Tate Gallery acquisitions at the Frieze Art Fair

The following works have been acquired as gifts to the Tate Collection thanks to the £150,000 Frieze Art Fair Special Acquisitions Fund. The Fund is organised by the Outset Contemporary Art Fund.

The works are:

Gabriel Kuri
Untitled
2006
Painted plywood, weatherproof tar roll, two aluminium cans
8.5 x 84.4 x 10 cm
From Galleria Franco Noero, Turin

Simon Starling
Flaga
A Fiat 126 produced in Turin, Italy in 1974 and customised using parts manufactured and fitted in Poland following a journey of 1290km from Turin to Cieszyn 1972 -2002
Series of 5 prints
104 x 79 x 4.5 cm
(3/10)
From Modern Institute / Toby Webster, Glasgow

Catherine Sullivan
The Resuscitation of Uplifting
2005
Single channel video transferred from 16mm film, colour, sound, 10 mins
From Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels

Dan Perjovschi
The selected drawings of the Istanbul Notebooks 2005
2006
DVD
(2/5)
From Galeria Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana

Dan Perjovschi
Phantom Reportage (Charlotenburg) and selected drawings of the Phantom Reportage Notebooks
2006
Notebook (unique) and DVD (1/5)
From Galeria Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana

Trisha Donnelly
The Redwood and the Raven
2004
Black and white C-print photograph
17.8 x 12.7 cm
From Air de Paris, Paris

Philippe Parreno
6PM
2000-2006
Carpet inlay
Dimensions variable
Edition of 5 + 2 AP (3/5)
From Esther Schipper, Berlin

Bruno Serralongue
Vendredi 28 avril 2006. Région Est de la ville de Mexico (Iztapalapa, Iztacalco et Tlahuac). Discours du Délégué Zero au Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades de la région Oriente
2006
Ilfochrome / aluminium, wooden frame and glass, framed 158.5 x 127.5 x 5 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP (1/3)
From Air de Paris, Paris

Rivane Neuenschwander / Cao Guimaraes
Quarta-Feira de Cinzas/Epilogue
2006
DVD, Installation dimensions variable
Edition of 8 + 2 APs (5/8)
From Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo

Christopher Williams
Rollerstacker, R-136MR, Manufacturer: The Kaynar Company, Los Angeles, CA, 90054, Date of production: 1975. Vancouver, BC, April 6, 2005. (NR. 1, 2, & 3)
2005
C-print
Triptych, each print: 40.6 x 50.8 cm. Each framed 77 x 85 cm
Edition of 10 (1/10)
From Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Thomas Hirschhorn
Chandelier avec têtes
2006
Wood, brown tape, bubble paper and painted plastic hands
260 x 425 x 90 cm
From Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

Anna Barriball
Untitled IV
2006
Slide projection of found slides
Edition of 3 (1/3)
From Frith Street Gallery, London

Anna Barriball
Untitled III
2006
Slide projection of found slides
Edition of 3 (1/3)
From Frith Street Gallery, London

Anna Barriball
Brick Wall
2005
Pencil on paper
100 x 70 cm
From Frith Street Gallery, London

David Shrigley
Fallen Tree with Eyes
I996
C-print
Edition of 12 (4/12)

David Shrigley
Seleccion Especial
1999
C-print
(AP1/2)

David Shrigley
Untitled
2004
Ink and poster pen on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
1999
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
2003
Pencil on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
2003
Gouache and ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
1996
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
2003
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
1998
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Leisure Centre
1992
C-print
Edition of 12 (10/12)

David Shrigley
Untitled
1999
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
1998
Ink on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
2003
Poster paint on paper

David Shrigley
Untitled
1998
Ink on black and white photograph

All from Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

A group of international curators selected the works: Douglas Fogle, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Eric Troncy, Director of Le Consortium, Dijon, with Tate curators, Ann Gallagher, Jessica Morgan and Frances Morris.

The works will remain on display for the duration of the Fair and will be presented to the Tate Trustees in November. In 2003, Frieze and Tate collaborated to establish the first acquisitions fund connected to an art fair. The Outset Contemporary Art Fund brought together a group of London collectors who contributed £100,000, which enabled Tate to acquire major works at the fair by four significant international artists: Fikret Atay, Olafur Eliasson, Anri Sala and Yutaka Sone. In 2004 the fund increased to £150,000. Works were acquired by: Pawel Althamer, Martin Boyce, Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane, Jesper Just, Mark Leckey, Scott Myles, Frank Nitsche, Henrik Olesen, Roman Ondák, The Atlas Group/Walid Raad and Pae White. The third Frieze Art Fair Special Acquisitions Fund in 2005 again amounted to a total of £150,000 and acquisitions included works by Stanley Brouwn, Alexandre da Cunha, David Lamelas, Zoe Leonard, Daria Martin, Matthew Monahan, Deimantas Narkevicius and Anri Sala. The Outset Contemporary Art Fund is organised by London collectors and Tate patrons Candida Gertler and Yana Peel. The donors all have a particular interest in supporting the Tate’s acquisition of international contemporary art.

Nicholas Serota, Tate Director, said:

“Tate’s budget for acquisitions is extremely limited and collecting contemporary art is essential to building Tate’s Collection for the future.  I am very grateful to the members of Outset for their continued enthusiasm and commitment, and to Frieze for facilitating the Fund.“

Outset gratefully acknowledges sponsorship for the Frieze Art Fair Special Acquisitions Fund from Laurent-Perrier and John Jones.