The 2017 fair will also feature a new themed
gallery section devoted to the legacy of radical feminist artists, curated by Alison Gingeras (independent curator).
The 2017 fair will also feature a new themed
gallery section devoted to the legacy of radical feminist artists, organized by Alison M. Gingeras (independent curator); and curator Ruba Katrib (SculptureCenter, New York) will co-advise on the Focus section dedicated to emerging galleries.
Not exact matches
The next
section is entitled «The Characters», in which each character had a
gallery devoted to them (and sometimes other extras).
Also of great interest are the
sections devoted to Willoughby Sharp and Virginia Dwan, who both contributed to the movement by supporting it; Sharp through his short - lived, iconoclastic magazine Avalanche; and Dwan through her
galleries in Los Angeles and New York, particularly through her direct financial support of Smithson and Michael Heizer (she was an heir to the 3M fortune).
Even when they featured the work of a single artist — mimicking the one - person shows viewers are used to seeing in
galleries, as in the Frame
section of Frieze,
devoted to new
galleries presenting individual artists — the hangings were thrown together in a way that never would have been countenanced in a
gallery.
Also in the «Feature»
section, which is
devoted to curated shows by established and historic artists, look out for the work of Nam June Paik, whose market is catching up with his exalted reputation, at James Cohan
Gallery, and the experimental film - maker Stan VanDerBeek at Los Angeles» The Box, which is one of 17 newcomers to the fair.
There's also a publications
section, a
section devoted to solo projects (Zona MACO South), and Zona MACO Design, a
section that presents national and international design
galleries.
As per tradition, The Armory Show will present different sectors of its rich exhibition programs, which includes Armory Presents, dedicated to single and dual artist presentations by
galleries fewer than ten years old and exhibiting in Pier 94, a
section devoted to contemporary
galleries.
It also means that a global fair like the Armory Show can
devote an entire
section to Chinese artists and
galleries — known and emerging — and it will draw crowds.
-LSB-...] Some of the more stylish
galleries were in the Exposures
section,
devoted to about 20 younger dealers.
Uptown at The Armory Show, Vigo
Gallery, situated within the Focus: Africa section, devoted its booth to El - Salahi's black - and - white series of works dating from the 1960s to the present (the gallery noted that the series is the artist's fav
Gallery, situated within the Focus: Africa
section,
devoted its booth to El - Salahi's black - and - white series of works dating from the 1960s to the present (the
gallery noted that the series is the artist's fav
gallery noted that the series is the artist's favorite).
Taking place each year in March, Art Dubai presents a select yet diverse line - up of around 90
galleries from the UAE and around the world, across three programmes: Contemporary; Modern,
devoted to masters from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia; and Marker, a curated
section of artspaces that focuses each year on a particular theme or geography.
For the Proyectos Ultravioleta booth in the Frame
section, the
gallery is
devoted to the work of Jorge de León, who is based in Guatemala.
There is, in fact, a «Discovery»
section devoted entirely to emerging
galleries, many of which are presenting young photographers.
Marc Glimcher, the president of Pace, proudly showed off the
section of his booth
devoted to Julian Schnabel, whom the
gallery just started representing again.
In one particularly staggering
section, «Visions and Myths of a Nation,» a
gallery devoted to the 19th century features an elaborate gilded mantelpiece by the Herter Brothers, the robber barons» interior decorators of choice, on the same wall as an 1801 silver peace medal by John Matthias Reich bearing the word «friendship.»
Participation in Focus is more expensive than it is for the «Presents»
section, which is
devoted to emerging
galleries, but it accommodates
galleries that may not be able to mount a full booth.
This year's Armory Show, which opens today at Piers 92 and 94, will include the second annual «Armory Presents,» a
section of the show
devoted to photographers from
galleries that are less than a decade old.
«Collecting in the 1950s - A View From the Vault,» a
gallery devoted to works acquired by SFMOMA at the time they were painted, is, despite the failure of most work included to pass the test of time, the show's most interesting
section.
In the Armory Presents
section,
devoted to newer
galleries, the Lower East Side's Klaus von Nichtssagend
Gallery may have the most dazzling booth, with glowing paper pulp paintings by David Scanavino and matching vinyl flooring that gives way to tall monoliths jutting toward the rafters.
The Frame
section,
devoted to
galleries established fewer than eight years ago, also contains some standouts, due in part to that relative newness and to the required solo - presentation format, which at a fair offers a cherished moment of possible concentration.
This year's Armory also includes a
section devoted to Chinese art that features 17
galleries, nine of which have never shown outside of Asia.
Frieze is divided into two primary categories: the main portion occupied by more well - known
galleries such as Lisson
Gallery, White Cube and Wallspace, among many others, and Frame, a
section devoted to young
galleries presenting a single artist's work.
Featuring established and emerging
galleries from the world's largest continent, Focus ASIA is a
section of the fair specifically
devoted to contemporary Asian art.
In the Spotlight
section,
devoted to solo presentations of historical works, Brooklyn's Southfirst brought a selection of performative photographs by Jared Bark, made between 1969 and 1976, for which he employed the predetermined grid of the automatic photobooth strip, reprising the
gallery's recent critically acclaimed exhibition of the artist.
As is often the case with Frieze, the highlights of the fair were mostly found in the
sections devoted to smaller
galleries with tightly curated booths.