Miranda July's Favorite Works from Frieze Los Angeles Viewing Room 2023
The filmmaker, writer and artist selects her top picks, from Sadie Barnette’s moving photograph of friends in her dad's gay bar, to Adriano Costa’s work that inspires dreams of Cartier luxury
The filmmaker, writer and artist selects her top picks, from Sadie Barnette’s moving photograph of friends in her dad's gay bar, to Adriano Costa’s work that inspires dreams of Cartier luxury
Sensie
Angry Bitch, 2021
Oil and ink on canvas
152.4 cm x 182.88 cm
$ 10,000
Presented by Sow & Tailor
I have a lot of trauma around barking dogs that we can get into another time, so what’s up with me heading straight to these brushstroke, stalactite jaws? No doubt the black and yellow pulled me in, longtime fan of that couple, but also the title, Angry Bitch, probably caught me off guard — it’s not barking at me; it is me.
Huma Bhabha
A Thousand Faces, 2021
159.4 cm x 49.5 cm x 49.5 cm
$250-500k
Presented by Xavier Hufkens
Punch me in the face Huma, all my thousand faces. My response is a keening noise, eeeeEEEEE from some terribly hurt place in my chest, followed by a big UH! Also makes me think of when you kiss a face and have the urge to smear it – sometimes I want to rub a lover’s features with the palm of my hand until they get archetypal like this.
Sadie Barnette
Eagle Creek III, 2021
104.1 cm x 83.2 cm x 4.4 cm
Edition 5 + 2AP
$10-20k
Presented by Jessica Silverman
courtesy the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco
I’m guessing the snapshot is vintage from the SF gay bar operated by her dad annnnnd the tears are already jumping to my eyes — not just because this overlaps with my own Bay Area youth but any kind of father-daughter mutual pride plus safe queer space…help! I’m a goner. But to be clear: I first paused because of how the bodies are interlocking; follow the arms…who is hugging who? Whose arm is that? Have you ever hugged like this? I’ll answer that: no. It’s a set-up I’d like to re-create with all different kinds of bodies, make it viral like a TikTok dance. Worthy of roses.
Adriano Costa
Landscape - Red Sun, 2022
Mixed media
41 cm x 51 cm x 5 cm
Under $10k
Presented by Mendes Wood DM
Cartier: luxury, but at a level I can relate to – just the bag. I have a lot of these bags that seem valuable in-and-of-themselves and whatever I put in them feels more lux: Gucci melatonin, Miu Miu hair gel…but a Cartier landscape? Yeah, the most luxurious timepiece is the big, fat, red sun. Shoelace hills. I love it when something is almost nothing; that’s the road to immensity.
Fiona Connor
Untitled #48 (417 E Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015), 2021
Cast resin, paint
122.5 cm x 145.5 cm x 2.5 cm
$ 21,000
Presented by Maureen Paley
I google-mapped the address in the title and got this pict below — a similar empty frame (?!) I’m a sucker for this kind of fiction that takes you into the real world, like remember that book Masquerade?? Which ostensibly could lead you to actual gold rabbits hidden around the world. Cheesy book, this piece is much better because it suggests the gold rabbits are everywhere, in every neighborhood, anyone can have them.
About Miranda July
Miranda July is a filmmaker, writer and artist.
About Frieze Viewing Room
Frieze Viewing Room is a free digital platform, connecting global audiences with Frieze's galleries and artists.
Opening to all from February 09–20, the Viewing Room offers fair visitors a preview of the wealth of gallery presentations coming to Frieze Los Angeles 2023, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to experience and acquire the artwork on show.
