Bik Van der Pol
Pierre Huyghe
Christian Jankowski
Oliver Laric
LuckyPDF
Peles Empire
Laure Prouvost
Cara Tolmie
Sarah McCrory
Ninth edition of the leading international contemporary art fair. 173 of the world's most exciting contemporary art galleries, representing 33 countries, will present new work by over 1,000 of the world's most innovative artists at Frieze Art Fair. The Frame section of the fair is dedicated to galleries under six-years old, showing solo artist presentations. Frieze Projects 2011, curated by Sarah McCrory, includes eight site-specific works; among the artists are: Bik Van der Pol, Pierre Huyghe, Christian Jankowski, Laure Prouvost and Cara Tolmie.The fair also includes a prestigious talks programme and an artist-led education schedule.
The ninth edition for Frieze Art Fair, the leading international contemporary art fair,
takes place in London’s Regent’s Park from 13–16 October 2011. The fair is sponsored
by Deutsche Bank.
World’s leading contemporary art galleries
173 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries, representing 33 countries,
will present new work by over 1,000 of the world’s most innovative artists at Frieze Art
Fair.
The dynamism of galleries from emerging territories such as Asia and South America is
balanced by a strong European and American contingent. Additions to last year’s
participants include Galerie Chantal Crousel (Paris), Konrad Fischer Galerie (Dusseldorf),
Johnen Galerie (Berlin), Yvon Lambert (Paris), The Pace Gallery (New York), Andrea
Rosen Gallery (New York) and Donald Young Gallery (Chicago). Previous Frame
exhibitors that are this year exhibiting in the main section of the fair are: Andreiana
Mihail Gallery (Bucharest), Project 88 (Mumbai), Rodeo (Istanbul) and Micky Schubert
(Berlin).
The Frame section of the fair is dedicated to galleries under six-years old, showing solo
artist presentations. The selection of the 25 Frame galleries was advised by Cecilia
Alemani and Rodrigo Moura. Frame is supported by COS.
Frieze Projects
Frieze Projects is a unique programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze
Art Fair. This year the Projects are curated by Sarah McCrory and are supported by the
Emdash Foundation
The artists commissioned to create these eight site-specific works for Frieze Art Fair are:
Bik Van der Pol, Pierre Huyghe, Christian Jankowski, Oliver Laric, LuckyPDF,
Peles Empire, Laure Prouvost and Cara Tolmie.
This year’s programme incorporates a number of unique viewpoints throughout the fair
that will demand a shift in viewers’ perception.
The winner of the Emdash Award 2011 is the video and performance artist Anahita
Razmi, who is based in Stuttgart. Razmi will present a new commission that intends to
draw attention to how Tehran’s skyline was recently used by protestors after the Iranian
presidential election. She will use choreographer Trisha Brown’s 1971 work Roof Piece,
which took place on 12 different rooftops over a ten-block area in downtown New York,
as its point of departure. The work will be presented as a video installation at Frieze Art
Fair.
Interviews with all the commissioned artists appear in the Frieze Art Fair Yearbook
2010–2011 which is available to purchase for £19.95 from all good bookshops and
online at frieze.com
Frieze Film
Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze Art Fair. This
year it is curated by Sarah McCrory and includes five commissioned films that will be
shown in the auditorium at the fair and will be previewed in a new post-watershed
Channel 4 arts slot during the week of Frieze Art Fair from Monday 10 October to
Friday 14 October.
The artists commissioned to make new work for Frieze Film are: Ed Atkins, Lutz
Bacher, Anthea Hamilton, Judith Hopf and Katarina Zdjelar.
Frieze Talks
John Bock, Daniel Buren, Adam Curtis, Alison Knowles and Taryn Simon, are all
part of the international line-up of highly respected artists, filmmakers, curators and
cultural commentators taking part in Frieze Talks 2011.
Frieze Talks is a daily programme of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions that
take place in the auditorium at Frieze Art Fair. It is presented by Frieze Foundation and
programmed by the editors of frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie, Jörg Heiser and Dan
Fox.
Sculpture Park
The Sculpture Park offers a rare opportunity to see a significant group of international
work that is addressed on a public scale. Presented in the wonderful setting of the English
Gardens of Regent’s Park, the Sculpture Park is located a short walk to the east of the
entrance to the fair. The Sculpture Park is free to the public.
This year’s Sculpture Park presents work by some of the most acclaimed international
sculptors. These include new works by Thomas Houseago and Claudia Fontes, as
well as pieces by Tom Friedman and Kiki Smith.
The Stand Prize
The third year of the Frieze Art Fair Stand Prize, sponsored by Champagne Pommery,
will be judged by: Tom Eccles (Director, The Centre for Curatorial Studies at Bard
College, New York); Karola Kraus (Director, MUMOK, Vienna); Stéphanie
Trembley (Independent Curator, Beaux Arts magazine, Paris). A prize of £10,000 will
go to the most innovative gallery stand at the fair. The prize will be awarded by
Nathalie Vranken of Vranken Pommery Monopole at 4pm at the fair on Wednesday 12
October.
Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund to Benefit the Tate Collection
This unique partnership between Outset, Frieze Art Fair and Tate, based on the
generosity of Outset, a charitable foundation focused on supporting new art, enables
Tate to buy important works at the fair for the national collection. 83 works by 53
significant international artists have been collected since 2003.
The guest curators for the fund in 2011 will be: José Roca (Chief Curator of the 8th
Mercosul Biennial) and Adam Szymczyk (Director of the Kunsthalle Basel).
The fund is organized and financed by Outset Contemporary Art Fund, and enjoys the
continued support of Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts for the fourth consecutive year. The
donors to Outset have a particular interest in enabling Tate’s acquisition of emerging and
international art. The 2011 Tate acquisitions will be listed on the Frieze Art Fair website
on Thursday, 13 October.
The programme on the web site
Further Information
Regular updates on all the fair’s news will be available on the Frieze Art Fair mobile
apps and on the Frieze Art Fair website.
Tickets are availableon seetickets.com/frieze
Press Contact: Sam Talbot - RelativeMO, relativemo.com, tel: + 44 (0) 20 7749 4510, sam@relativemo.com
Frieze Contact: Belinda Bowring, tel: +44 (0)20 3372 6135, belinda@frieze.com
Preview Wednesday 13 October 2011
Regent's Park
5-9 Hatton Wall, London
New opening times 12pm - 7pm (Thu - Sat) 12pm - 6pm (Sun). Concessions: 1pm - 7pm (Thu - Sat), 1pm - 6pm (Sun). Groups: Timed entry only
Tickets
Before 1 Oct: one day £20, concessions £15, four days £40. Full price: one day £27, concessions £20, four days £60
Group bookings +10: £15 per person. Advanced bookings only: +44 (0)844 412 4650. Calls cost 10p/min from a standard BT line