Frieze Sculpture 2018
Now open until 7 October 2018 in London’s Regent’s Park with a new app and audio tour from Artimbarc
Now open until 7 October 2018 in London’s Regent’s Park with a new app and audio tour from Artimbarc
View the artworks and listen to a tour of the park by curator Clare Lilley here.
Last year, our first-ever summer Frieze Sculpture was a resounding success, with Regent's Park visitors enjoying exceptional sculpture by artists from around the world. The 2018 edition is just as expansive and diverse, so that the public and collectors alike can experience world-class artwork in the beautiful English Gardens, designed by Markham Nesfield in 1866. My hope is that the exhibition will give pause for thought as well as great pleasure, and that visitors to Regent’s Park will have a snapshot of the fantastic imagination of artists and variety of sculpture being made today - Clare Lilley, Curator
Frieze Sculpture will return to The Regent’s Park for three months this summer, featuring works by 25 contemporary and modern artists presented by world-leading galleries. Selected and placed by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park), Frieze Sculpture will create an exceptional cultural attraction at the heart of the city, for Londoners and international visitors alike.
Frieze Sculpture will bring together 25 artists from five continents, including: Larry Achiampong, John Baldessari, Rana Begum, Yoan Capote, James Capper, Elmgreen & Dragset, Tracey Emin, Tim Etchells, Rachel Feinstein, Barry Flanagan, Laura Ford, Dan Graham, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Bharti Kher, Kimsooja, Michele Mathison, Virginia Overton, Simon Periton, Kathleen Ryan, Sean Scully, Conrad Shawcross, Monika Sosnowska, Kiki Smith, Hugo Wilson and Richard Woods.
New for 2018, Mtec will support young galleries and emerging artists to reach larger audiences, by enabling their participation in Frieze Sculpture. In 2018, Mtec will cover the costs of installation and de-installation for two galleries: Hannah Barry Gallery (London), presenting TREADPADS (2018) by James Capper and Copperfield Gallery (London) with PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC TRAVELLERS’ ALLIANCE (2018) by Larry Achiampong.
Clare Lilley said: ‘Artists of different generations and from across the world – including a strong female contribution – will come together and explore multiple concepts, spanning political and architectural ideas, animal forms and material experimentation.'
Highlights include:
Larry Achiampong’s (b.1984, UK) Afrofuturistic icons, PAN AFRICAN FLAGS; Yoan Capote’s (b.1977, Cuba) enigmatic sculpture of concrete and bronze, entitled Stress; Haroon Gunn-Salie’s (b.1989, South Africa) chilling group of crouching figures; Michele Mathison’s (b. 1977, South Africa) subversive street-lamp sculptures, exploring civic collapse and decay; and Tim Etchells’s (b. 1962, UK) new text-based work, Everything is Lost;
Veteran Dan Graham (b.1942, USA) presents an exquisite glass pavilion which will be activated by visitors alongside a brightly coloured Holiday Home by Richard Woods (b.1966, UK); a 14-metre-high needle woman tower by Kimsooja (b.1957, South Korea); a new, monumental Optic Labyrinth by Conrad Shawcross (b.1977, UK); a stained-glass structure by Rana Begum (b.1977, Bangladesh) and Monika Sosnowska’s (b. 1972, Poland) hanging metal sculpture which collapses architectural and mental space.
Meanwhile, the natural and animal world is referenced in very different ways with sculptures by John Baldessari (b.1931, USA), Elmgreen & Dragset (b.1961, Denmark & 1969, Norway), a beguiling work by Kathleen Ryan (b.1984, USA) a lyrical flock by Tracey Emin (b.1963, UK); and a coloured leaf-form by Simon Periton (b.1964, UK); while Barry Flanagan’s (1914-2009, UK) seven-metre-high bronze features the artist’s signature dancing hare. Kiki Smith’s (b.1954, Germany) uncanny, white seated girl seems to observe everything.
Major new works include, among others, Rachel Feinstein’s set of four beautiful Majolica sculptures using classical forms; Stack, made in corten steel by Sean Scully (b. 1945, Ireland), renowned for his painting and prints; Hugo Wilson’s (b.1982, UK) first-ever work in bronze, referencing baroque Italian sculpture; James Capper’s (b. 1987, London) TREADPADS connected with his upcoming public project in London, MUDSKIPPER, WALKING WORKBOAT (2019); a shamanistic figure in bronze by Bharti Kher (b.1969, India); and a new piece by Virginia Overton (b. 1971, USA), who is currently the subject of a solo show at Socrates Sculpture Park (USA).’
Frieze Sculpture is accompanied by a free Audio Tour by Clare Lilley and family trail in a new, freely downloadable app, produced in partnership with ARTimbarc. The app will launch on 3 July on frieze.com/sculpture.
Full list of works:
Larry Achiampong
PAN AFRICAN FLAGS FOR THE RELIC TRAVELLERS’ ALLIANCE (2018)
Copperfield
John Baldessari
Penguin (2018)
Marian Goodman Gallery
Rana Begum
No. 814 (2018)
The Third Line, Jhaveri Contemporary, Kate Macgarry, Galerie Christian Lethert
Yoan Capote
Stress (2004)
Ben Brown Fine Arts
James Capper
TREADPAD B - PAIR 2
WALKING SHIP 40 TON STANDARD DISPLACEMENT 4 LEG (DIA 1000) (2018)
TREADPAD B - PAIR 1
WALKING SHIP 80 TON STANDARD DISPLACEMENT 4 LEG (DIA 1400) (2018)
Hannah Barry Gallery
Elmgreen & Dragset
Si par unenuitd’hiver un voyageur (2017)
Galerie Perrotin
Tracey Emin
A Moment Without You (2017)
White Cube
Tim Etchells
Everything is Lost (2018)
VITRINE
Rachel Feinstein
Octavio, Mezzetino, Corine, Chinoisie (2018)
Gagosian Gallery
Barry Flanagan
Large Nijinski on Anvil Point (2001)
Waddington Custot
Laura Ford
Dancing Clog Girls I-III (2015)
New Art Centre
Dan Graham
London Rococo (2012)
Lisson Gallery
Haroon Gunn-Salie
Senzenina (2018)
Goodman Gallery
Kimsooja
A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir (2014)
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Bharti Kher
The Intermediary Family (2018)
Hauser & Wirth
Michele Mathison
Parallax (2018)
Tyburn Gallery
Virgina Overton
Untitled (122 x 244 View) (2018)
White Cube
Simon Periton
Outdoor Miner (2018)
Sadie Coles HQ
Kathleen Ryan
il Volatile (2018)
Josh Lilley Gallery
Sean Scully
Shadow Stack (2018)
Blain|Southern
Conrad Shawcross
Optic Labyrinth (Arrangement I) (2018)
Victoria Miro
Kiki Smith
Seer (Alice I) (2005)
Timothy Taylor
Monika Sosnowska
Rebar 12 (2017)
Hauser & Wirth
Hugo Wilson
Pact (2017-18)
Parafin
Richard Woods
Holiday Home (Regent’s Park) (2018)
Alan Cristea Gallery
Further Information:
Works in Frieze Sculpture are selected by Clare Lilley, following an open call for proposals submitted by international galleries.
In place from 4 July to 7 October 2018, Frieze Sculpture is located in the English Gardens of The Regent’s Park. Entrance to Frieze Sculpture is free to the public.
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The Frieze Sculpture Audio Guide is supported by Artimbarc.
Main image: Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir (detail), 2014. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze.
