Tuesday 25 November 2008

Frieze Young Critics







Year 12 students from Acland Burghley and St Marylebone met with critic D. Strauss to discover what it is like to be an art critic, recording their ideas and responses on iPods. Acland Burghley students interviewed performance artist Mark McGowan about his controversial practice. St Marylebone students recorded a round table discussion about the fair and the work they had seen in Resonance FM's booth.

Inflated Drawing at Frieze Art Fair






A+D+A+D and young visitors to the fair take part in Inflated Drawing exploring the parameters of the Education Space using unconventional drawing materials such as toilet paper, fabric and specially designed cardboard construction panels.

The Story Wall at Frieze Art Fair






Type Club and young visitors to the fair taking part in The Story Wall, an interpretive typographic workshop using Frieze Film 2008 as inspiration for new letterforms and words.

Highbury Grove School at Frieze Art Fair






Highbury Grove School hang their show in the fair, inviting visitors to come and view the work of the artists David Blandy and Rachel Shannon, who they have been working with as curators.

Pimlico School at Frieze Art Fair






Pimlico School become their artworld characters at the fair, as a result of research made in their role as art anthropologists in previous sessions.

South Camden Community School at Frieze Art Fair







Students from South Camden Community School curate and hang their exhibition in the Deutsche Bank Education Space at Frieze Art Fair. Students went out into the fair and invited members of the public to attend, then discussed the artists, artwork and their curatorial themes with the audience.