This year, FIAC was graced with the great joy of a newborn baby sister. Raw but of obvious aristocratic upbringing, with the refined features of a hotel particulier within a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe, Paris Internationale is tiny (41 exhibitors, compared to FIAC's 175) yet winningly clever and already oh so much cooler than her big brother. All signs point to a propitious trajectory, and at her birth she was visited by the kindly tutelary spirits of chic young things, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets (aka 89plus). The love in the air was warm and palpable. Her cousin Liste should be jealous.
Within the fair itself were some stellar turns from young artists, including a very impressive new direction from Ry Rocklen (whose exquisite craft betrays his years working for Charles Ray), extraordinary paintings by Adam Gordon, and your requisite serving of coy genetalia. Here are (about) 50 of the most interesting works from the fair.
Caroline Mesquita at Union Pacific (London)
Marc Bauer at Freymond-Guth Fine Arts (Zürich)
Ryan McLaughlin at Laurel Gitlin (New York)
Gerald Petit at Triple V (Paris)
Mathis Collins and Luca Francesconi at Shanaynay Public Library (Paris)
Julie Beaufils at Shanaynay Public Library (Paris)
Florian Germann at Galerie Gregor Staiger (Zürich)
Natalie Häusler at Supportico Lopez (Berlin)
Henri Chopin at Supportico Lopez (Berlin)
Benoit Maire at Croy Nielsen (Berlin)
Jason Benson at Bodega (New York)
Sam Lipp at Bodega (New York)
Renaud Jerez, Jason Matthew Lee, and Erica Baum at Galerie Crèvecour (Paris)
Lili Reynaud-Dewar at Galerie Emanuel Layr (Vienna)
Birgit Megerle at Galerie Emanuel Layr
Jennie Hagevik Bringaker at Galerie 1857 (Paris)
Martin Soto Climent at Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City)
Adrien Missika at Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City)
Adam Gordon at Chapter NY (New York)
Sam Anderson at Chapter NY (New York)
Keith Farquhar at Romain Chenais (Paris)
Liz Craft at Truth and Consequences (Geneva)
Charles Irvin at Truth and Consequences (Geneva)
Patrick Armstrong at Michael Thibault (Los Angeles)
Nicolas Milhé at Galerie Samy Abraham (Paris)
Ry Rocklen at Praz-Delavallade (Paris)
Judith Hopf and Anne Imhof at Deborah Schamoni (Munich)
Stephan Dillemuty at Deborah Schamoni (Munich)
Anne Imhof at Deborah Schamoni (Munich)
Dan Mitchell at Temnikova & Kasela (Tallinn)
Matthew Smith at Koppe Astner (Glasgow)
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec at Room East (New York)
Stefano Calligaro at Sabot (Cluj-Napoca)
Florian Pugnaire at Torri (Paris)
Gili Tal at Sandy Brown (Berlin)
Nick Oberthaler at Bianca D'Alessandro (Copenhagen)
