Explore & Collect with Louis Li

Founder and Managing Director of JKLP Group and Melbourne Art Fair ambassador, Louis Li is an ambitious collector of art and design in the global art landscape. He embraces and continues to expand the mysterious yet poetic Jackalope Art Collection at Jackalope’s luxury accommodation.

Speaking with the Fair, he outlines the works he is most anticipating seeing at the event.

1301SW/STARKWHITE (Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Tāhuna/Queenstown), Booth A3
Mikala Dwyer, Empty Sculpture, 2024

Empty Sculpture is a playful and fantastical exploration of plastic. Mikala’s practice has developed through a series of evolving projects and research which align with my theories of the occult and alchemy.

Mikala Dwyer, Empty Sculpture, 2024, plastic, 93 x 83 x 34cm. Courtesy the artist and 1301SW/STARKWHITE (Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Tāhuna/Queenstown).

Sullivan+Strumpf (Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney, Singapore), Booth C10
Dawn Ng

Dawn’s paintings and video works explore the concept of time and memory – I like the lyricism and nuanced use of colour with her feminine touch.

Dawn Ng, The Earth is an Hourglass (still), 2024, 4K res moving image work, h265 4:2:2 10bit Dolby Vision HDR, supplied on USB, 38m: 33s, edition of 5 plus 2 artist’s proofs. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf ((Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney, Singapore).

Nasha Gallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Booth K3
Drew Connor Holland, horse i

Drew’s work is reflected in ideology; every image represents a collage of his personal experience and imaginative anxiety. It reminds me of the working process of the great Belgian painter, Luc Tuymens.

Drew Connor Holland, horse i, 2024, synthetic polymer, marble dust, water colour, toner, graphite, oil, archival varnish on birch panel, 24 x 20 x 5 cm. Courtesy the artist and Nasha Gallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney).

1301SW/STARKWHITE (Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Tāhuna/Queenstown), Booth A3
Bill Henson, Untitled 2014-2015

Bill is my favourite Australian photographer. His dark, enigmatic photographs show a supreme sense of mystery and obscurity. The intensity and intimacy of his selection of motifs reflect an interplay between the mystical and the real.