Foto dell'edizione 2017
Dal
4 Luglio torna la rassegna espositiva di Frieze Sculpture a Regent’s Park,
curata da Clare Lilley, anticipo della nota fiera autunnale.
Per
tre mesi le 25 opere proposte per questa edizione saranno fruibili con un supporto
di una app come audioguida.
Grazie
al supporto di Mtec due gallerie emergenti parteciperanno all’evento.
Gli
artisti selezionati per questa edizione sono: Larry Achiampong, John
Baldessari, Rana Begum, Yoan Capote, James Capper, Elmgreen & Dragset, Tracey
Emin, Tim Etchells, Rachel Feinstein, Barry Flanagan, Laura Ford, Dan Graham,
Haroon Gunn- Salie, Bharti Kher, Kimsooja, Michele Mathison, Virginia Overton,
Simon Periton, Kathleen Ryan, Sean Scully, Conrad Shawcross, Monika Sosnowska,
Kiki Smith, Hugo Wilson e Richard Woods.
Foto dell'edizione 2017
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Frieze
Sculpture 2018: A Free Summer Display of International Outdoor Artwork in
London’s Regent’s Park
Frieze
Sculpture to open in the English Gardens for three months,
from
4 July to 7 October 2018
Frieze
Sculpture will return to The Regent’s Park for three months this summer,
featuring works by 25 contemporary and modern artists presented by
world-leading galleries. Selected and placed by Clare Lilley (Director of
Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park), Frieze Sculpture will create an
exceptional cultural attraction at the heart of the city, for Londoners and
international visitors alike.
For
the first time, Mtec, logistics partner for Frieze Sculpture, will cover the
cost of installation for two emerging galleries, enabling them to participate
in the display; and Frieze will also launch a new audio tour and family guide
app in collaboration with mobile platform ARTimbarc. Offering free public
admission throughout the summer months, Frieze Sculpture will open in the English
Gardens of The Regent’s Park on 4 July and welcome audiences until the end of
Frieze Week in October.
Frieze
Sculpture will bring together 25 artists from five continents. Presented by
international galleries, the 2018 artists are: Larry Achiampong, John
Baldessari, Rana Begum, Yoan Capote, James Capper, Elmgreen & Dragset,
Tracey Emin, Tim Etchells, Rachel Feinstein, Barry Flanagan, Laura Ford, Dan
Graham, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Bharti Kher, Kimsooja, Michele Mathison, Virginia
Overton, Simon Periton, Kathleen Ryan, Sean Scully, Conrad Shawcross, Monika
Sosnowska, Kiki Smith, Hugo Wilson and Richard Woods.
New
for 2018, Mtec will support young galleries and emerging artists to reach
larger audiences, by enabling their participation in Frieze Sculpture. In 2018,
Mtec will cover the costs of installation and de-installation for two
galleries: Hannah Barry Gallery (London), presenting TREADPADS (2018) by James
Capper and Copperfield Gallery (London) with PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC
TRAVELLERS’ ALLIANCE (2018) by Larry Achiampong.
Clare
Lilley said: ‘Last year, our first-ever summer Frieze Sculpture was a
resounding success, with more than five million visitors enjoying exceptional
sculpture by artists from around the world. The 2018 edition is just as expansive
and diverse, so that the public and collectors alike can experience world-class
artwork in the beautiful English Gardens, designed by Markham Nesfield in 1866.
My hope is that the exhibition will give pause for thought as well as great
pleasure, and that visitors to Regent’s Park will have a snapshot of the
fantastic imagination of artists and variety of sculpture being made today.’
‘Artists
of different generations and from across the world – including a strong female
contribution – will come together and explore multiple concepts, spanning
political and architectural ideas, animal forms and material experimentation.
Highlights include Larry Achiampong’s (b.1984, UK) Afrofuturistic icons, Pan
African Flags; Yoan Capote’s (b.1977, Cuba) enigmatic sculpture of concrete and
bronze, entitled Stress; Haroon Gunn-Salie’s (b.1989, South Africa) chilling
group of crouching figures; Michele Mathison’s (b. 1977, South Africa)
subversive street-lamp sculptures, exploring civic collapse and decay; and Tim
Etchells’s (b. 1962, UK) new text-based work, Everything is Lost. Veteran Dan
Graham (b.1942, USA) presents an exquisite glass pavilion which will be
activated by visitors alongside a brightly coloured Holiday Home by Richard
Woods (b.1966, UK); a 14-metre-high needle woman tower by Kimsooja (b.1957,
South Korea); a new, monumental Optic Labyrinth by Conrad Shawcross (b.1977,
UK); a stained-glass structure by Rana Begum (b.1977, Bangladesh) and Monika
Sosnowska’s (b. 1972, Poland) hanging metal sculpture which collapses
architectural and mental space.
Meanwhile,
the natural and animal world is referenced in very different ways with
sculptures by John Baldessari (b.1931, USA), Elmgreen & Dragset (b.1961,
Denmark & 1969, Norway), a beguiling work by Kathleen Ryan (b.1984, USA) a
lyrical flock by Tracey Emin (b.1963, UK); and a coloured leaf-form by Simon
Periton (b.1964, UK); while Barry Flanagan’s (1914-2009, UK) seven-metre-high
bronze features the artist’s signature dancing hare. Kiki Smith’s (b.1954,
Germany) uncanny, white seated girl seems to observe everything. Major new
works include, among others, Rachel Feinstein’s set of four beautiful Majolica
sculptures using classical forms; Stack, made in corten steel by Sean Scully
(b. 1945, Ireland), renowned for his painting and prints; Hugo Wilson’s
(b.1982, UK) first-ever work in bronze, referencing baroque Italian sculpture;
James Capper’s (b. 1987, London) TREADPADS connected with his upcoming project
at the Venice Biennale (2019); a shamanistic figure in bronze by Bharti Kher
(b.1969, India); and a new piece by Virginia Overton (b. 1971, USA), who is
currently the subject of a solo show at Socrates Sculpture Park (USA).’
Jo
Stella-Sawicka (Artistic Director, Frieze) said: ‘I’m thrilled to see the
return of Frieze Sculpture this summer, following the huge success of last
year’s edition which captured the London public’s imagination and created a new
moment in the global art world calendar. This year we welcome major
international galleries, with large-scale works by an exceptionally diverse
group of contemporary artists, including a significant number of living women
sculptors – from Tracey Emin and Bharti Kher to Kimsooja. I’m equally delighted
that for the first time, we can enable two of London’s fantastic emerging
galleries to present ambitious outdoor works, with the generous support of our
logistics partner for Frieze Sculpture, Mtec.’
Frieze
Sculpture is accompanied by a free Audio Tour by Clare Lilley and family trail
in a new, freely downloadable app, produced in partnership with ARTimbarc. The
app will launch on 3 July on frieze.com/sculpture.
