Installation view of Taro Nasu Gallery at Frieze Seoul 2022, photo by photo by Let’s Studio, courtesy of Frieze.
On September 6 in South Korea, Frieze Seoul returns for the second year to COEX for a sweeping presentation of art, conversation, film, and music, open through September 9. Hosted by the Galleries Association of Korea, with the support of LG OLED and Deutsche Bank, the international art fair serves as a platform for 120 globally renowned galleries and preeminent Korean exhibitors. Within Seoul Art Week, in which a myriad of singular projects and programming take place across the vibrant city, the much-anticipated fair welcomes visitors to explore fresh editions of Frieze Film and Frieze Music, as well as an illuminating spotlight on Seoul’s grassroots art community.
The Focus Asia sector, spearheaded by Joselina Cruz, Director and Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), part of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila, and Hyejung Jang, Chief Curator of DOOSAN Gallery, debuts 10 solo exhibitions from Seoul-based galleries, with an emphasis on captivating new discoveries. Yeo Workshop brings the innovative artworks of Priyageetha Dia, who layers video game software and 3D animation for stunning revelations into the plantation histories of Southeast Asia. Yutaka Kikutake invites visitors into the site-specific presentation of Yuko Mohri, whose work Decomposition utilizes a synthesizer to decipher a symphony of fruits. Frieze Masters, led by Nathan Clements-Gillespie, joins extraordinary antiquities with modern showpieces. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art displays works on paper by forces such as Lucian Freud, Pablo Picasso, and Paul Cézanne, while Axel Vervoordt shows a singular Khmer head in the form of a deity dating back to King Jayavarman VII’s reign,
