The art world has been abuzz over the inaugural New York edition of London’s Frieze Art Fair. The crowds who flocked to Randall’s Island this past week were rewarded with new work from 180 top galleries worldwide. I love that global influences in art are becoming more available, and Frieze is especially interesting because it offers fare for casual browsers and high-end collectors alike. As The New York Times describes:
“In just under a decade, the fair has gone from being a scrappy upstart to becoming a fixture on the international art circuit, a requisite stop for an elite group of buyers and sellers and, increasingly, for a broader public that just likes to look.”
As an interior designer, I studied the Frieze catalogue with the view of how each piece might enliven a living space. Some works that stood out:
A Square of Electric Light… by Daniel Buren
Bookshelf by Roe Ethridge
Abadia from Lower Left by James Casebere
Artex Painting by Dan Rees
Budapester Strasse by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
Act 3 (#25) by Janice Kerbel
Freischwimmer 198 by Wolfgang Tillmans
GM Building, New York by Andy Warhol
For those who missed the New York festivities, the Frieze Art Fair will be in London in October.
Images via friezenewyork.com
