Tate Acquires New Works from Frieze Viewing Room for the UK National Collection
The Frieze Tate Fund, supported by Endeavor, has purchased works by Larry Achiampong, Helen Cammock and Buhlebezwe Siwani among others
The Frieze Tate Fund, supported by Endeavor, has purchased works by Larry Achiampong, Helen Cammock and Buhlebezwe Siwani among others
The following works have been acquired for Tate’s collection thanks to the Frieze Tate Fund 2020 supported by Endeavor:
Larry Achiampong (b. 1984)
Cipher #1 2015
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Integer #3 2015
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Decimal #3 2017
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Glyth Series 2 #2 2018
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Glyth Series 2 #3 2018
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Speckle #1 2020
C-Type Print
420 x 600 mm, AP2
Copperfield
Helen Cammock (b. 1970)
Changing Room 2014
Video, high definition, colour, sound
14 mins 3 secs, edition 1 of 5
Kate MacGarry
Grada Kilomba (b. 1968)
Illusions Vol. I, Narcissus and Echo 2017
Two channel video installation, sound
30 min 38 sec, edition 4 of 5
Illusions Vol. II, Oedipus 2018
Two channel video installation, sound
45 min 38 sec, edition 4 of 5
Goodman Gallery
Veronica Ryan (b. 1959)
Arrangement In Layers, Stacking Up Moments 2016-19
Recycled avocado trays, seeds, orange wool and cotton crochet
10 pieces, dimensions variable
Paula Cooper Gallery
Buhlebezwe Siwani (b.1987)
Amahubo 2018
Digital 4K video, three channels, projection with sound
13 min 1 sec, edition 1 of 5, 2AP
Madragoa
Mounira Al Solh (b. 1978)
I Strongly Believe in Our Right to Be Frivolous 2012-ongoing
Ink, pencil, colour crayon, and aquarelle on legal paper
12 drawings, 280 x 210 mm each
Sfeir-Semler
Tourmaline (b. 1983)
Salacia 2019
Digital video, sound
6 min 4 sec, edition 4 of 5, I AP
Chapter NY
This is the fifth year that Endeavor has made available £150,000 for the Fund, set aside exclusively for the acquisition of works by emerging and leading international artists at Frieze for Tate’s collection. To date more than 120 works by over 80 artists have been acquired, contributing to many displays that have taken place across Tate’s four galleries.
This year the Frieze Tate Fund’s selection panel included two guest curators:
Mark Sealy, Director of Autograph and Principal Fellow Decolonising Photography at University of Arts London and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, writer and critic and contributing editor for Bidoun
They were joined by Tate curators:
Gregor Muir, Director of Collection, International Art
Polly Staple, Director of Collection, British Art
Clarrie Wallis, Senior Curator of Contemporary British Art
Catherine Wood, Senior Curator, International Art (Performance)
Tamsin Hong, Assistant Curator, Performance International Art
Nathan Ladd, Assistant Curator, Contemporary British Art
Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate said, "It's wonderful to be bringing such a great selection of works into the national collection this year thanks to the Frieze Tate Fund. We are extremely grateful both to Endeavor and to Frieze for making these acquisitions possible and, in turn, for helping to support artists at such a difficult time."
