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The Frieze Art Fair has a reputation for keeping it of-the-moment and ambitious. Its New York arrival on Randall's Island this year has contemporary art by over 180 galleries spanning 6, very large sections total (read: bring comfortable shoes, drink copious amounts of champagne, go for at least 2 days if you can). Yesterday's opening revealed the promised selection of excellent food choices from Mission Chinese, Roberta's Pizza, Sant Ambroeus, Blue Bottle Coffee, Marlow & Sons, and more, making it a little easier to maintain endurance for the entire length of the fair.
In addition to the main tent, there's a fantastic outdoor Sculpture Park with works intermittently placed along the East River grass area, plus Frieze Sounds presented by BMW(featuring works by Charles Atlas and New Humans, Trisha Baga, and Haroon Mirza).
Not only was the fair ambitious and daring in scale, the pieces were, too. Galleries didn't hesitate to bring their larger sculptures and installations, and there was even a performance at the Galerie Peter Kilchmann booth. Carlos Bunga's cardboard Construcción pictórica #11 sculpture towered over the booth barriers, Alexandre da Cunha's Mix (Americana) cement mixer looked capable of crushing fair-goers if it were to lose support, and a piece by Daniel Firman at Galerie Perrotin made visitors wonder whether they were passing a real, live woman turned in towards a wall. In short, there is something exciting around every corner, and the fair feels like a true indication of where contemporary art is in the present moment.
Buy tickets for Frieze NY here, and be sure to visit today through May 13, 2013 if you're in town. For those who want some guidance on what the fair has to offer, check out these 30 Must-See Art Pieces at Frieze New York, and if you want more, browse many of the works on Artsy's Frieze page.
Heap, Jenny Holzer
Heap by Jenny Holzer, 2012 (array of 7 LED signs with stainless steel housing)
Gallery: Cheim & Read, C38
Unknown, Karla Black
Unknown by Karla Black (plastic)
Gallery: Modern Art, C45
Unknown, Daniel Firman
Unknown by Daniel Firman, 2013
Gallery: Galerie Perrotin, C43
Mix, Alexandre da Cunha
Mix (Americana) by Alexandre da Cunha, 2013 (found cement mixer and wooden blocks)
Gallery: CRG Gallery, A10
Balloon Dog, Paul McCarthy
Balloon Dog by Paul McCarthy, 2013
Gallery: Hauser & Wirth, B7
Golden Lips, Marina Abramovic
Golden Lips by Marina Abramovic, 2009 (framed color Lambda print with gold leaf)
Gallery: Sean Kelly, B46
WWJD, Jack Early
WWJD by Jack Early, 2012 (printed Lexan, lights, plywood, muslin, lentils, printed cotton)
Gallery: McCaffrey Fine Art B15
Sand Rollers, Ryan McGinley
Sand Rollers by Ryan McGinley, 2013 (c-print)
Gallery: team gallery inc., C4
Universe No. 26, Zhan Wang
Universe No. 26 by Zhan Wang, 2012
Gallery: Long March Space, D26
I Will Never See You Again, Elmgreen and Dragset
I Will Never See You Again by Elmgreen & Dragset, 2009 (mixed media)
Gallery: Galleri Nicolai Wallner, A8
Untitled (Pizza), Tom Friedman
Untitled (Pizza) by Tom Friedman, 2013
Gallery: Luhring Augustine, B50
Pillow Talk, Jonathan Horowitz
Pillow Talk by Jonathan Horowitz, 2002
Gallery: Gavin Brown Enterprise, B39
Untitled, Berta Fischer
Untitled by Berta Fischer, 2011 (acryl glass)
Gallery: Galerie Barbara Weiss, B58
Untitled, Charles LONG
Untitled (minimal) by Charles LONG, 2013
Gallery: Tanya Bonakdar, C18
ART (white), Doug Aitken
ART (white) by Doug Aitken, 2012 (high density foam, wood, paint, mirror)
Gallery: 303 Gallery, B61
Folded Into One, Alexander Gutke
Folded Into One by Alexander Gutke, 2012
Gallery: Galerija Gregor Podnar, D7
Untitled, Daniel Arsham
Untitled by Daniel Arsham, 2013 (broken glass, resin)
Gallery: Galerie Perrotin, C43
Untitled (You Look Good), Barbara Kruger
Untitled (You Look Good) by Barbara Kruger, 2013
Gallery: L&M Arts, B1
Architecture of Tomorrow, Gardar Eide Eniarsson
Architecture of Tomorrow by Gardar Eide Eniarsson, 2013 (acrylic, gesso, and graphite on canvas)
Gallery: Maureen Paley, B55
BLACK RAGS, Amanda Ross-Ho
BLACK RAGS (I STILL HATE WEDNESDAYS) by Amanda Ross-Ho, 2013 (dyed jersey and rib, thread)
Gallery: The Approach, B12
Wing, Lynda Benglis
Wing by Lynda Benglis, 1970 (aluminum)
Gallery: Cheim & Read, C38
Construccion Pictorica, Carlos Bunga
Construcción pictórica #11 by Carlos Bunga, 2013 (cardboard, paint, wood)
Gallery: Galería Elba Benítez, A25
Nature, Insects, Bruno Jakob
Nature, Insects, Humidity, Sweat, Tears, Dust, Smell, Fire, Earth. Captured Brainwaves, Thought, Light, Air, Pleasure, Pain, Fear, Music, Sound, Echoes, Memory, Talk, Love, Live, Death and the Unknown by Bruno Jakob, 2011-13 (invisible painting/installation/performance)
Gallery: Galerie Peter Kilchmann, A27
Flat Utopia, Haegue Yang
Flat Utopia by Haegue Yang, 2004
Gallery: Wien Lukatsch, D30
Stuhle mit Raketen, Roman Signer
Stühle mit Raketen by Roman Signer, 2011 (wooden chairs, copper, fireworks)
Gallery: Galerie Martin Janda, D31
Fotini, Saint Clair Cemin
Fotini by Saint Clair Cemin, 2013
Gallery:Paul Kasmin, C13 (Sculpture Garden)
A Few Golden Moments, Tom Burr
A Few Golden Moments by Tom Burr, 2011
Gallery: Bortolami, B14 (Sculpture Garden)
Untitled, Andreas Lolis
Untitled by Andreas Lolis, 2013
Gallery: The Breeder, C25 (Sculpture Garden)
Amgydalas, Martha Friedman
Amgydalas by Martha Friedman, 2013
Gallery: Wallpsace, C8 (Sculpture Garden)
Circle Dance, Tom Friedman
Circle Dance by Tom Friedman, 2010
Gallery: Stephen Friedman, B11 (Sculpture Garden)
