Inside Voices; Picks from London Original Print Fair
Like everyone else we’ve been spending our days and nights at home for the last eight (nine?) weeks and even more than usual, experiencing art solely online. This actually hasn’t been all bad as it means we get to “see” works from fairs that would otherwise have been taking place elsewhere around the world.
Caroline Walker via Enitharmon Editions
Brushwork, 2018
Lithograph
The London Original Print Fair is currently on view via Artsy and we’ve picked some of our favorite works that capture our current housebound quarantine mood. Populated by imagery from domestic spaces, still lifes and longing views out of windows, this grouping prompted us to consider the real shift in “home life” that has taken place over the last couple of months.
It was during the Victorian era when work moved outside of the home (and into the factory) and the home became a space for custom millwork, indoor plants, decorative textiles, patterned wallcoverings – in short, interior design was born and a vocabulary was developing around the furnishing of one’s home. For many of us, our homes have returned to sharing the tasks of both living and working. Our daily experience of the private space of our houses has been substantially altered and I’m sure for many artists this will have an enduring effect on their work.
