From Seung-Taek Lee to Yayoi Kusama: Leading Artists from East Asia on Frieze Viewing Room
Including masters of the Korean avant-garde and a new generation of painters from China, some of Asia's most influential and talked about artists on show on Frieze Viewing Room New York edition
Including masters of the Korean avant-garde and a new generation of painters from China, some of Asia's most influential and talked about artists on show on Frieze Viewing Room New York edition
Seung-Taek Lee
Tied Money, 1985
Paper and Rope
$50-100k
Presented by Gallery Hyundai, Booth B6
Seung-taek Lee (b. 1932) is widely regarded as a leading figure of the Korean avant-garde for his practice of “non-sculpture”. Many of Lee’s paintings, sculptures and environmental interventions share a kinship with both American Land Art and Korean shamanistic traditions.
Wook-Kyung Choi
On the lake, 1966
Acrylic on paper panel
Presented by Tina Kim Gallery, A9
Wook-Kyung Choi (b. 1940) graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University in 1963, but was also educated and taught in New York City for much of her short yet prolific career. She was most known for her association with Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art which were the main movements in the United States at the time, distinguishing her from other Korean artists and the dominant Korean Avant-garde at the time.
Taiwanese artist Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969) is celebrated for reconfiguring classical ink painting and subverting the methods of an ancient art form. Referencing Xie He’s canonical 6th-century text Six Principles of Painting, while turning away from traditional ink stones and rice paper, the artist paints on thick handmade Indian paper with modern tools, such as ballpoint pens. He then transforms what is usually left blank in the painting into brilliant fields of gold foil.
Yayoi Kusama
DOTS OBESSION [CAMMC], 2018
Acrylic on canvas
Presented by Victoria Miro, A5
One of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) has developed a unique and diverse body of work. Completed in a signature palette of yellow and black, DOTS OBSESSION [CAMMC], 2018, reflects Kusama’s lifelong preoccupation with the infinite and sublime, as well as the twin themes of cosmic infinity and personal obsession as found in pattern and repetition
Xinyue Yan
Give Me One More Glass, 2022
oil on canvas
Under $10k
presented by Capsule Shanghai, FR2
Chinese artist Yan Xinyue (b. 1922) interrogates the conflict between society and the self through her vibrant and fantastical paintings. Explore her solo booth in the Frame section for emerging artists and galleries at the fair.
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Opening from May 13 – 22, the Viewing Room offers fair visitors a preview of the wealth of gallery presentations coming to Frieze New York 2022, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to experience and acquire the artwork on show.
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