Sheena Wagstaff Will Curate ‘Studio’ at Frieze Masters 2023
The new section explores the role of the workspace in the creative practices and careers of artists Mona Hatoum, Maggi Hambling, Arlene Shechet, Lucia Laguna and Hyun-Sook Song
The new section explores the role of the workspace in the creative practices and careers of artists Mona Hatoum, Maggi Hambling, Arlene Shechet, Lucia Laguna and Hyun-Sook Song
Frieze Masters 2023 has just announced a new section at the fair this year. Curated by Sheena Wagstaff (Leonard A Lauder Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York until 2022), Studio is an exploration of the studio space and its role in the career and creative practice of five internationally renowned artists: Maggi Hambling (Frankie Rossi Art Projects in affiliation with Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert), Mona Hatoum (White Cube), Lucia Laguna (Fortes d’Aloia & Gabriel with Sadie Coles HQ), Arlene Shechet (Pace Gallery), Hyun-Sook Song (Sprüth Magers).
Wagstaff explains: ‘The focus of Studio is the artist’s place of making, where the spark of invention becomes manifest as an object. Studio starts with the living artist: all five featured artists dig deep into past cultures for historical points of reference to inform and reinvigorate their practice. Each Studio comprises the scope of an artist’s singular oeuvre to evidence its cyclical nature, distinguished by the vigour and creative maturity to embrace risk-taking to reach deeper meaning. Collectively, the projects utilize a broad range of materials including steel, tempera, clay, acrylic, porcelain, paper and hair, often taking them into the realm of the unexpected.
‘For any creative individual, the studio is where time-past flows into time-future. Integral to each Studio booth is a display of archival images and objects, accumulated over decades in an artist’s workroom, imbued with personal narrative and value, invoking their creative lifeline. Often surprising, they offer clues to the artists’ vision, and are witness to the spirit of the studio as an ever-changing, living space. Studio hopes to shift cultural understanding of objects from the past and the importance of thinking historically in the present. To understand that historical art is an active agent in contemporary culture begins with artists themselves.’
Studio: Participating Artists and Galleries
Lucia Laguna presented by Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) with Sadie Coles HQ (London)
Arlene Shechet presented by Pace Gallery (New York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Geneva, Seoul, Palm Beach)
Maggi Hambling presented by Frankie Rossi Art Projects (London) with Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert (London)
Mona Hatoum presented by White Cube (London, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, West Palm Beach)
Hyun-Sook Song presented by Sprüth Magers (Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York)
Frieze Masters and Frieze London take place concurrently from 11-15 October 2023 in The Regent’s Park, London.
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Main Image: Lucia Laguna, Estúdio Nº 28 (detail), 2009, acrylic on canvas, 1.3 x 1.9 m. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro and Sadie Coles HQ, London
