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FRIEZE LONDON 2022
Everyone said London would be cold, wet, and gross! To my pleasant surprise I was greeted by sunny days filled with light winds and the quirkiest accent! Crowded, Hot, but Fulfilling are the three words I chose to describe this year’s Frieze art fair in London.
Isn’t it supposed to be a VIP Day? HA. Jokes on me, or maybe I was too jetlagged? Besides the madness of art people, I believe there is nothing more enticing than discovering new artists, smaller, lesser-known galleries and creating new friendships with people holding the same or opposite opinion you have. Art brings people together, it gives the voice freedom, from the most knowledgeable to the less knowledgeable. You can never be wrong because we all absorb differently. Each interpretation is uniquely fresh.
Arriving to the Fair around 2pm I made my way over to Gail’s where my wonderful art friend was waiting for me (the_arts_editor on Instagram) with other beautiful girls. After a couple of laughs and exchanges we finished up our meal and made our way over to the first booth. My number one tip when exploring these art fairs without getting overwhelmed, or lost, is to “snake” it around the fair. You either start from the entrance and zigzag through the entire layout or choose a corner and start there, pick up a map and follow it and you won’t miss a thing! Deploying said “snake” tactic here are my favorite artworks from this year’s Frieze London 2022.
We started with the Addis Fine Art booth, here I saw for the first time Selome Muleta paintings where she explores womanhood in states of inner reflections and the relationship between portraiture and still life while combining the two depicting them as one.
Chatting with another artsy friend we turned around and discovered what was my absolute favorite booth of the fair, Derosia, which had a solo show by the funky artist Zoe Barcza, a new body of work that focused on the female figure portraying the mysterious futuristic conditions and smooth rendering aligns her style with science fiction and fantasy illustration.
As we continued to walk around Frieze I spotted a violet hued Tunji Adeniyi-Jones that was truly stunning, he describes his works as ‘cultural addition, combination and collaboration.’ The figures are rendered in a vibrant single color and built up from a composite of neatly connecting organic forms and appear tightly contained.
Didier Williams, Uniting elements of figuration and abstraction, while creating shadowy, androgynous figures. Here in very earthy green tones.
Pink has always been my favorite color; it stands for femininity, softness and innocent sexiness. Even though these pieces were not placed together I know they would create a wonderful dialogue in anyone’s home.
Top: Michaela Yearwood-Dan
Bottom Left: Ettore Spalletti
Bottom Right: Shuang Li – Sculpture, Donna Huanca – Oil on Canvas
Another weak spot of mine is dachshunds. Yes, the dog breed! Noel McKenna has been depicting life moments with his own interpretation of soft earthy hues and oils blended like the clouds. This beautiful artwork Miss Lucy absolutely stole my heart!
Perhaps it was the butterflies that reminded me of the brilliant Hirst or the almost pulverized lines confusing the eyes looking for a beginning or an end, but this piece by Paul Heyer must have been my favorite. Unlike his usual use of exuberant color, there was a sense of calm peace within me which is contrary to what I see depicted within the soft intertwining line.
Last but definitely not least I discovered Hayv Kahraman’s canvases featuring female figures that she describes as extensions of her own body which address radicalized gender and body politics, migrant consciousness, and the marginal spaces of diasporic life. What a strong way to end the art filled day!
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