PHOTO FAIRS SAN FRANCISCO

(27/01/2017 - 29/01/2017)

http://photofairs.org/sanfrancisco/

PHOTO FAIRS SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco CA
Stati Uniti

PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco

January 27-29, 2017

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PHOTOFAIRS, International Art Fairs Dedicated to Photography, will open its first US edition in San Francisco to collectors on Thursday January 26, 2017 at the Festival Pavilion | Fort Mason, and to the public from Friday January 27 - Sunday January 29.  The launch follows the posting of the strongest ever sales at the third edition of its sister fair in Shanghai which ran from September 9-11, 2016.

PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco will focus on international artists never before seen in the Bay Area and key photographic talent from the United States’ West Coast. 

Set within a highly curated and elegant environment, the 300 works of art will include a very current selection of contemporary photographic trends, alongside excellent examples of carefully chosen blue-chip vintage material.

The hand-picked US and international galleries include: M97 Gallery (Shanghai); Flowers (London, New York & Hong Kong); Ratio 3 (San Francisco); Casemore Kirkeby (San Francisco); Danziger Gallery (New York); Edwynn Houk Gallery (New York & Zürich); Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery (New York); Three Shadows +3 Gallery (Beijing & Xiamen); CAMERA WORK (Berlin), and ROSEGALLERY (Santa Monica). 

Alexander Montague-Sparey, Artistic Director, PHOTOFAIRS, adds: “We are honored to bring to San Francisco — a city so heavily synonymous with the photographic medium — a very refreshing, focused and cutting-edge international edit of some of the best opportunities available in the market at this time. In a very nurturing, boutique context, this new platform aims to highlight the wonders of the medium both aesthetically and intellectually, whilst underlining it as a tantalizing opportunity for both the new and seasoned collector.”  

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
Expanding the discourse of international photography is at the core of PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco and work new to the Bay Area from Spain, China, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey, and beyond, will be presented.

Established names available to acquire will include: Vik Muniz, Abelardo Morell, Sally Mann and Valérie Belin (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York & Zürich); Ahmet Ertug (ELIPSIS PROJECTS, London & Istanbul); Paul Fusco (Danziger Gallery, New York), Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh (CAMERA WORK, Berlin) and Yang Fudong (Three Shadows +3 Gallery, Beijing & Xiamen) who will be featured alongside more emerging artists such as Kate Stone (Rubber Factory, New York), Jungjin Lee (Galerie & Edition Stephan Witschi, Zürich) and Wang Ningde (M97 Gallery, Shanghai).

WEST COAST ARTISTS
In a nod to San Francisco’s position as of one the US’s most important locations for the medium of photography, featured West Coast artists will include: Buck Ellison (Ratio 3, San Francisco); John Chiara (ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica) and Jim Campbell (Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York).

US DEBUTS

PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco will see the US fair debut for the following galleries: Vanguard Gallery (Shanghai); Pan-View Gallery (Zhengzhou); Mohsen Gallery (Tehran); andriesse eyck galerie (Amsterdam); Galerie & Edition Stephan Witschi (Zürich); ELIPSIS PROJECTS (Istanbul & London); East Wing (Dubai) and Rubber Factory (New York).

PUBLIC PROGRAM

Conversations, a dymamic series of talks drawing on key themes across the fair, features British artist Paul Graham and leading contemporary photobook publisher Michael Mack.  LA-based Japanese photography collectors Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz will explore their world-renowned collection.  Our panel dedicated to the future of moving image collecting will be led by Tiffany Zabludowicz (Independent curator & collector) and Zachary Kaplan (Executive Director, Rhizome, New Museum).  Erin O’Toole (SFMOMA), Virginia Heckert (J. Paul Getty Museum) and Julian Cox (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) will explore the role of the medium through an overview of retrospective and future photography dedicated exhibitions on the West Coast.

Insights, a curated exhibited offering unique pieces for private sale, will include West Coast artists Chris McCaw, Sean McFarland and Meghann Riepenhoff alongside 20 international artists including Sissi Farassat, Shao Wenhuan, Esther Vonplon, and Anja Niemi.

VIP HIGHLIGHTS

Key San Francisco institutions, galleries and artists will participate in the VIP program and will include -a private tour of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s new Pritzker Center for Photography, a visit to Pier 24 Photography to see Collected, and a behind-the-scenes view of the Ed Ruscha Archive and latest Danny Lyon retrospective at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

For more information and to book tickets please go to

www.photofairs.org