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Fiber Art, Puppets and the Kar-A-Sutra at Frieze 2016

Convening more than 200 galleries from 31 countries for its fifth edition, Frieze New York showcases an extraordinary cross-section of work from artists ranging from newly discovered to contemporary masters. This year the fair featured nine site-specific artist sound and installation commissions, including Eduardo Navarro’s Instruction from the sky (more impressive when performed outdoors but brought inside due to rain) and Anthea Hamilton’s Kar-A-Sutra

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Illumination by Jorge Macchi (2012)
Cement sculpture, metal Ed. 3/3
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Kar-A-Sutra (after Mario Bellini) by Anthea Hamilton (2016)
British artist Anthea Hamilton pays homage to Italian architect and designer Mario Bellini by bringing to life archival images documenting the Kar-A-Sutra, a prototype for a utopian vehicle that would pair functionality with comfort, and create an inhabitable mobile space meant to foster human creativity, imagination, and communication. Hamilton’s Kar-A-Sutra comes with a resident cast of mimes demonstrating possible positions when inhabiting this hybrid form of transportation.
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Kar-A-Sutra (after Mario Bellini) by Anthea Hamilton (2016)
British artist Anthea Hamilton pays homage to Italian architect and designer Mario Bellini by bringing to life archival images documenting the Kar-A-Sutra, a prototype for a utopian vehicle that would pair functionality with comfort, and create an inhabitable mobile space meant to foster human creativity, imagination, and communication. Hamilton’s Kar-A-Sutra comes with a resident cast of mimes demonstrating possible positions when inhabiting this hybrid form of transportation.
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Low_res_passion by Thomas Broomé (2016)
Acrylic glass
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Cube by Ai Weiwei (2009)
Porcelain
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Reconciliation Study #142 by Howard Fried (2016)
Howard Fried’s project The Reconciliation Studies & The Decomposition of My Mother’s Wardrobe includes photos of clothes from the artist’s mother’s wardrobe, taken after her death in 2002. Three sets of photographs were taken of each item: 1) hanger, closet, or catalogue shot 2) worn by a model 3) swatches or extreme close-ups. Digital pigment print; Outfits worn by gallery staff at Frieze
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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A Section of the Rainbow by Thomas Broomé (2016)
3D polymer
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Hanger by Thomas Broomé (2016)
3D polymer
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Superficie argento by Enrico Castellani (2008)
Acrylic on canvas
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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Objeto Cinético C-15 by Abraham Palatnik (1969/2001)
Industrial paint, formica, wood, metal, magnets and engine
Photo credit: Nicole Lenzen
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http://www.core77.com/gallery/52769/Fiber-Art-Puppets-and-the-Kar-A-Sutra-at-Frieze-2016