Arlene Shechet and Sheena Wagstaff | Frieze Masters Podcast
The fourth episode, On Studios, is now available, presented in collaboration with dunhill
The fourth episode, On Studios, is now available, presented in collaboration with dunhill
In 2023, Frieze Masters fair sought to break the artist’s studio open to a new audience with a new section, Studio, curated by Sheena Wagstaff – the former Chairman of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met and now Met’s Chair Emerita. In On Studios, Wagstaff talks with one of the Studio artists, Arlene Shechet, exploring how central the place and space of making is to her work, as well as its significance in the realm of creativity.
It’s not a genius move, it’s just hard work. It just means that you know that you want something more, you know that you want something different. You follow the work always in terms of form, you follow the work in terms of idea, and you definitely follow the work in terms of solving any technical problems. – Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet is a sculptor working in New York City and the Hudson Valley. In 2023, Shechet was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2024, the Storm King Art Center will stage a major exhibition of Shechet’s work. Sheena Wagstaff was Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from 2012-22, and is now vested as Met’s Chair Emerita. Wagstaff was appointed Creative Advisor for Frieze Masters in November 2023.
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Find works discussed in the episode here:
Arlene Shechet’s studio. Photo: Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet’s studio. Photo: Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet’s studio. Photo: Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet, Vernal Equinox: Together, 2023, glazed ceramic, powder coated steel. Credit: © Arlene Shechet; photo: David Shulze
Book of Hours, Use of Rome, France, c.1440–70. Credit: Sam Fogg, London
Arlene Shechet’s studio. Photo: Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet, Sun Up: Together, 2023, glazed ceramic, powder coated steel, 53 × 36 × 30 cm. Photo: David Schulze
Arlene Shechet, Early Summer: Together, 2023, glazed ceramic, powder coated steel. Credit: © Arlene Shechet; photo: David Shulze
Installation View, Pace Gallery, Frieze Masters booth, 2023. Credit: © Pace Gallery, London; photo: Damian Griffiths; courtesy Pace Gallery
The New Entrance Hall at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo: © Olivier Hess
Arlene Shechet, Deep Blooze: Core, 2004, handmade abaca paper, c. 46 × 46 cm. Credit: © Arlene Shechet
Installation View, Pace Gallery, Frieze Masters booth, 2023. Credit: © Pace Gallery, London; photo: Damian Griffiths; courtesy Pace Gallery
Arlene Shechet, Once Removed (detail), 1998, cast paper, c. 32 cm high. Credit: © Arlene Shechet
Arlene Shechet, Once Removed (detail), 1998, cast paper, c. 18 cm high. Credit: © Arlene Shechet
Installation View, Pace Gallery, Frieze Masters booth, 2023. Credit: © Pace Gallery, London; photo: Damian Griffiths; courtesy Pace Gallery
About Frieze Masters Podcast
The Frieze Masters Podcast is now available, bringing you our annual programme of live talks – the Frieze Masters Talks programme – curated by the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Dr Nicholas Cullinan. These conversations between leading artists, writers, museum directors and curators all reflect the ethos of the Frieze Masters fair: looking at the past with a contemporary gaze.
The Frieze Masters Talks programme and the Frieze Masters Podcast are brought to you by Frieze in collaboration with dunhill, the foremost British luxury menswear house.
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This podcast is a Reduced Listening production. The producer was Silvia Malnati and sound engineer was Andy Fell.
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