Frieze Art Fair 2009
The seventh edition of the leading international contemporary art fair, sponsored byDeutsche Bank, takes place in London from 15-18 October 2009
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165 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries, representing 30 countries,will present new work by over 1,000 of the world’s most innovative artists at FriezeArt Fair.
A fresh and exciting addition for 2009 will be the first presentation of Frame, a newsection within the fair dedicated to solo artist presentations. Frame will show 29 younggalleries from around the world that have been in existence for less than six years. Thegalleries’ selection has been advised by curators Daniel Baumann andSarah McCrory.
Taking place in the beautiful setting of Regent’s Park in a large temporary structure ofapproximately 21,000 square metres, Frieze Art Fair 2009 is designed for the second yearrunning by renowned architects Caruso St John.
Frieze Projects presents art that regards the particular circumstances of Frieze Art Fair asan opportunity to create work that could not exist elsewhere. This year’s seven projectscreate aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of ourtroubled times; whether taking the form of grand architectural obstruction or finding newways of protesting, authenticating or motivating our relationship to the objects we make,look at and buy. Mike Bouchet will provide a motivational speaker for the populace ofFrieze Art Fair; UK-based collaborators Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth will create aseamless projection of stage-managed and live events filmed at the fair, transforming theexposition into a mise-en-scene featuring unwitting visitors, gallerists and art fairworkers; working alongside Resonance104.4fm radio Ruth Ewan will broadcast theentire contents of A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World, started in 2003, theartist’s collection of around 1,500 politically motivated or idealistic songs now lasts forthe exact duration of the Fair; Ryan Gander will set up an (almost) instant photo studioto make portraits of visitors to the fair looking at an artwork of their choice. The portrait will be printed immediately, given to the subjects and a copy will be hung in aninstallation along the entrance corridor to the fair; Per-Oskar Leu will arrange animpossible event at the fair – a book signing by Franz Kafka, 85 years after his death.Since none of Kafka’s novels were published during his lifetime, this book signing will behis first; Monika Sosnowska will present a major structural intervention in which alarge, heavy object crashes into the roof of the fair. Taking the form of a scale model ofthe infamous Palace of Culture in Warsaw – a ‘gift’ to the Polish people from the USSR– Sosnowska’s project is a kind of cultural meteorite, the imposition of one culturaledifice onto another; Stephanie Syjuco will set up a parasitic workshop in which asmall group of artists will make bootleg copies of other works exhibited in the fair. Theartists will use basic and inexpensive materials and will work in a gallery stand at the fairin full view of visitors. The copies will be displayed in an adjacent gallery stand.
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