Best of Frieze New York: Arsham Porsche, Gagosian Vending Machine, and a Carol Bove Showstopper
This weekend, Frieze New York celebrated its tenth anniversary in New York, bringing together some of the top galleries in the city, as well as international artists and non-profit organizations. The show returns to The Shed Hudson Yards for the second time, taking over the entire structure with sponsorship by global partner Deutche Bank. The fair sized down to 76 booths from its pre-covid 200 booths, but with there was no sign of uncertainty. The majority, if not all, of the work on display has been sold out, according to many galleries.
Image: Casey Kaplan
1. DANIEL ARSHAM ‘Veiled Porsche’ at Gallery Perrotin
The concept of fictional archaeology is central to Daniel ARSHAM's work. He oftentimes constructs what he regards as future remnants of the present through experiments with timeless symbols, the intersection of romanticism, and pop art.
Just in time for Frieze, Porsche fanatics can rejoice in Daniel ARSHAM’s new release – a static sculpture of the iconic Porsche 930 Turbo in mid-reveal. The sculpture captures a moment in time with the inspired Porsche in a single blue tonal finish, contrasted against a flowing white cloth.
Many of Daniel Arsham's artistic pieces are inspired by his Porsche 930 Turbo, which celebrates Porsche's early age of design and performance that is best described as timeless. In partnership with worldwide contemporary art magazine Frieze, Arkham's new Porsche 930 Turbo sculpture is presently on display at the Perrotin Gallery, New York City.
A Close Up: Daniel ARSHAM Veiled Porsche, 2022
Now on view at Perrotin Gallery NYC
2. DAVID ZWIRNER– CAROL BOVE
For this year’s presentation at Frieze, David Zwirner presented a solo presentation of new sculptures by Carol Bove. A showstopper, the art works sold out immediately. Bove's new sculptures, which are constructed by precisely bending and compressing steel tubing coated in dazzling color, appear to be lighter than they are. Two works are shown as sculptural exhibition furniture on Ettore Sottsass-designed tables, while others are hung on display walls covered in a synthetic orange-coral material that matches the color of the sculptures' surfaces.
In front of the surrounding walls, the works alternate between vibrating and receding. Furthermore, the sculptures' colorful matte coatings make the steel easily pliable, and the works' folds and turns function in opposition to their supposed lightness, perplexing perception. The installation's fabric-covered walls draw attention to the sculptures' paradoxical fabric-like appearance while also emphasizing their physical context.
Image: Carol Bove, installation view, Frieze New York, 2022
SOLD OUT
3. SARAH SZE
Sarah Sze's piece Air from Air, 2021, a permanent, site-specific work buried into a hillside at Storm King Art Center in Upstate New York, is a part of the Fallen Sky Series.
The sculpture, like Fallen Sky, was inspired by ancient buildings and the language of ruins. Finished in stainless steel with brilliant mirror-polished surfaces, the piece captures an ever-changing stream of passing light and shadow across its various separate elements. A solo exhibition of the artist's work will open at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in New York, in 2023.
Air from Air (Fallen Sky Series), 2021
Stainless Steel
7.52" x 72.01" x 72.01" (19.1 cm x 182.9 cm x 182.9 cm)
*Reserved
4. ALBERT OEHLEN x AQUA MONACO; Gagosian New York
In trend with solo presentations at Frieze, the Gagosian exhibited works by Albert Oehlen, whose work often focuses on the commercial character of life.
Kafftee/Cofftea, a hybrid coffee/tea beverage developed by Oehlen, in partnership with Aqua Monaco, will be available via a vending machine at the stand. A limited number of free bottles of the unique caffeinated drink (which, according to the artist, "won't let you sleep ever again") will be available. A traveling installation, Kafftee/Cofftea was exhibited at the Serpentine Galleries, London, in 2019–20, and previously in exhibitions at Lokremise Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland (2019); Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (2018–19); and Palazzo Grassi, Venice (2018–19).
Four paintings from 2014 will also be on display in the stand, reinforcing the presentation's commercial emphasis. These canvases combine a geometric Pop art look with abstract painterly marks created with hands, rags, spray cans, and traditional brushes.
Oehlen will have a solo show at Gagosian Athens, which will open on June 9, 2022, and will feature new sculptures and works on paper.
Albert Oehlen, Untitled (2014). Photo: Stefan Rohner, © Albert Oehlen, courtesy of Gagosian.
5. ERIN O’KEEFE, Deutsche Bank Collection
New works from Erin O’Keffe were the star of the private exhibit. A long supporter of the artist, her photographs were acquired by the Deutsche Bank Collection in 2020. O’Keffe often plays with the viewers perspective, using her background as both photographer and architect to create surreal objects and spaces. What results are vibrant bursts of color and works of joy.
“I am a photographer and an architect, and my work is informed by both of these disciplines. My background in architecture is the underpinning for my art practice, providing my first sustained exposure to the issues and questions that I contend with in my photographs. The questions that I ask through my work are about the nature of spatial perception, and the tools that I use are rooted in the abstract, formal language of making that I developed as an architect. As a photographer, I am interested in the layer of distortion and misapprehension introduced by the camera as it translates three-dimensional form and space into two-dimensional image. This inevitable misalignment is the central issue in my work.”
~ Erin O’Keffe
ERIN O'KEEFE
Mine and Yours, 2021 unique archival pigment print on cotton rag mounted to Sintra
30" x 24" (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm)
Price on Application
This year, Frieze added a luxury lounge with interactive booths dedicated to premium brands such as ilili, Matches Fashion, Breguet, Reuniart, and La Prairie.
Swiss Luxury Watchmakers Breguet presented one of the most beautiful exhibitions by unveiling a work commissioned from the Argentinian artist Pablo Bronstein. The House will also use Frieze New York to unveil the Tradition Quantième Rétrograde 7597, the most recent creation from its workshops. The collection has welcomed a visual variant of its model displaying the date, whose date sector and dial stand out with their blue color, reflecting the retrograde date hand.
Carla Chan x La Prairie NFT collection. 365 +1 editions of NFT corresponds with a piece of the skincare range.
Fashion and art collide at the Frieze New York opening, 2022. Image courtesy of Frieze.
Article by Wen Shi, Contributing Editor, Photobook Magazine
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