Celebrating the 20th anniversary of frieze magazine
18/09/11
Richard Flood is a curator who first contributed to frieze in 1992. His selections include a monograph on Sigmar Polke, a city report from Naples and an essay about what it means to be a professional artist.
Men Without Women by Collier Schorr
Issue 49, November-December 1999
On Lukas Duwenhögger. 'Reasoning as pleasure.'
Blue Notes by Jim Lewis
Issue 59, May 2001
On Raymond Pettibon. 'A perfect couple.'
Distant Relations by Dominic Eichler
Issue 105, March 2007
Collier Schorr’s photographs and collages question what we look at – and why. 'A very clear look at a very complex artist.'
Cosmic Rays by Jörg Heiser
Issue 110, October 2007
Sigmar Polke’s body of work since the mid-1960s has been consistently iconoclastic, enigmatic and technically innovative. 'Polke in ecstasy.'
Naples by Jörg Heiser, Mario Codognato and Pádraig Timoney
Issue 119, November-December 2008
'Great travel advisory.'
How Will This Affect Me? by Dominic Eichler
Issue 120, January-February 2009
Censorship, sexuality, creativity and the economic meltdown. 'Prurience only makes it better.'
A Serious Business by Dan Fox
Issue 121, March 2009
What does it mean to be a professional artist? 'Pathfinding through land mines.'
Secret Society by Jan Verwoert
Issue 124, June 2009
Cracking the codes of Conceptual art. 'A timely caution.'
Back & Forth by Emily King
Issue 138, April 2011
The histories of two legendary Milanese magazines, Domus and Abitare, are intertwined with the extraordinary generation of Italian designers who burst onto the scene 50 years ago. 'Now I know.'
Down the Line by Lauren Cornell and Kazys Varnelis
Issue 141, September 2011
The last 20 years have seen revolutions in technology that have transformed our lives. How have art and its institutions reacted? 'Essential information.'
Issue 114, Boris Mikhailov, April 2008