Niklas Asker (b. 1979, Nordingr氓, Sweden) thinks of his paintings in three-dimensional terms, as objects which exist beyond the boundaries of the canvas; those imbued with weight, or mass.
Swedish artist Niklas Asker (previously featured here) returns to the foundations of his practice with a series of paintings grounded in the art historical and spiritual references that have continuously informed his work.
鈥淭he world as you know it 鈥 where males aren鈥檛 devoured by plants, where tiny flowers serve as food and where a couple doesn鈥檛 need a spore to have a child 鈥 is new and still changing.鈥
For Condo London 2025, Union Pacific hosts blank projects (Cape Town, South Africa), and Gypsum Gallery (Cairo, Egypt), presenting works by Zayn Qahtani, Velma Rosai-Makhandia, Dineo Seshee Bopape, and Nada Elkalaawy.
The paintings of Aya Higuchi (b. 1988, Tokyo, Japan) are moments of pause and poetry in canvas form; quietly intimate depictions of quotidian or natural encounters.
From notable works by Keith Haring, Emily Kam Kngwarray, and H茅lio Oiticica to evocative sculptures by H.R. Giger and Wangechi Mutu, galleries report strong sales in the first days of the fair.