Chinese art presents at London's Art15 fair

London's global art fair Art15 will feature a significant number of galleries from China this year, giving global collectors the opportunity to explore new and innovative works by Chinese artists.

The fair, which was founded two years ago as Art13, with a mission to present artwork from all markets around the world, has a strong Asian focus. Its founders, Tim Etchells and Sandy Angus, are also the founders of ART HK, which is now Art Basel in Hong Kong, China's premiere art fair.

Art15 will be held between May 21-23, showing works from 134 galleries from 41 countries, of which 32 percent of galleries will be from Asia, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Taiwan and Singapore.

Kate Bryan, Fair Director of Art15, say she believes Chinese artwork is fresh, surreal and distinctive. "I like the fact that Chinese artists always try to do something new. There are so many unique and distinctive voices in China now as the society opens up and thinks about its future."

Bryan says Chinese contemporary art has changed dramatically from the stereotype of Chinese traditional ink painting, as Chinese contemporary art is presented through a great variety of media, including installations, video work, conceptual work, oil paintings, amongst others.

She says the quality of Chinese art work is also very high. "I think there is a strong Chinese schooling system for art. I visited a few academies in China, and the quality is very high. At the same time there are many Chinese artists who study overseas, and I think it is important that many people are open to new ideas".