Frieze has unveiled the highlights of the long-awaited second edition of Frieze Los Angeles. Building on the success of the inaugural year, Frieze Los Angeles 2020 features the world's leading galleries along with ambitious project anchoring programs, conferences, film screenings and institutional collaborations. Frieze Los Angeles is led by Victoria Siddall (Global Director, Frieze Fairs) and Bettina Korek (Executive Director, Frieze Los Angeles) and takes place February 14-16 at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Launched in 2019, Frieze Los Angeles brings together over 70 galleries from around the world and is supported by leading global partner Deutsche Bank for the second consecutive year.
This year the fair features over 70 leading galleries showcasing significant works by today's leading emerging artists alongside leading figures in contemporary art in a range of solo, dual and thematic presentations.
Personal presentations of today's most important and exciting artists:
• LA Louver will feature Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar, who uses sculpting and painting on found materials to give visibility to women's work
• Pace Gallery and Kayne Griffin Corcoran will present an exhibition of iconic West Coast artist James Turrell's work across both galleries' booths, including an immersive LED ceiling installation, adjacent to a second booth of four works from the Glass Series by Turrell
• Hauser & Wirth will display paintings by rising star Avery Singer
• Greene Naftali will bring the work of technology-based art pioneer, Cory Arcangel
• Massimo De Carlo will show a selection of "Suicide Paintings" and heart-shaped canvases by Rob Pruitt
• Victoria Miro will present new sculpture paintings and works on paper by Idris Khan
• Sadie Coles HQ will show a solo presentation of new works by Venezuelan artist Alvaro Barrington
• Galerie Eva Presenhuber will show Ugo Rondinone, widely known for his large-scale works including Seven Magic Mountains installed outside Las Vegas.
Furthermore:
• A group presentation of Brazilian and Colombian artists exploring the sensual, tactile and intimate experience of sexual experience; including jobs
by the artist duo Dias & Riedweg, Edgard de Souza, Carlo Motta and Lia Chaia (Vermelho, Sao Paulo)
• A multimedia presentation of some of the most significant contemporary Korean artists, such as Quac Insik, Park Hyunki, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Shin Sung Hy, Chung Sang-Hwa and Minjung Kim (Hyundai Gallery, Seoul).
• A group show with Felipe Baeza coinciding with a solo show opening at The Mistake Room, during Frieze Week LA (Maureen Paley, London)
New works of painting and sculpture by five leading female artists:
Kim Gordon, Mary Heilmann, Alicja Kwade, Tala Madani and Sue Williams (303 Gallery, New York)
• Paintings by Emily Sundblad, sculptures by Anna Uddenberg and historical works by Cosima von Bonin (Gaga, Mexico City)
• A group presentation of photographs by Shirin Neshat, coinciding with the artist's current exhibition at The Broad (Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg)
