
Frieze New York 2017 Highlights: Pigeon Cars, Neon Lights & More
Frieze New York has again washed up on the shores of Randall’s Island to put on a grand show for contemporary art lovers from far and wide. Now in its sixth year, the British import has scaled back for 2017. Open to the public only three days, May 5-7, 2017, the fair has reduced its Talks program to one event per day, and completely eliminated its Sounds section. But, don’t despair, with more than 200 leading galleries from 31 countries represented, there is still plenty to consume your time. From a Julian Schnabel plate painting to Anton van Dalen’s The Pigeon Car, and David Altmejd’s creepy busts, there are many of reasons to make the trek out to the fair this year. Below are a few of the highlights.
For more information and to purchase tickets to Frieze New York, visit the fair’s website.
- Anton van Dalen’s The Pigeon Car in the PPOW Gallery booth
- Keith Sonnier’s neon sculptures were featured in Pace Gallery’s booth
- Elmgreen & Dragset’s Rite of Passage (2014) brought traffic through Massimo De Carlo’s booth
- Jon Rafman’s Dream Journal screens in a make-shift theater as part of Frieze Projects
- Stefan Brüggemann dominates Parra & Romero’s booth
- Yayoi Kusama’s Solitude of the Earth (1994) in Victoria Miro’s booth
- Doug Aitken, 1980 (2011) in the Victoria Miro booth
- Richard Long’s striking White Onyx Line (1990) for Cardi Gallery
- Marilyn Minter’s Little Vapor (2017) prominently featured in Salon 94’s booth
- Installation view Jason Jacques Gallery,
- Anri Sala’s Bridges in the Doldrums (2016) is a seven channel sound installation that is a collage of 74 “song bridges”. It was found in Marian Goodman Gallery’s booth
- Southard Reid gallery, work by Lea Cetera in Frieze’s Frame section
- Jan Kaps gallery, work by Sven Loven in Frieze’s Frame section
- Bridget Donahue gallery, works by Susan Cianciolo in Frieze’s Frame section
- Spencer Finch light boxes in James Cohan Gallery’s booth
- Katharina Fritsch, Muschel (Hellgrün)/Shell (Light Green), 2013 – Matthew Marks Gallery
- For 2017, Frieze pays tribute to Galleria La Tartaruga and its show, Teatro delle mostre (May 6-31, 1968). The installation changes everyday. Day 1 featured Giosetta Fioroni’s La Spia Ottica, one of the original projects from the 1968 exhibition. Other artists participating are Ryan McNamara, Adam Pendleton and Fabio Mauri.
- Hard to miss Jack Pierson’s Pray in Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac’s booth.
- Installation view Sprüth Magers
- Enrico Baj, Le comte de Hornes, 1965, Eykyn Maclean
- Gilbert & George’s Bear Police (2009) in White Cube’s booth.
- Karl Holmqvist’s art was featured in Gavin Brown’s Enterprise’s booth.
- Karl Holmqvist – Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
- Rob Pruitt’s glittery panda’s for Gavin Brown’s Enterprise
- Tomas Saraceno, Esther Schipper
- A Julian Schnabel plate painting, Portrait of Ramis Barquet (2006) in Blum & Poe’s booth
- Yosimoto Nara, No. 4, 2007, Blum & Poe
- Julian Opie, Heads, 2017 – Alan Cristea Gallery
- Brian Bress, Consonance Figure #1, Josh Lilley
- Robert Longo, Untitled (Obama Leaving), 2017 & Tom Sachs, Surveillance Camera, Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac
- Installation view David Zwirner Gallery, featuring work by William Eggleston and Carol Bove
- Carol Bove, David Zwirner Gallery
- Carol Bove, David Zwirner Gallery
- Damien Hirst, Lies Lies, White Cube
- Stewart Uoo, Galerie Buchholz
- David Altmejd’s creepy sculptures dominated Xavier Hufkens Gallery’s booth
- David Altmejd – Xavier Hufkens Gallery
- David Altmejd – Xavier Hufkens Gallery
- Alfred Leslie, Bruce Silverstein – Spotlight
- Tomas Saraceno, Zonal Harmonic, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
- John Currin, Gagosian Gallery
- Olafur Eliasson, The Tetraeder Night, 2017 – Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
- Alfredo Jaar, Be Afraid of the Enormity of Possible, 2015, Galerie Lelong
- Tracey Emin, And So I Loved You!, 2015, Xavier Hufkens
- Angelo Plessas, Malisman Curses to Save Mankind, 2017, The Breeder
- Andrea Bowers, Radical Patience, 2016, Andrew Kreps
- Jeppe Hein, Please Participate, 2015, 303 Gallery
- Doug Aitken, 2943 Canfield Drive (Riot House), 2016, 303 Gallery
- Roman Ondak’s performance The Swap, Esther Schipper
- Dora Budor, MANICOMIO!, 2017 – Part of Frieze Projects, the artist’s project featured Leo Dicaprio look-a-likes roaming the fair
- Installation view Jack Shainman Gallery, Gehard Demetz, One Eye Sees in foreground
- Cornelia Parker, There must be some kind of way outta here, 2016 (mixed media, fragments of Jimi Hendrix’s staircase), Frith Street Gallery
- Sergei Tcherepnin mixed media sound installations, Foksal Gallery Foundation
- Chrysanne Stathacos, 1-900 Mirror Mirror, 1993, The Breeder
- Installation view Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Photographs by Andres Serrano