02 December, 2006

Art about

Spent a day climbing through Chelsea warehouses in search of Fine Art. I was exhausted after 2 streets worth and had to stop. It's strange... there doesn't seem to be anything there other than galleries and residential. It could feel like a fishy seaside port if it weren't for the models walking around exhausted after the latest photo shot. Perhaps it's got to do with the cold - all cities grow more desolate-looking in winter.

Wandered up through Soho artist-run spaces a couple of days later and found myself in the halls of buildings that not only housed the galleries I was looking for, but also Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang and a host of other names that make you feel small.

View from warehouse staircases in Chelsea.

LEESA & NICOLE ABAHUNI's video and crazy bead work at Location1.

A door that can apparently be ignored, no matter how cool it looks.