At the beginning of May, one of the art events that always moves the
cultural agenda of
New York City, Frieze 2024, featured more than
60 galleries from
25 different countries and celebrated the city as a cultural capital through collaborations with some of the most important
non-profit arts organizations in the city. “In a city that is home to many leading art institutions, galleries and artists, Frieze is delighted to
bring together in one location a range of exhibitors who represent the best of
contemporary art ,” says Christine Messineo, Frieze’s Director for the Americas.
The Shed New York. (Brett Beyer/CASACOR)
Art that discusses the relationship between humanity and technology, that works with different perspectives, that is joyful and meditative, and, in addition, artistic performance that explores the complexity of our "self" are the highlights of
Frieze New York 2024 that we explore further below!
1. Elias Sime - James Cohan Gallery
Elias Sime creates intricate works from
electronic components , including circuit boards, computer keys, and telecommunications wires. For the artist, these materials suggest the
fragility of our interconnected world , alluding to the frictions between tradition and progress, human contact and social networks, nature and the man-made, physical and virtual presence.
2. Holly Hendry – Stephen Friedman Gallery
Known as a legendary figure in New York's
punk and countercultural performance scene of the 1980s,
Kembra Pfahler presented
mesmerizing pieces and collages at Frieze New York 2024.
4. Olafur Eliasson – Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Olafur Eliasson 's art is meant to be seen up close! Light, color, sound, perspective... everything changes and deepens as the visitor approaches the
large glass balls that make up the artist's work.
5. Chris Martin - David Kordansky Gallery
(Christopher Stach/CASACOR)
Chris Martin ’s paintings serve as living documents. He privileges stylistic diversity and immediacy over predetermined aesthetic ideas, creating art that can be
as vibrantly joyful as it is meditative and hermetic. 6. Matty Davis on the High Line
A highlight of
Frieze Week is artist
Matty Davis ’ visceral performance piece
“Die No Die (The High Line).” Co-commissioned by
Frieze and
High Line Art , the performance explored the enormous geological forces that compress our
very selves. Matty began working on
Die No Die during the
early days of the pandemic , driven to examine a bodily and
intellectual response to the precarity of the times.
