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03/10/17

Frieze sculpture 2017





Anche quest'anno Frieze ha anticipato l'evento scultoreo nel meraviglioso parco di Regent, fra pochi giorni inizierà poi il grande evento fieristico.





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Essential Art Guides

Download the Art Fund's Frieze Sculpture Audio Tour app for Clare Lilley's insights and commentary on each artwork.

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From the Playful to the Political

Works in Frieze Sculpture are selected by Clare Lilley, following an open call for applications submitted by international galleries.

'From the playful to the political, these 25 works explore contemporary sculpture’s material and technical dexterity, together with its social role and reflection on the human condition and our environment'. (Clare Lilley) Highlights include:
  • Thomas J Price’s (Hales London New York) startling triple portraits of men of African origin 
  • Reza Aramesh’s (Leila Heller Gallery) metamorphosis of mythical animal and subjected figure
  • A six-metre-high ubiquitous toy-human figure by KAWS (Galerie Perrotin)
  • Superb classical modern works by Magdalena Abakanowicz (Marlborough Fine Art), Sir Anthony Caro (Annely Juda Fine Art), Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (Pangolin), Sir Michael Craig-Martin (New Art Centre / Gagosian), and Sir Anthony Cragg (Holtermann Fine Art)
  • Wonderful visceral, textural sculptures by Urs Fischer (Gagosian), Takuro Kuwata (Alison Jacques Gallery & Salon 94)
  • An extraordinary white-enameled bronze tree by Ugo Rondinone (Sadie Coles HQ)
  • A stacked column of bronze footballs by Hank Willis Thomas (Ben Brown Fine Arts)
  • A a multidimensional riddle using rocks and mirror by Alicja Kwade (kamel mennour.

 KAWS, FINAL DAYS (2013), Galerie Perrotin  
Frieze Sculpture 2017. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze.


Peter Regli, Reality Hacking No 348 (2017), Lévy Gorvy  
Frieze Sculpture 2017. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze.