Grayson Perry, The Adoration of the Cage Fighters, 2012 (at Victoria Miro.) Photograph by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/ Frieze
The Frieze art fair dismantled its tents a few days ago at Regent’s Park in London. Last year’s edition disappointed me. This year, however, i liked it so much i went twice. I even walked to the other end of the park to visit Frieze Masters (that one was selling anything in between and including the medieval gargoyles and the photos by Richard Avedon.) Over the next few days, i will submit the blog to an avalanche of images and works from the fair. Let’s start light and very fast with a few art pieces that demonstrate that even artists shown at art fairs have a sense of humour:
Four years ago, Daniel Knorr put balaclavas on the head of public sculptures in Copenhagen. The Galleria Fonti from Naples had a wall covered in photos that documented the intervention.
Daniel Knorr, Stolen History, 2008
I should mention the entrance to the fair. A floor to wall carpeting of shoes in green, yellow, black and red.
Thomas Bayrle, Sloping Loafers/Smooth, Frieze Projects 2012
The La Vache qui rit cow laughing at your feet and bum inside the fair was by the same artist Thomas Bayrle. Both were commissioned Frieze Projects.
Thomas Bayrle, La Vache qui rit (blau)
That magnificent wallpaper on the external walls of the booth of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise? Thomas Bayrle again!
Thomas Bayrle
The pink carpet at Pilar Corrias’ booth however was by Koo Jeong A:
Speaking of pink (it was pink but my ever colour-blind camera wouldn’t admit it)… Nothing like a walrus by Carsten Höller to brighten your day:
Nicole Eisenman, Untitled (at Galerie Barbara Weiss)
Oh Seung Yul, The Ability to Blow Themselves Up, Still (at One And J. Gallery)
Gabi Trinkaus, Doogie Black, 2012. Georg Kargl Fine Arts Vienna
Margaret Lee, Eggplant (Hello), 2012 (at Jack Hanley Gallery)
Grayson Perry, The Adoration of the Cage Fighters, 2012 (detail)
From a series of ultra absurd Talking Objects by Laurie Simmons:
Laurie Simmons, Talking Handkerchief, 1987
This one wasn’t supposed to be funny:
Huma Mulji, Lost and Found, 2012