This year’s Art Car Boot Fair is almost upon us, just a week and a little bit away now and, as I have said already, always one of the highlights any London art year. it all happens on Saturday September 5th at Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross, London, from midday until 6pm. Always an honour to be one of the invited artists, it always feels exciting to be part of it and yes this is me blowing my own trumpet here on these Organ pages where I spend hours and hours every week thanklessly blowing other people’s trumpets for them. Painting is my day job, it is what I do, I shall have lots of new work as always, and as always it will be at car boot fair friendly prices for the day (remember now cash is king).
There’s something like a hundred artists taking part again this year, something for everyone you might say, you’ll fine lots more about the line up and such on the Organ website or indeed on the somewhat messy Art Car Boot Fair website. The fair has been around since the start of the century, it still feels vital to me, an important thing that some might take a little for granted. I’ve been taking part now for the last sixteen years, the build up to the day is always exciting, creating new work, watching the skies, watching the people. It has evolved, it has changed, London has, the London art scene certainly has, Everything has to change, the Fair still feels like the Fair, it is very different, it is still the same, some things about it are better, some aren’t as good, I mostly like the engagement, the conversations, something that always feels missing in a gallery, do come say hello…
By the way, Lewis Cubitt, should you be interested, was a 19th-century English architect and civil engineer best known for designing King’s Cross Station in London, as well as and the adjacent Great Northern Hotel. We do keep meeting in his square and I do keep admiring the big arches of his station, just thought I’d mention it. Hopefully see you in his square next week. It is always good in terms of people watching….
Oh, and for those of you not in or indeed close to London, there will be an online version of the Fair that will start on your internet on September 11th and run for a week. More about the online play soon, for now I’m thinking about Play Free and the Art Car Boot Fair in the square that celebrates Lewis and his fine railway station skyline which I will have to paint now…
Here’s a #43SecondFilm from last year….
Sean Worrall / Art Car Boot Fair / Tickets
The countdown to this year’s fair started on these pages thirty days ago:
Previously
Here’s a flavour or two from last year’s fair at the same Kings Cross square… As always do click on an image to see the whole thing or to run the slide show…
THE ORGAN 