ArtDrunk’s Gary Yeh Takes a Tour of ‘Focus Asia'
Embarking on his personal tour at Frieze Seoul 2024, the collector/founder talks to artists and galleries from ‘one of the most exciting and fast-growing art scenes in the world’
Embarking on his personal tour at Frieze Seoul 2024, the collector/founder talks to artists and galleries from ‘one of the most exciting and fast-growing art scenes in the world’
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‘It’s a really great opportunity to experience more art within the region,’ says Gary Yeh, founder of ArtDrunk about the Focus Asia section – supported by Stone Island – at this year’s Frieze Seoul. ‘There are galleries from Tokyo, Bangkok, New Delhi, Jakarta.’
In his tour of the section, Yeh meets artists Hyori Cho, Supawich Weesapen and Lu Yang, whose presentation by Tokyo’s Parcel Gallery won the 2024 Focus Asia Stand Prize for its exploration of identity and fantasy through sophisticated digital avatars. Yeh also talks to Seoul gallerists Dooyoung Ro of CYLINDER and Kaiah Lee of Barakat Contemporary. Barakat’s booth presented Soyung Jun’s video work Syncope, which features trains and rainforests to investigate borders, change and time.
Nature, travel, discovery, technology: all themes that resonate with Stone Island’s sense of exploration and its ongoing commitment to using advanced fabrics in its garments.
‘I love Focus Asia,’ says Yeh. ‘It’s so immersive.’
About Stone Island
Founded in Italy in 1982, Stone Island has consistently pushed fabric technology and experimentation, particularly focusing on functionality and utilitarianism. As the Official Partner of Focus, Stone Island offers each participating gallery a bursary alongside Frieze’s subsidy. This support helps emerging galleries younger than 12 years take part in Focus and present today’s most forward-thinking artists, underscoring a shared commitment to experimentation, innovation and creative community.
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