Event review: Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv

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Old Train Station, Tel Aviv-Yafo

This year Tel Aviv-Yaffo is celebrating it’s 100th year centennial.  Many sites that were once old and decrepit are now polished up and ready for the celebration.  The “Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair” is one of the many events enjoying this status.  This show, housed in the old Tel Aviv-Yafo train station is stuffed with art from prominent local galleries, and a bit over-stuffed to my liking.
A few nice things can be found here and there throughout the show, but most of the art is commercial and the spaces are jam packed; bringing on the condition of “visual overwhelm”.
  
In all the mess there were a few interesting pieces like these paper mache coin purses. 

Coin Purses Close Up

This section of the exhibit was neat with all of these tiny white chairs on display in one of the main rooms in the old station.  I enjoyed looking at the space much more than the art.

I did find something that I absolutely loved, these old serving units that were in the cafe area.  I am not sure if they were from the old train station, but I thought they were one of the most authentic things at the show.


This green side cabinet was a favorite.

If you are a die hard art fan then this show is for you.  If you are like me and prefer more carefully curated shows, then I say skip it and visit the old station when the crowds are gone after March 21st.
* Fresh Paint Contemporary Art fair 18/3 – 21/3 admission 20 NIS per person.