss affair. Lots of over-priced kitsch (dogs were an especially popular theme for much of the art on show) and last minute purchase possibilities for the next weekend’s UK Mothers Day (March 22nd) were on display with plenty of landscape paintings and portrait photography rounding out the bulk of what was represented. Of course, with the mission to exhibit thousands of paintings, sculpture, photography and original prints with price tags between £50 and £3,000, perhaps such run of the mill works were to be expected. Despite the same-old-same-old aspect of many of the works, enough diamonds in the rough, undiscovered marvels and memorable up-and-comers were exhibited to make AFF a worthwhile visit, if not a mandatory shopping excursion, for both seasoned and wannabe collectors.
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