Laura Hyatt’s Top 5 Picks from Frieze Los Angeles Viewing Room 2024
The Executive Director of LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) selects a sculpture by Kelly Akashi for its tension and tenderness, James Perkins’ porous land art and a watercolor by Cameron to get lost in
The Executive Director of LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) selects a sculpture by Kelly Akashi for its tension and tenderness, James Perkins’ porous land art and a watercolor by Cameron to get lost in
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Eternally Yours, 2023
Unique anti-aging powder, syringes, specially designed refrigerator, mirror plexiglass, 24.8 x 43.2 x 47.9 cm. Presented by Altman Siegel. $100k–$250k
“As we are permanently connected to our phones, constantly staring at digitally and increasingly artificially mediated images, Lynn has been inviting us to think critically about the gendered ways in which we interact with technology since the 1960s. This work is the perfect encapsulation of Lynn’s wide-ranging oeuvre. I especially love works that are a commitment to live with, and the material requirements of maintaining it. With Los Angeles’s particular obsession with anti-aging, I hope that this work stays local.”
James Perkins, I Am Rusty, 2022
Silk, sun, sand, salt, wind, wood, water, 223.5 × 91.4 × 9.5 cm. Presented by Hannah Traore. $43,400
“‘Sun, sand, salt, wind, wood, water.’ I love how these works hold the residue of a place, and I think they succeed. They are like anti- ‘land art’ land art. I love anything that intervenes in land art’s problematic histories. These capture the elements of a place, a moment, with such poetic softness, an intimacy that contrasts the masculine monumentality and extractive properties of traditional land art.”
Kelly Akashi, Life Forms, 2023
Lost-wax cast bronze and hand-blown glass, 26.7 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm. Presented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. $20k–$50k
“I’m completely biased here, but if I could buy one thing at the fair this would be it. The tenderness, the strength, the tension inherent in this piece perfectly illustrate Kelly’s ability to capture a moment in time. The combination of the bronze hand—an element Kelly returns to often as a measurement of time—and the glass orb with its mesmerizing pattern, makes this such a special work.”
Eugenia P. Butler, Flesh Study, 1990
Multimedia on paper, 47 × 38.5 cm. Presented by The Box. $12,000
“I was lucky enough to work on a LAND exhibition in 2012, ‘Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler,’ as part of the first Getty Pacific Standard Time initiative. Through that special project, I was introduced to the Butler family, the matriarch, Eugenia Butler, who ran an eponymous gallery in LA from 1968–1971, her daughter, Eugenia P. Butler, and granddaughter, Corazon del Sol. Three generations of artists, seeking and making meaning through conceptual gestures. I love Eugenia’s quiet works on paper. A study of flesh, an attempt to capture a fleeting existence.”
Cameron, Untitled (from the “Lion Path” series), n.d
Watercolor on paper, 20 × 30 cm. Presented by Marc Selwyn Fine Art. $10k–$20k
“On my altar of artists, Cameron holds a very special place. I think of her life and work frequently. With no division between spiritual pursuits and art making, her works are mystical meditations to get lost in. Not for the faint of heart, there is no artifice or pseudo-spirituality here. Be prepared to go deep once you’ve entered the world of Cameron, which is also intrinsically tied to the mythologies of Los Angeles.”
About Laura Hyatt
Laura Hyatt is the executive director of LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), a nonprofit public art organization that commissions site-specific projects with the most innovative artists of our time. As an experienced creative producer, Laura is committed to expanding opportunities for artists and access to art that deepens a sense of belonging and empathy. Laura has been executive director at LAND since 2019, having worked with the organization from 2010–16. She is a co-chair of Sexy Beast, an initiative supporting reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, a board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, and a founding member of the Los Angeles Visual Arts (LAVA) Coalition.
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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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Main Image: Kelly Akashi, Life Forms, 2023. Lost-wax cast bronze and hand-blown glass, 26.7 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
