Bing Chen’s Top 5 Picks from Frieze Los Angeles Viewing Room 2024
The Executive Chairman and Co-founder of cultural ecosystem Gold House selects a "Sisyphean" sculpture by Mire Lee, a bold striped ceramic panel by Park Seo-Bo and a piece by Gimhongsok evoking childhood
The Executive Chairman and Co-founder of cultural ecosystem Gold House selects a "Sisyphean" sculpture by Mire Lee, a bold striped ceramic panel by Park Seo-Bo and a piece by Gimhongsok evoking childhood
Park Seo-Bo, Écriture No. 230216, 2023
Acrylic on ceramic, 63.5 cm × 76.5 cm. Presented by Kukje Gallery, $180,000
“This evokes a sense of scarcity and competition, only to [make one] wonder whether even the highest ascensions surmount anything at all against their juxtaposition with thinner, feebler—but more ascended—lines.”
Gimhongsok, Untitled (Short People) Light Blue, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow, 2018
Cast bronze, stone, 128 × 50 × 32.5 cm. Presented by Tina Kim Gallery. $50k–$100k
“I interpret ‘short people’ as children, and each partially inflated balloon as a unique faculty developed in childhood, underscoring the non-linear accumulation and evolution of our identities.”
Suki Seokyeong Kang, Mountain—autumn #23–01, 2023.
Painted steel, thread, chain, wheels 104 × 84 × 41 cm. Presented by Commonwealth and Council, $100,000
“I feel a sobering heaviness from Kang’s incredible sculpture. It reminds me that even those who ascend to the apex of industries still fall, still rust, still expire. Its watery steel threads below make me wonder: what is it hiding? What is it permitting? What are we doing?”
Mire Lee, Endless House: Holes and Drips (Sculpture #2), 2022
Concrete, fabrics, pigmented resin, glycerin and mixed media, 40 × 94.3 × 46 cm. Presented by Tina Kim Gallery, $20k–$50k
“We were honored to award Mire Lee this year with a Gold Art Prize. This piece evokes the human body, struggling across tumultuous terrain to find wholeness and success, only to become porous and still—not too dissimilar from the sometimes-Sisyphean progression of our lives.”
Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Char, 2022–2023
Ink and glue on paper, 100 × 70 cm. Presented by Micki Meng. $8,000
“This evokes senses of time—both a chronos but also a bicycle that moves us forward. The anchoring electrical foot contact suggests to me that forward-moving time is our light.”
About Bing Chen
Bing Chen is an impact founder, investor and new world builder. He is Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-founder of Gold House, the leading cultural ecosystem that unites, invests in, and champions Asia Pacific creators and communities to power tomorrow for all. He is also General Partner and Co-founder of Aum Group, a premier multicultural film fund; and serves as an investor, Board Director, and Advisor to several leading digital media companies through AU Holdings. Previously, he was YouTube's Global Head of Creator Development and Management, where he was one of the original and principal architects of the multi-billion dollar creator and influencer ecosystem that supports 300 million creators worldwide. He is a Google Multicultural Champion; a Hollywood Reporter Next Gen Leader and Most Influential Agent of Change; Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree; American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement and Jack Averett honoree; ABC News History Maker; Fast Company Brand That Matters; Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle Member; ADCOLOR Catalyst Honoree; Asia Society Asia 21 Young Leader; and Asian Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year. His philanthropic work focuses on the arts, culture and cross-cultural unity as a Board Director of CAPE, Asia Society, the Banff World Media Festival and VidCon, the world's largest online video convention. Bing is a third culture kid across North America and Asia, finally graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, which becomes obvious at $11.99 buffets.
About Frieze Viewing Room
Open to all from February 22–March 8, Frieze Viewing Room is the online catalog for Frieze Los Angeles 2024, offering visitors a preview of the wealth of gallery presentations at the fair, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to connect with galleries and acquire artworks.
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