FAD Magazine writer Lee Sharrock spoke to her favourite upcoming artists at The Other Art Fair over the weekend, for a special TOAF edition of #TheUpcoming. First up is Kay Gasei, a London-based mixed media artist whose eye-catching canvases and prints weave together ancient myths and legends with classical and Egyptian iconography. These are fused with a reaction to important contemporary issues such as the murder of George Floyd and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, to create a contemporary magical realism that leaps off the canvas. Gasei’s art is so alive and fresh, it has a sense of the urgent and liberated mark-making of Basquiat, combined with the mythological style of Marcel Dzama.
Check out the interview with Kay Gasei here:
https://fadmagazine.com/2021/07/06/theupcoming-the-other-art-fair-edition-1-kay-gasei/