Hofken Gallery showcases the work of Thomas Hausiago at the 2022 Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles (Image: SEBASTIANO PELLION DI PERSANO)
After canceling last year's fair due to covid-19, Frieze Arts Fair los Angeles was rejuvenated last week with VIP previews on Thursday. As usual, the booths of major distributors such as David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Pace sold out and showcased the latest artists. There are also local galleries in Los Angeles that bring works by Los Angeles artists.
Mark Payott, President of Hauserworth, said: "The show has created a unique moment for the global art scene to gather and experience this city as an international art bellwether on their own terms, with the dynamism and optimism particularly evident this year. "Many galleries say they had strong sales on the first day of the show, so let's look at the deals that were made on preview days, which run until Feb. 20.
Photo: Matteo Piazza / Thanks to Gagosian
Chris Burden of Gagosian
Gagosian has produced only one work: a monumental installation by Chris Burden. Dreamer's Folly (2010), featuring three conjoined galleries supported by Greco-Roman columns, is one of several works made by Burden as part of his "Satire" series. The piece, which is intended to mimic architecture in an English garden, debuted in 2010 in a Roman space in Gagosian but has never been exhibited in the United States before, and it was sold to an institution in Europe for an undisclosed price.
Photo credits To Pace Gallery
Paulina Orosca of Pace Gallery
Paulina Olowska is a new addition to Pace, and her painting Artist's Flea Market (2021) at the Frieze Fair sold for $200,000. However, this isn't the most expensive piece Pace sells at his booth, the most expensive is Jeff Koons's "Gaze Ball" sculpture, which the gallery says sells for "less than $3 million." Pace also sold a set of NFTs from Leo Villareal's "Cosmic Reef" collection, one of which was sold to Chicago collector Suzanne Deal Booth.
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Jordan Wolfson of the Zona Gallery
At David Zwirner, a new wall-mounted work by Jordan Wolfson sold for $400,000, including an aerial photograph of a procession adorned with the repeated handwritten phrase "God is God." The gallery said other works in the booth include paintings by Lisa Yuskavacci and Alice Neil, which sell for about $1 million. The new paintings by Josh Smith, Catherine Bernhardt and Nate Lohmann sell for between $150,000 and $220,000.
Images courtesy of the artist and Tachibana Gallery
Liza Lou of Tachibana Gallery
Lehmann Maupin sold Liza Lou's massive wall sculpture Into the Mountain (2021) to collectors in Dallas for $385,000. The New York-based gallery also said it sold works by McArthur Binion, Arcmanoro Niles, Calida Rawles, Helen Pashgian and Mandy El-Sayegh.
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Camille Henlot of Hauserworth
Hauserworth featured Camille Henrot throughout the booth, presenting a total of 23 of his new watercolors, drawings and collages. The gallery reported that all of these works were purchased on the second day of the show, with each work being purchased for between $20,000 and $140,000.
Photo: Jeff McLane/Thanks to David Kodansky Gallery
Michael Williams of the David Kodansky Gallery
David Kodanski Gallery from Los Angeles said a group of seven works by Michael Williams was sold out. These new works, from his "Puzzle" series, feature stylish abstract forms of gray and purple palettes, first composed on a computer and then printed. Each painting sells for $100,000. Why choose to bring Williams' work to the show? Gallery director Michel Pombard said: "We wanted to highlight one of the most striking and rigorous painters in our city. ”
Images courtesy of the artist and the Hovken Gallery
Thomas Hausjago of the Hochken Gallery
New paintings by Thomas Houseago at the Xavier Hufkens booth are sold out. Fans of the artist include a Hollywood star: Brad Pitt, a friend of Haus Yago. The asking price per piece is about $350,000. One of the paintings, Purple Sunset on the Pool – Early Moonrise (2021), depicts the sky under moonlight, bought by a private collector. After the exhibition ends, it will be loaned to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Images courtesy of the artist and The Datta Ropac Gallery
George Barcellee of the Datai Ropak Gallery
At Thaddaeus Ropac, Georg Baselitz's Eisdiele (2020) sold for 1.35 million euros ($1.5 million), featuring one of the artist's iconic inverted figures. An untitled painting by Robert Rauschenberg in 1998 sold for $1.1 million, and the 2020 painting by Martha Jungwirth, who joined the gallery last year, sold for 190,000 euros ($215,000).
Images courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Woody de Othello of jessica Silverman Gallery
San Francisco's Jessica Silverman Gallery sold a sample of an outdoor bronze work by one of Woody De Othello's artists for $400,000. At the gallery's booth were also purchased a painting by Clare Rojas for $150,000, a painting by Dashiell Manley for $75,000, two reliefs by Davina Semo, and Claudia Wieser, Sadie Barnette and Catherine S. Thompson. Works by Catherine Wagner.
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White Cube Beatrice Mirhaz
Among the most expensive works sold at the White Cube booth was an untitled geometric abstraction by Beatriz Milhazes in 2019 for $1.2 million. The dealer also said it had also found buyers for the work of Imi Knoebel, Magnus Plessen, Bram Bogart, Bram Bogart and Christian Marclay.