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| Evren Tekinoktay, Smoke, 2012, The Approach |
There’s nothing like a trip to Frieze to make you feel completely detached from the art world. Which might not be so great if you’re an artist. So now that the global travelling circus has left town, what still sticks?
There wasn’t
anything nearly as nasty as last year’s autographed superyacht. The commissioned
projects by Frieze Foundation (the non-profit organisation responsible for the
curated programme of talks, films, etc) included Turkish artist, Aslı Çavuşoğlu’s
Murder in Three Acts, where a crime
drama performed by a professional crew and actors was filmed live; and the Colosseum of the Consumed collaboration
between Grizedale Arts and the Chinese artists Yangjiang Group involving a programme of food-related performances. The makeshift colosseum itself enabled
spectators to look down at various activities below. Like the Bread and Circuses of ancient Rome, these
amusing spectacles detract from the superstore transactions that are the
business at the heart of the fair. Maybe there should be more of them.
Meanwhile, in the
chaotic stalls, purposefully arranged everyday objects furnished a
nostalgic nod to more domestic environments. Korean artist, Haegue Yang’s
venetian blinds delicately floated over Kukje Gallery.
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| Haegue Yang, Flip Fleet Flow Units, 2012, Kukje Gallery |
A solid totem pole of
lampshades called Rose-marie, which I
hoped was by Charlotte Squire but was in fact by Scottish artist, Andrew
Miller, illuminated Ingleby Gallery, and glass light bulbs were grouped on ply in Untitled (16), 2012 by Phillip Lai at Stuart Shave/Modern
Art. A glass sculpture of vases, cake stands and bowls on a grid of shelves made up The Sixth Continent
by Anna Molska at the Broadway 1602 stand.
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| Anna Molska, The Sixth Continent, 2012, Broadway 1602 |
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| Jonas Wood, Interior with Fireplace (detail), 2012 David Kordansky Gallery |
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| Jonas Wood, Grey Shio Still Life (detail), 2012 David Kordansky Gallery |
The prize for the
stand-out stand goes to the exceptionally well fabricated MOT International
with Elizabeth Price’s film West Hinder, 2012 where carpeted walls led into a quiet, personal cinema space, complete with helpful unFrieze-like staff offering information about the screening.
In its wake, Frieze
has left behind a trail of free blockbuster exhibitions at the big galleries
including Luc Tuymans at David Zwirner until 17 Nov, Chris Ofili at Victoria
Miro until 10 Nov and Peter Doig at Michael Werner Gallery until Dec. There is
more Elizabeth Price at the Turner Prize, Tate Britain until Jan 2013 and I’m looking
forward to continuing my own domestic thread with interior provocations by
Matthew Darbyshire: T Rooms, at Zabludowicz Collection, until Dec. Also, a reminder that this
weekend is the last chance to see Paul Housley’s latest paintings at Poppy Sebire,
don’t miss it!
Alli Sharma
Oh, here are some black and white moments:
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| Akram Zaatari, Studio Sheherazade, Couples, 2012 Hashem Madani |
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| Silke Otto-Knapp, Winter Trees, 2012 greengrassi |
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| Cindy Sherman, Untitled 510, 1977/2011, Spruth Magers |
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| Klara Kristalova, Untitled, 2010-2012 |
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| Raymond Pettibon, David Zwirner |
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| Gillian Carnegie, Untitled, 2011 Galerie Gisela Capitain |
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| Alexis Marguerite Teplin, Untitled, 2012 Mary Mary |
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| Chantal Joffe Victoria Miro |
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| Kaye Donachie, Maureen Paley |
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| Karen Kilimnick, the merry sheep of olde England, 2012, 303 Gallery |
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| Waldemar Zimbelmann, Untitled, 2012 Meyer Riegger |
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| Makiko Kudo, Blanket (detail), 2012 Wilkinson |
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| Varda Caivano, Untitled, 2011-12 Victoria Miro |
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| George Shaw, We Are Building an Old World, 2012 Wilkinson |
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