Alex Da Corte’s giant floating baby and part of Heather Phillipson’s “100% Other Fibres” greet Frieze visitors (all photos by twi-ny/mdr unless otherwise noted)
FRIEZE ART FAIR
Randall’s Island Park
May 5-8, $29-$49 per day
friezenewyork.com
On a cold, rainy Friday afternoon, Frieze was about as comfortable and manageable as any major international art fair can get. You could take your time looking at the art, easily procure a table at one of the restaurants, and not have to wait on long lines to use the rest rooms. At the fifth annual Frieze New York, held on Randall’s Island, video, contemporary photography, and outdoor sculpture are out while large-scale painting, mid-to-late-twentieth-century photography, and performance are in. Below are our recommended highlights, in no particular order; also be on the lookout for works by Carolee Schneeman, Liz Magic Laser, Rieko Otake, Bernd and Hilla Becher, John Divola, Nancy Holt, Frank Bowling, and reverse pickpocket David Horvitz.
A troupe of mimes moves throughout the fair in a green vehicle in Anthea Hamilton’s “Kar-A-Sutra (After Mario Bellini)”
Eduardo Navarro’s “Instructions from the Sky” remained indoors because of the weather
Maurizio Cattelan pays tribute to the Daniel Newburg Gallery by restaging his 1994 U.S. debut, “Warning! Enter at Your Own Risk. Do Not Touch, Do Not Feed, No Smoking, No Photographs, No Dogs, Thank you.” complete with chandelier and Gabriel the donkey, who recently appeared at the Met in La Bohème.
Look inside Mika Rottenberg’s “Lips” for a surprise video, right next to her sizzling “AC Trio”
Hauser & Wirth’s staff have a tough time stopping people from touching Roni Horn’s untitled glass pieces
You can see more of N. Dash’s beautiful works of adobe, acrylic, gesso, string, canvas, and jute at Casey Kaplan in Chelsea
Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija collaborated on eight-minute video installation “Stories Are Propaganda”
Spencer Lowell’s “New York, New York, New York” provides unique look at Queens Museum Panorama (photo courtesy Queens Museum)
Alex Katz’s “Nine Women” is significantly smaller than 1982 Times Square mural
Perhaps Krzysztof Wodiczko’s twenty-five-year-old “Homeless Vehicle Project” could still help New York City’s homeless crisis
Michelle Grabner’s untitled enamel on panel painting is a bright standout
François Morellet turns Galerie Herve Bize space into a dizzying experience
Perennial favorite Galerie Eigen + Art features new works by David Schnell, including “Becken” (above) and “Pakt” (photo courtesy Galerie Eigen + Art)
Fred Wilson’s “Emilia’s Mirror — Act 5, Scene 2” is part of Pace installation
Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel’s “Stoneware Mural with Pipes n°4” is part of Frame Stand Prize-winning installation “Truth and Consequences”