The space that you walked into was set out looking lovely , as well as walking into a clean environment. The whole place was nicely lit and showed off if I can remember every piece in its truest colour, form and textual qualities.
It is a massive art fair, however this year I was impressed to see how the works were set out so organised, with the vast size of the exhibition in mind. I think the sections were set out nicely with a consistent size given to each gallery as you went by.
There was a huge variety and mixtures of Works there. There were many interesting forms, however there were many forms I didn't particularly fall in love with. There were many textual , coloured pieces I loved and got instantly inspired by, however once again I think some artists went to far, and maybe got carried away within the canvas.
A perfect example of a car crash that made a stunning entrance to the Frieze Fair was Jeff Koon's Works, that were standing there not particularly looking stunning at all, with a number of security guards around each piece as if it were their prized possession. I think Koon's metalic structures are only interesting to look at for the unjustified price tag that the assistances refused to give out to any one. They are not amazing, they are a perfect example of some of the rubbish that Art is unfortunately throwing out onto the main stages of the biggest art galleries and fairs. It makes me think does this Artist do it for the millions that he obviously receives from millionaires , or does he make the structures for the passion, with the money being a massive extra?
On the other hand away from the Jeff Koon's works and the Safety Cones by Rob Pruitt's (another car Crash) we had many other interesting unique pieces of work to delve into with our eyes, and with the iPhone to take pictures obviously.Artists such as Chadwick Rantanen, for his use of freedom in using ink, he created a number of interesting marks over the page. Within these muddled up, organic lines I start to make my own story up, start to pick out shapes. I love work like this as you do not have an obvious direction of thinking, you don't think what the artist was maybe thinking when he / she was creating the piece.
Mark Manders stood out for producing sculpture that involved a varied amount of layers, and a mixture of forms and textures. However ever compliant at the same time coming together to create a form that felt like every piece was equal, because of the way each layer was bunched together.
Charlotte Posenske's box sculpture caught my eye for the manoeuvrable doors, this helps the owner , viewer to interact with the piece so they fit the piece into there lives. I like the concept of being able to walk around a cube look inside, explore this monotone shape/ or form.
I think one of the most amazing and unique pieces I saw was by, Sandra Cinto who focuses on waves and the shapes within the wave, and spray, this is expressed through a number of intricately focused paint strokes, and intricate detail . By the looks I was giving the work It appears to by the smudging of usually white paint. The smudging tool varying in size to create the different levels of focus.
Peter Buggenhout was a sculpture that worked with dark colours , and dark textures very well. He completely changes the meaning of rags . He looks at a bunch of items and makes them into something special. I think that he is also a very controlled artist. All the pieces look as if they have been fitted in that place on purpose to tell the story. All the pieces stand out as telling us a part of the story. Each piece of rubbish / junk supporting the other. Could this say something about the artists life.
To be honest I felt this year a lot of the at work was challenging to get when you are confined to little confidence in what is correct . That is what I liked about most of the work. You could tell your own story , in your own head, about why the artist did that mark there? Or why that colour ? That form? I think overall it was extremely interesting , and inspiring to see so much abstract but controlled work. I liked to see that not all the work is making money instantly, and was also interested to see a through switches in the trend in art at the moment.
Throughout the whole number of galleries there showing work, miniature aspects were surprisingly high on the agenda, so was collages of pornography, and the nude body, as well as thick brush strokes, and expressive hand movement from using ink and pen. I was excited by what I saw, I think I was excited at the curiosity of artists at the moment . I was interesting in how their final outcome appeared, to there earlier work. I was always keen to see how artist s change. I think I also enjoyed looking at a healthily amount of sculptural qualities that are being identified by a lot of galleries.
Overall the experience was great. A lot of art, maybe too much art in one space to take in , in 5-6 hours of walking around. However I did like the galleries not having writing around the place as it would most probably slow me down as I would feel I had to read it to get the piece. I liked the uncertainty of what the piece means. I think the Frieze ART Fair 2013 showed of the Worlds art in general in a terrific light , apart from the exceptions of a couple of artist.
Star Rating: 4/5
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