All photos by Guy Sangster Adams @GSangsterAdams
Art Marathon: Frieze Sculpture Park and Masters 2015 [Slide Show]
All photos by Guy Sangster Adams @GSangsterAdams
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Mark Leckey’s inflatable Felix the Cat at Galerie Buchholz, Berlin. Photo: Guy Sangster Adams
By Guy Sangster Adams
The transition from the bright but fragile autumnal sunshine and colours of The Regent’s Park into the 13th edition of Frieze London, which ran from 14th – 17th October, was unsettling. As one’s eyes struggled to adjust to being plunged into darkness and the looming shapes of other fair goers and staff, white daubed slogans didn’t reassure: ‘welcome to purgatory’.
Spine-tingling and mystifying the space was created by the equally mysterious American artist, Lutz Baker, and immediately initiated one into this year’s Frieze Projects. Curated by Nicola Lees, the commissions create hyperreal environments subverting and transforming the visitor’s interaction with the fair.
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M-KOS selects a magnificent seven group of booths and artworks at the fourth edition of Frieze New York
Supplement (London, Booth B37) made their debut in the Frame section with a superb presentation of Philomene Pirecki
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Carsten Höller, Gartenkinder, 2014 at Gagosian Gallery. Photo by M-KOS
Text by Robert Beckinsale
Frieze London closed the 12th edition of its art fair last Saturday, in addition to the third iteration of Frieze Masters on the following day, both taking annual residence in the autumnal surroundings of Regent’s Park.
2014 saw Frieze London bring together over 160 international galleries from 25 countries, many of which noticeably breaking from the shackles of the ‘white cube’ paradigm with brightly coloured walls and floor decorations. Among the leaders of this trend, Gagosian and Sadie Coles HQ were hoarding large swaths of our attention span, from the entrance lobby. Gagosian’s Carsten Höller installation Gartenkinder (2014) invited children to play with works such as Dice (White Body, Black Dots)(2014) that were minded by qualified nannies instead of the expected colder model-type gallery assistants. Continue reading “Frieze! Live! Action!”