The 63rdย Winter Antiques Showย in New York (January 20โ29) opens the New Yearโs social season, drawing collectors from all over the United States. The fair no longer focuses on Americana โ despite this yearโs excellent loan exhibition from theย Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museumย in Williamsburgย โ and also now allows contemporary work to be shown.Although the new format makes trends harder to discern, folk art trumped 18th-century English furniture, and 21st-century design art fared stronger than mid-century French furniture, with Americana, art glass and 21st-century porcelain also enjoying popularity. โThereโs a good buzz and everybody seems to be doing well,โ said Peter L. Schaffer ofย A La Vieille Russie, the New York antiques gallery. โPeople seem to be in a good frame of mind.โ These are the pieces that caught my eye.
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ย New York dealer Todd Merrillย sells cutting-edge 21st-century design art. At the show he was exhibiting four contemporary women artists, including Beth Katleman, a woman known for her sly humour. Her newest work,ย White Rabbit, is a mirror inspired by 18th-century Chinese Chippendale mirrors and Lewis Carrollโsย Alice in Wonderland. Here she combines Rococo opulence with pop culture. Instead of birds or Chinese figures, she has festooned the mirror with porcelain comic-book figures and movie characters such as Larry from The Three Stooges. โMy art responds to the surreal times in which we live,โ says Katleman.
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