16 October 2008

Less of a frenzy!




Well, the financial crisis resulted in considerably less frenzy at the Frieze Art Fair than the previous years. I went with Nienke this year. It was a great trip, combining hard work (Frieze, Zoo, Tate x 2, etc) with plent of leisure (Le Caprice x 100, Michael Gambon in Pinter's No Man's Land and a splash out at Saka No Hana).
We were delighted to spot some works by 'our' artsists. Hirschhorn was of course represented (Croussel and Arndt) and we saw a very suprising work by Allora & Calzadilla at (I think it was) Gagosian. Michael Beutler - who has submitted a great proposal for Open Source Amsterdam - tranformed the booth of Galerie Christian Nagel.
Monika Sosnowksa's beautiful Portavilion was one of the public space projects. In spite of the sign, the sculpture is very popular as a climbing object for kid's and their fathers alike.

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