Rethinking Art History at Frieze New York 2022

Artists including Charles Gaines, Karlo Kacharava, Mai-Thu Perret and Yao Jui-Chung, challenge conventions of art history through transformative and thought-provoking works

in Frieze , Frieze New York | 11 MAY 22

From May 18-22, artists at Frieze New York subvert artistic tradition and create works shaped by a range of visual cultures and heritages.

Rethinking Classicism

Mai-Thu Perret The hundred flowers that come with the spring, for whom do they bloom? 2022 ceramic — Mai-Thu Perret, *The hundred flowers that come with the spring, for whom do they bloom?*, 2022, ceramic

New sculptures and watercolours by Mai-Thu Perret draw upon goddesses of Roman mythology to explore feminist counter-narratives (David Kordansky, Booth B1).

Cajsa von Zeipel’s large scale sculptures delve into identity, gender and queerness while interrogating ideals of classicism (Company Gallery, Frame, FR8).

Greater Chinese artists Su Xiaobai, Ava Hsueh, Yao Jui-Chung and Su Meng-Hung showcase a diverse body of work deconstructing and reconstructing traditional cultural symbolism (Tina Keng, B3).

Yao Jui-Chung Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Nine-Life Moca 2022 Gold leaf and ink pen on Indian handmade paper 30 x 30 cm — Yao Jui-Chung, *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Nine-Life Moca*, 2022, Gold leaf and ink pen on Indian handmade paper, 30 x 30 cm

Rewriting and Mixing Tradition

Charles Gaines Numbers and Trees: London Series 2, Tree #3, Minerva Walk (Detail) 2022 Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood — Charles Gaines, *Numbers and Trees: London Series 2, Tree #3*, Minerva Walk (Detail), 2022, Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood

Kye Christensen-Knowles’s work mixes a variety of styles, with his art drawing inspiration from high Modernism, Renaissance painting, American graphic novels and science fiction (Lomex Gallery, Frame, FR3).

A bejewelled cherry by Kathleen Ryan represents a contemporary idea of vanitas (Karma, New York, D6).

Charles Gaines’s distinctive and generative approach forges critical links between generations of American Conceptualists (Hauser & Wirth, B5).

Rebecca Sharp uses the language of Surrealism to present an otherworldly, spiritual vision of the world we live in (Sé Gallery, FR7).

Rebecca Sharp Our voltaic room 2022 oil on canvas, 25 x 25 cm Courtesy of the artist and Sé; Photograph: Sara Way — Rebecca Sharp, *Our voltaic room,* 2022, oil on canvas, 25 x 25 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Sé; Photograph: Sara Way

Art Across Borders

Karlo Kacharava Stars of Cold War 1991 oil on canvas — Karlo Kacharava, *Stars of Cold War*, 1991, oil on canvas

Drawing inspiration from Incan jewelry, Brazilian Neo-Concretism, Italian Futurism, and Russian Suprematism, Eamon Ore-Giron seeks to destabilize European art-historical traditions by suggesting a shared heritage of forms and ideas (James Cohan, B9).

A cult figure in Germany and throughout the Caucasus, Karlo Kacharava was a key connector between Georgian artists of his generation and the Western literary and art worlds (Modern Art, D12).

Working with materials found in an anthropological museum in Europe, Rosângela Rennó reflects on the construction of paradigmatic human identities and how they were modelled on the subjectivity of western white men (mor charpentier, Paris, C6).

In Tania Candiani’s new video, painting and sculpture, the artist translates indigenous, African and European systems of knowledge into a more optimistic vision of the present (Instituto de Visión, Frame, FR4).

Rosângela Rennó Seres notáveis do mundo (Makera, homen Macua, Moçambique) 2014-2022 Pigmented ink print on handmade marble paper wooden frame and metal plate Print: 69,5 x 50 cm Unique piece — Rosângela Rennó, *Seres notáveis do mundo (Makera, homen Macua, Moçambique)*, 2014-2022, Pigmented ink print on handmade marble paper wooden frame and metal plate, Print: 69,5 x 50 cm, Unique piece

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^{Main image: Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: London Series 2, Tree #3, Minerva Walk (Detail), 2022, Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood, Unique}