The upcoming edition of Frieze London and Frieze Masters will be held in The Regent's Park and will each bring together approximately 150 and 136 galleries, respectively, from all over the world. One of the largest and most widely anticipated international art events of the year, Frieze London focuses on the latest trends in contemporary art, while Frieze Masters is devoted to exhibiting historically significant masterworks ranging from rare antiquities to works by 20th century luminaries. A dedicated edition of Frieze Viewing Room will also run in parallel with both fairs, complementing the in-person event with a continued commitment to their expanded online programming—connecting galleries and audiences across the globe—while celebrating the primacy of Frieze Week in London.
For Frieze Masters, Kukje Gallery will collaborate with Mazzoleni Art, the respected gallery based in London and Turin, Italy, to showcase important historical works by Dansaekhwa artists. Since 1986, Mazzoleni Art has represented some of the most prestigious artists and estates of the 20th century including Lucio Fontana and Giorgio de Chirico—together, the two galleries' joint installation at Frieze Masters will create a rich dialogue that both traverses and transcends Western and Eastern modern art history.
Kukje Gallery's contribution to the booth will include Park Seo-Bo's Ecriture (描法) No. 201-85 (1985), an exemplary work from the artist's early-Ecriture series of the 1980s that emphasizes repetitive action as a spiritual channel for emptying and disciplining the self; Ha Chong-Hyun's Conjunction 84-44 (1984), an early piece from his iconic Conjunction series that features an unusual earth tone inspired by both the artist's surroundings and historical milieu; and Kwon Young-Woo's Untitled (c. 1980s), featuring the artist's signature medium of hanji (Korean paper) where the surface is repeatedly punctured and torn with numerous holes that are then saturated with ink, filling the spaces in distinctive patterns. Earlier this year, works by these three seminal Korean postwar artists were acquired by the Centre Pompidou, not only reinforcing the representation of Korean art within the global art scene, but also providing an important point of departure for extensive art-historical discourse surrounding the movement.
Kukje Gallery represents these artists: