In the middle of September, Frieze Sculpture returned to Regent's Park for 2023, and the sculptures are on display until the middle of November. Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park is in its twelfth year this year; the sculptures used to be displayed from July, but this changed during the pandemic, and they are shown for the autumn months to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair in October. I recently visited and enjoyed seeing the different range of sculptures this year.
Here is a run down of the sculptures for 2023.
Suhasini Kejriwal - Garden of Un-earthly Delights: These painted bronze sculptures appear like painted cactus plants.
Hans Rosenstrom - Unfolding Silence: This installation includes an accompanying soundscape in a secluded area with a stone podium bird bath and a broze ear in the centre.
Amy Stephens - Waking Matter: This sculpture celebrates nature by showing off a piece of marble on top of a steel pedestal. It shows the natural with constructd steel.
Holly Stevenson - The Debate: The sculptures are created in ceramic and show two geese with an oversized egg.
Zak Ove - The Mothership Connection: The large totem of a rocketship is brightly painted with African and Caribbean style colours and masks, which tell the story of lost cultures.
Temitayo Ogunbiyi - You will carry dreams, memories, and new beginnings (48 days): Lagos-based artist included casts of 48 grinding stones to map a 48-day walk from Lagos to London.
Hank Willis Thomas - All Power to All People: This artwork shows an African pick and 'Black Power' salute for empowerment.
Tony Matelli - Sleepwalker: This shows a sleepwalking man, which represents a sense of crisis as being physically present but not in mind.
Catherine Czudej - Fat Man with Flowers 2 and Man Kneeling with Flowers: These are balloon sculptures.
Josh Smith - Friend: This bronze sculpture depicts the grim reaper, which is a symbol of death.
Yuichi Hirako - Yggdrasill / Books: The character symbolises nture on top of a stack of books.
Li Li Ren - To find a way home: The two abov sculptures were accompanied with a few scattered amongst the grass. There were six in total created from bronze and aluminium and depict sea creatures.
Leilah Babirye - Gyagenda: This bronze sculpture depicts a community of queer Buganda clanspeople. It translates to young people going out into a wider world.
Gülsün Karamustafa - Monument for the 21st Century: This is a red plinth.
Louise Nevelson - Model for Celebration II: This includes angular shapes and symbolises darkness.
Ayse Erkmen - Model for a Moss Column: The large totem sculpture is wrapped in moss and draws a line with a connection to nature.
Tomas Saraceno - Silent Autumn: This sculpture has autumnal colours, which depict the changing leaves.
Ghada Amer - My body my choice: This sculpture explores identity through culture and religion with understandings of the self.
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA - Material (SG): This British-Nigerian artist used the steel sculpture to signify issues of race and class the sculpture is created to appear as if a piece of fabric in the wind.
This wraps it up for Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park for 2023. For previous years, see my posts below:
Frieze Sculpture 2022
Frieze Sculpture 2021
Frieze Sculpture 2020
Frieze Sculpture 2019
Frieze Sculpture 2018
Frieze Art Fair 2017
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