Joseph Lee’s Top 5 Picks from Frieze Los Angeles Viewing Room 2024
The BEEF actor selects Yu-Xin Su’s poetic clock stuck between time zones, a dreamy bedroom scene by Hugh Steers and a portrait by George Condo, among others
The BEEF actor selects Yu-Xin Su’s poetic clock stuck between time zones, a dreamy bedroom scene by Hugh Steers and a portrait by George Condo, among others
Hugh Steers, At the Mirror, 1987
Oil on wood panel, 81.3 × 64.8 × 4.4 cm. Presented by Alexander Gray Associates. $50k–$100k
“Hugh Steers paints how I often dream: dropped into an ongoing scenario with vaguely familiar places, or figures, and without a beginning or end. The surreal elements are so subtle that I wake up wondering if any of it was real.”
Sahar Khoury, Untitled (Brown Corner with Blue Worm in Flames), 2024
Glazed ceramic, Friskies cardboard box, pigmented paper pulp, resin, wire, acrylic marker. Presented by Parker Gallery. Under $10k
“Sahar Khoury’s work has an incredible balance of playfulness, intentionality and experimentation. I find absolute perfection in her imperfect works.”
Claudia Keep, Heading North, 7:45pm, 2023
Oil on masonite panel. Presented by Parker Gallery. Under $10k
“This is my favorite painting at the fair. I get emotional looking at Heading North, 7:45pm from Claudia Keep. It’s private and personal. I know this exact POV and that long, long drive where I’m lost in thought… or bored, anxious or exhausted. But I’m on my way.”
Yu-Xin Su, Overseas Calls (San Francisco to Shanghai), 2022
Bleached coral powder, clam fossil powder, topaz, plant, plant-extracted ink, ferric oxide, tourmaline ash and other hand-made pigments on hand-shaped wood. Edition 1/1. Presented by MadeIn. $5,500
“My eye keeps going back to Yu-Xin Su’s Overseas Calls (San Francisco to Shanghai). It may be because I go east once a year to Korea. Mine would be (Los Angeles to Seoul).”
George Condo, Old Man Portrait, 2011
Oil on linen, 107 × 96.8 cm. Presented by Sprüth Magers. $1,300,000
“I admire George Condo’s ability to tell narrative through portraits and look to him frequently for inspiration for bold gestures and color palettes.”
About Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee is an actor and visual artist. He is best known for his role in the Netflix A24 series BEEF, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. His upcoming exhibition will open in July at UTA Artist Space in West Hollywood.
About Frieze Viewing Room
Open to all from February 22–March 8, Frieze Viewing Room is the online catalog for Frieze Los Angeles 2024, offering visitors a preview of the wealth of gallery presentations at the fair, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to connect with galleries and acquire artworks.
Further Information
Frieze Los Angeles is at Santa Monica Airport, February 29–March 3, 2024.
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