I have been attending art fairs in Los Angeles since ART/LA was established in 1986. During ART/LA’s run, which ended in 1993, the fair hosted established galleries from all over the world. It was a very exciting time. BMW of North America funded the last two years of the fair and even commissioned an L.A. artist to paint an ArtCar — I painted a car for the fair in 1993. Then a drought hit and there were to be no more art fairs of this magnitude for a very long time. Things felt barren. Though there has been a revival of art fairs within the last decade in Los Angeles, none have felt as energetic to me as last week’s Art Platform , organized by Adam Gross and brought to you by the same people responsible for the annual Armory Show ® in New York. I felt very heartened. No doubt some of the energy felt at Art Platform and throughout L.A.’s art community comes from Getty’s initiative Pacific Standard Time , an initiative that will certainly change the perception of art inside and outside the city limits of Los Angeles. I visited the Art Platform a couple of times this last weekend and it occurred to me how interesting it is when one is presented with a myriad of art work — how, especially as artists, we are on the hunt to see ourselves, how we form our preferences and how each of us fundamentally takes away with them a unique art fair, one that is perhaps seen only by us as individuals. Here is a simple slide show of images that really stuck with me and a clock — a clock whose function appears to remind me that, as an artist, the days, months and years are filled with a sense of urgency to create the work I’m meant to make. Via Lewandowsky As Time Goes By (Siemensuhr), 2005 – 2010 Siemens clock with reverse rotating dial, with remote control 17 inch diameter Image courtesy of Andrae Kaufmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany See the original post: Lisa Adams: Art Platform: A Bright Light in Los Angeles