Arlene Shechet and Sheena Wagstaff | Frieze Masters Podcast

The fourth episode, On Studios, is now available, presented in collaboration with dunhill

in Frieze Masters , Podcasts | 15 DEC 23
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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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