Frieze New York 2016 SCORES IT’S TRIPPLE RATING, AGAIN SETTING THE NY ARTWORLD FRONT AND CENTER.
By: Janet Lehr
Established in 2012 by the founders of Frieze maga- zine, Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, Frieze New York creates the ultimate art fair experience. The fifth edition of Frieze New York features 202 of the world’s leading contemporary galleries, with 63 participants from the fair’s host city, plus a non-profit program of artist projects, education activities and talks; and Eateries!! Frieze fairs are sponsored by Deutsche Bank.
View and buy art from more than 1,000 of today’s leading artists and experience a curated program of talks and site-specific artist commissions.
Going and Coming by Water Taxi
Access is included in all admission tickets. For further information and a full schedule please visit friezeprojects.org/talks.
NEW IN 2016 ARE TWO ‘SOUND’ ROOMS and sound stations throughout the fair. Curated by Cecilia Alemani (High Line Art, New York), Frieze Sounds is a program of new artist commissions premiered at Frieze New York. Frieze Sounds will be played in the VIP 7 Series cars at the fair, and via listening stations inside the new Reading Room and BMW Lounge. The commissions will also be streamed online at frieze.com. Drawing soundbites from antidepressant ads, airline marketing material and quotes from the Qur’an read by a generic female voice with a vague British accent, this work by GCC aims to revitalize spaciousness and explore power, imperialism and allegiance through language.
BMW-SERIES 7
BMW (Listening Station)
READING ROOM (Listening Station)
The 2 ‘mannequins’ are an amazing visual lure.
For the locations of listening stations for Sounds at Frieze New York, see the fair map.
IMAGINE YOURSELF, ON THE HUNT FOR ART’
Imagine the joys of discovery. Imagine falling in love. Art is a force, a powerful driver of emotion, a force for lust; get on board-ENJOY ART. Frieze 2016 will make a convert of you, if you are not there already.
CHRISTIAN HOLSTAD at MASSIMO DE CARLO GALLERY
Untitled, (Snakes and Hatchlings), Ceramic, 2016, approx. 24” diameter
CARSTAN HOLLER OCTAPUS at Massimo De Carlo Gallery
MICKALENE THOMAS Untitled
Acrylic and mixed media 108”x144” at LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY
VERA LUTTER Temple Of Athena, Paestrum 2015
Unique Silver Print at GALLERY ALFONSO ARTIACO
PHILLIP GUSTON, 1977 67×80 inches at HAUSER AND WORTH
FRANK STELLA at DOMENIQUE LEVY GALLERY
PETER HALLEY
3 works (commissioned for the exhibition) Total length 20 feet
XU ZHEN
Various titles Fiberglas, Reinforced concrete, Marble grains, Steel, Canvas,
Oil paint, Glue
at ShanghART GALLERY
SAM MOYER
Untitled.
Polished Granite imbedded in painted construction material
BETTY WOODMAN Ceramic works
at SALON 94
JAMES ROSENQUIST Highway Trust 1977 60×144
at AQUAVELLA GALLERY
What was my treasured acquisition?? Not telling!
FRIEZE NY 2016
There is lots to see and do at FRIEZE NY 2016 – Website for FRIEZE NY 2016 special Events and Programs ENJOY!
Janet Lehr for THEATERLIFE.COM
LEHR ON THE HUNT May 5, 2016
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