Frieze Sculpture — Regents Park
Even though both Frieze Art and Frieze Masters have moved online this year, Frieze Sculpture is taking place as usual at London’s Regent Park. Featuring the work of 12 artists, four of which are woman artists, Here’s a looks at their work. The exhibition was curated by Clare Lilley, who has been in charge of its programming since 2012.
Kalliopi Lemos, The Plait, 2020, Mild steel, Gazelli Art House, Frieze Sculpture 2020
Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze
The Plait by the London-based artist Kalliopi Lemos is an almost 6 feet tall bronze sculpture of a plait of hair. The sculpture connects with discussions around culture, identity and female emancipation. As Lilley explains, the act of cutting hair often marks transitions in life and the sculpture can be interpreted as a sign of significant change.
Lubaina Himid, Five Conversations, 2019, Acrylic paint on five reclaimed wooden doors from traditional Georgian townhouses, Hollybush Gardens, Frieze Sculpture 2020. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze
The work Five Conversations by Lubaina Himid depicts five women of colour painted on five Georgian wooden doors in conversation. Himid’s practice is rooted in Black history and challenges the absence of Black and Asian women in portraiture. Five Conversations is an image of female communion that was originally commissioned by the High Line in New York.
Rebecca Warren’s Aurelius is part of a larger body of work first exhibited at Tate St Yves in 2017. The work was originally sculpted in clay before being cast in bronze and hand-painted with light pastel colours. Absorbing influences from the history of sculpture, Warren’s sculptures reference Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti but remain non-figurative.
Rebecca Warren, Aurelius, 2017 – 2019, Hand-painted bronze, Galerie Max Hetzler, Frieze Sculpture 2020. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze
Sarah Lucas, Sandwich, 2011–2020, Concrete, Sadie Coles HQ, Frieze Sculpture 2020.
Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze
Lastly, the YBA Sarah Lucas presents Sandwich, a concrete cast of an extraordinarily large grey sandwich. The absurdity of the work subverts our understanding of public sculpture, whilst the ordinariness of the subject is an invitation to connect with its form as an object. Sandwiches can be seen as representations of the British high-paced working lifestyle and working classes. The concrete grey work further emphasises the austerity of the sandwich and contrasts it to the Regent's park lush surroundings.
Frieze Sculpture is open to the public until 18th October 2020
Words: Polina Chizhova