NEW YORK—Hoovering just above our visitors heads like elegant chandeliers or magically floating with the aid of invisible wire, some of the most graceful, striking works at Frieze New York were suspended in mid-air.
Frieze New York was open from May 10 to May 13, 2013 on Randall’s Island.
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Installation (metal armature, paper towels and glue) by Tobias Madison at Karma International of Zurich.
“Frozen Structure,” 2008 (chrome-plated aluminum, hand-blown and molded glass, electric lighting and rigging) by Josiah McElheny (with “Skull-Orange Skull,” 1976 (acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas) by Andy Warhol, in background) at White Cube of London.
Detail of “Endless Sugar,” 2011 (30 pieces of silver plate flattened by a 250 ton industrial press) by Cornelia Parker at Frith Street Gallery of London.
Installation view of “Endless Sugar” by Cornelia Parker.
Installation view of “Thirty Pieces of Silver Exhaled,” 2006 (toast rack, 30 silver-plated items crushed by a 250 ton industrial press, metal wire) by Cornelia Parker at Frith Street Gallery of London.
Detail of “Thirty Pieces of Silver Exhaled” by Cornelia Parker.
Detail of “Thirty Pieces of Silver Exhaled” by Cornelia Parker.
“Roiseau 8,” 2012 (bamboo branch and bird feathers) by Gabriel Orozco (with two photographs by Anri Sala, in background) at Galerie Chantel Crousel of Paris.
“Makrame !!,” 2012 (aluminum stick, 1.5 mm wire cable) by Nevin Aladag at Rampa of Istanbul.
Detail of installation by Pae White at greeengrassi of London/Andrew Kreps of New York.