8 Artists To Watch in 2024
Editors' Choice
By Julien Delagrange
Happy 2024, and what better way to start the new year than with a shortlist of some of the most exciting artists to watch and follow today? The selection consists of eight artists who caught my eye in the past year and whom I will follow closely in the coming twelve months as we continue to hold our fingers at the pulse of the art world.
Frederic Anderson
Frederic Anderson—born in 1973 in Luxembourg and residing and working in London, the United Kingdom—is an abstract painter who focuses on the expressive potential of gestural mark-making to convey and communicate raw experiences on a purely emotional level. His works are characterized by spontaneous jots, scribbled lines, and seemingly casual marks, with a subtle haze on a slightly warmer surface—juxtaposing bright color while slightly blending the rough edges of the mark to make it less aggressive and more volatile or elusive. Anderson is known for creating his own paint, utilizing pure mineral pigments often sourced from semi-precious stones such as tourmaline and lapis lazuli. He begins his artistic process with canvases with signs of wear, such as dirt or fingerprints, guiding his initial artistic impulses.
Anderson’s approach to art is akin to a form of meditation; he works rapidly and instinctively, sidestepping over-analysis and doubt. There is something unmistakable paradoxical in Frederic Anderson’s work, as it is both impromptu and carefully crafted, gritty yet polished, blending external influences with personal introspection. Impressive showings at international art fairs throughout 2023 at Arco Madrid, Tefaf Maastricht, Art Geneve, and with the support of Van De Weghe—a gallery with a long-standing tradition of representing some of the most iconic abstract painters—it is very likely that the irresistible beauty of Anderson’s work will continue to spread across the globe.
