Artist Editions at Frieze London 2023
Discover affordable works by celebrated international artists, including new editions by Tacita Dean, Yinka Shonibare and Ali Banisadr, alongside special commissions presented by Allied Editions
Discover affordable works by celebrated international artists, including new editions by Tacita Dean, Yinka Shonibare and Ali Banisadr, alongside special commissions presented by Allied Editions
Returning to Frieze London for its third year, Editions opens up the world of collecting to new audiences, offering the opportunity to buy works by leading international artists at more affordable prices. The section features leading publishers and galleries presenting editions by today’s most renowned contemporary artists: Cristea Roberts Gallery, Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, Borch Editions, Paragon and Allied Editions, who continue their collaboration with London's key not-for-profit organizations.
Tacita Dean's Telomere 1–4 (2023) feature on the booth of BORCH Editions (G4). These large-scale prints emerge from several years of work, layering photogravure plates and including screen-printed elements. Other highlights of this presentation include Ragnar Kjartansson’s experimental etchings, monotypes and woodcuts; a portfolio of 12 monotypes by Tal R; and Fiona Tan's Technicolor Dreaming (2023) prints in which the artist explores how colour application in early film can transfer into printmaking, prompting the colours to ‘danc[e] on top of the image’ (Tan).
Highlights at Cristea Roberts Gallery (A6) include: Ali Banisadr's fantastical eight-plate etching The Rising Sun (2022); Julian Opie’s new series of eighteen portraits depicting family, friends and acquaintances; Michael Craig-Martin's Metal Flowers (2023); Casablanca #4 (2022) by Richard Serra, part of a wider series for which the artist combines oil stick, etching ink and silica; Here Today, Here Tomorrow (2023), a new body of work by Yinka Ilori, comprised of six screen prints centred around themes of mindfulness, spirituality and joy; and works from Yinka Shonibare's latest series, Modern Spiritual (2023), in which the artist interrogates issues of appropriation and authenticity attached to the ritual masks and relics collected by modernist artists. (More of Shonibare’s work is on show at the Deutsche Bank lounges at Frieze London this year.)
Erwin Wurm debuts four new multiples with Knust Kunz Gallery (B15) at Frieze London. Based on his seminal series of One Minute Sculptures, these new works see cut-out figures frozen in a significant moment of protest. This theme of revolt extends through two recent editions by Monica Bonvinci: I Cannot Hide My Anger I (2022), a screen print on canvas, and I Won’t Shut Up (2021), a screen print on paper. 21 Poems and 18 Pictures from L.A. by Paul Hutchinson, which interweaves visual and verbal poetry, will also be seen for the first time on Knust Kunz Gallery's booth, alongside works from Georg Baselitz's Farewell Bill (2013) series, made in homage to Willem de Kooning.
STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery (C15) presents work by celebrated artists Genevieve Chua, Pinaree Sanpitak, Do Ho Suh and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Produced during their residencies, the artists demonstrate innovative approaches to print and papermaking.
Allied Editions
Returning to Frieze London 2023, Allied Editions (P3) is a unique artists’ editions collective composed of seven of London’s leading not-for-profit arts organisations: Camden Art Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Serpentine, South London Gallery, Studio Voltaire and Whitechapel Gallery.
This year’s highlights include editions by alumni Gasworks artists and a portfolio of prints to mark the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Editions launching at the fair include a hand-crafted gold- plated sterling silver pendant by Georg Baselitz, two new editions from Nicole Eisenman and work by Chiizii. All of the over 100 artworks featuring on the booth have been specially commissioned and donated by artists to support the galleries’ programmes.
Frieze London and Frieze Masters take place concurrently from 11–15 October, 2023 in The Regent’s Park, London.
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Main Image: Ali Banisadr, The Rising Sun, 2022. Courtesy: ©️ Ali Banisadr and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
