Frieze Seoul. 2 - 5 September 2022


Stephen Friedman Gallery brings together artists Mamma Andersson, Leilah Babirye, Sarah Ball, Denzil Forrester, Hulda Guzmán, Deborah Roberts, Anne Rothenstein, Jiro Takamatsu and Caroline Walker for the first ever edition of Frieze Seoul. Each artist represents unique perspectives on figuration and landscape with new paintings and sculptures.

Gabe. Sarah Ball 2022 Oil on linen 120 x120 cm

Stephen Friedman Gallery presents ‘From Near and Far’, an exhibition exploring the notion of collage.

9 June - 23 July 2022

Emma Oil on linen 200x200cm 2022

Bringing together 16 contemporary female artists, the exhibition focuses on collage as a concept and an art form; from the traditional method of splicing together imagery to amalgamating figures, forms, gestures and viewpoints. The artists are united by a shared interest in figuration.

Curated by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of The Great Women Artists, and artist Deborah Roberts, the exhibition features over twenty works, many of which have never been shown before. Gallery artists Sarah Ball, Deborah Roberts and Caroline Walker all present new works. Other highlights include significant, large-scale paintings by Jordan Casteel and Amy Sherald; a series of collages by Lubaina Himid that have never previously been exhibited; and new works by Kenturah Davis, M. Florine Démosthène, Genevieve Gaignard, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Chantal Joffe, Aubrey Levinthal, Martha Rosler, Anne Rothenstein, Betye Saar and Mickalene Thomas.

‘From Near and Far’ demonstrates how artists have used collage to translate and evoke the world around them. The works dissect political and social norms embedded in mainstream visual culture and expose fractured aspects of society whilst also presenting images of unity.

The exhibiting artists build on the legacy of pioneering women such as Hannah Höch, who used the medium in photomontage, and Pauline Boty, who pioneered the technique of ‘painting’ collage. Kudzanai-Violet Hwami uses the technique of collage for its freedom and power to connect thoughts and words, whilst Deborah Roberts combines images of different skin tones, facial features, hairstyles and clothes to create empowering depictions of Black youth. Working with magazines, Martha Rosler brings to light social and political injustices, whilst Anne Rothenstein and Chantal Joffe use the medium in its rawest form to explore figuration.

Caroline Walker and Sarah Ball deploy collage in the preliminary stages of their work, blending preparatory photographs to create a composite image from which to paint, whilst Amy Sherald explores the figure/ground relationship by setting her figures against flat planes of bright colour.

Also at Stephen Friedman Gallery and presented alongside ‘From Near and Far’ is Deborah Roberts’ solo exhibition, ‘I want to talk about you’ at 25-28 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair.

Space for imaginative actions: Kunstmuseum, Bonn.

Group Exhibition 8 May 2022–31 January 2024

'Space for imaginative actions'

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Sarah Ball, Elise, 2021, permanent loan Sammlung Scharpff-Striebich, photo: Stephen Friedman Gallery.

On the occasion of the institution’s 30th anniversary, Kunstmuseum Bonn presents a comprehensive survey of its collection of contemporary art across twenty rooms. ‘Space for imaginative actions’ offers fresh perspectives on key figures, movements and subjects, as well as showcasing some of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists.

Participating artists include: Adam Adach, Horst Antes, Thomas Arnolds, Ed Atkins, Monika Baer, Sarah Ball, Rolf Bier, Bernhard Johannes und Anna Blume, John Bock, Reto Boller, Shannon Bool, Peter Brüning, Angela Bulloch, Michael Buthe, Thomas Demand, Jadé Fadojutimi, Max Frintrop, Bruno Goller, Tamara Grcic, Lotta Hannerz, Hans Hartung, Charline von Heyl, Gerhard Hoehme, Stephan Huber, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Maximilian Kirmse, Jürgen Klauke, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhöfer, Michel Majerus, Nanne Meyer, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Albert Oehlen, Susanne Paesler, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Rentmeister, Gerhard Richter, Rolf Rose, Jörg Sasse, Thomas Scheibitz, Kristina Schuldt, Bernard Schultze, Andreas Schulze, Emil Schumacher, Norbert Schwontkowski, Wiebke Siem, Andreas Slominski, Fred Thieler, Rosemarie Trockel, Corinne Wasmuht, Markus Weggenmann and Birgit Werres.