ARTISTS at RISK at Frieze New York
Artists fleeing war and persecution feature on Frieze Viewing Room with proceeds of sold artwork donated to artists around the world
Artists fleeing war and persecution feature on Frieze Viewing Room with proceeds of sold artwork donated to artists around the world
Frieze New York 2022 will host the first virtual Viewing Room dedicated to international activist non-governmental organization, ARTISTS at RISK (AR). AR is active at the intersection of human rights and the arts, building a network of arts and non-profits, municipalities, states and international organizations to assist, relocate and fund artists who are at risk of persecution, oppression or fleeing war or terror.
The artworks on display in AR’s Viewing Room will be sold on their new dedicated SOLIDARITY shop. All proceeds from the sale will go directly to support and facilitate artists and cultural workers around the world, with Ukraine-war related refugees as well as Afghan artists at risk the most prominent focus.
The artists featured at the Frieze Viewing Room include:
Maria Alyokhina, an artist, writer, political activist and founding member of the famed punk band “Pussy Riot”. Alekhina (alt-spelling) was ARTISTS at RISK’s first ever AR-Resident Prisoner in 2021-2022, until her recent spectacular escape from Russia.
Kholod Hawash, textile artist, born in Basra, Iraq. She recently exhibited at the prominent ARS 22 in Kiasma, Helsinki, which has acquired two of her works; Hawash was an AR-Resident from 2019-2021.
Issa Touma, a photographer, cinematographer and film director, from and based in Aleppo, Syria. His “9 Days from my Window in Aleppo” won the European Film Prize and the London Film Festival prize (short film) and he has been the guest of honour of Le Rencontres d’Arles photo festival.
About ARTISTS at RISK (AR)
ARTISTS at RISK (AR) is a non-profit organisation active at the intersection of human rights and the arts. Since 2013, AR has built a mondial network of arts and non-profits, municipalities, states and international organizations to assist, relocate and fund artists who are at risk of persecution, oppression or fleeing war or terror. AR hosted artists in 26 locations in 19 countries globally, prior to the Ukraine war. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, currently over 500 hosting institutions have joined the platform across Europe in order relocate and support the over 800 art practitioner at risk from Ukraine, and 250 dissident artists at risk of persecution, imprisonment, torture or worse from Russia and Belarus.
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About Frieze Viewing Room
Frieze Viewing Room is a free digital platform, connecting global audiences with Frieze's galleries and artists.
Opening from May 13 – 22, the Viewing Room offers fair visitors a preview of the wealth of gallery presentations coming to Frieze New York 2022, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to experience and acquire the artwork on show.
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Main image: Issa Touma, Dancing for the Big Father, 1996, Courtesy of the Artist and Artists at Risk
