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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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In our M-KOS Volta NY report of 2014, we concluded with an open-ended question: “How will Volta take things to the next level?” And the art fair’s answer was to change location. This year it move to Pier 90, adjacent to the Armory Show. A major shift in its eight year history, the fair however retained its distinctive identity by devoting exclusively solo and duo presentations of emerging to established artists. The fair opened to the public on 5 through 8 March in the 75,000 square foot Pier immersed with in day light, a stone’s throw from Armory’s Pier 92 & 94. Volta featured 90 galleries across all six continents, 80% of which were returnees, either from last or previous years, as well as 17 debuting galleries.
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Zhan Wang, Flying Stone No.2, 2007 at Long March Space, Beijing. Photo: M-KOS
Frieze New York 2014 returned from May 9 to 12 for a third consecutive year, taking residence once more on Randall’s Island, flanked between Northern Manhattan and Queens on East river. Tortuously accessible from either a ferry ride leaving just south of the United Nations building (East Mid Town); a school bus journey starting opposite Guggenheim Museum; or via an elaborate drive thought some of New York’s most convoluted overpasses – the journey to Frieze already imposes itself as a pilgrimage for art enthusiasts. Aptly enough, Randall’s Island is also noted for housing several sport fields and a psychiatric asylum, an anecdote thus foretelling of the experience waiting within the winding all-white tent, designed by Brooklyn-based architect duo SOL-IL and the scores of art bounty to behold, simultaneously testing one’s physical stamina and intellectual capacities. Continue reading “7 Art Trends at Frieze New York 2014”
Mohau Modisakeng presented by BRUNDYN+, Cape Town. Photo: ©David Willems. Courtesy of David Willems and Volta NY
Volta 2014 counted a no-mean-feat 20,000 visitor attendance to its four day long SoHo-based art fair, uniquely consisting of solo artist-presentation gallery booths. Sojourning for a second year in its current Mercer Street location, the seven-year-old fair certainly was quick to make a impression on the busy Armory week calendar, from establishing its trademark white-on-black branding to boasting a veritable star-studded string of patrons from Israel, The Emirates as well as numerous local Big Apple-ers.
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