The sector’s most impressive stand-so much so that it received the fair’s Focus Asia Stand Prize -belongs to Seoul-based Cylinder, which features five bravura paintings and a ceramic sculpture by multi-disciplinary artist Sinae Yoo. Standouts include White Noise’s riotously irreverent booth of paintings, ceramic and performance by Rondi Park A-Lounge’s suite of coolly glitchy figurative paintings by Soojung Jung and G Gallery’s stand of otherworldly textile sculptures by Woo Hannah, the recipient of Frieze Seoul’s first artist award.
The Focus Asia section of Frieze features several strong presentations by newer Seoul galleries showing works by emerging Korean artists. One is currently on view, within an immersive installation, in Panorama (until 28 October), a showcase of emerging Korean artists at the Songeun Art Space (Inbai is also featured). Though her pieces at the fair are static- Hello (2023), a work on paper priced at $3,400 that depicts an enigmatic owl, and Fat Cat (2023), a painting of a rotund pink kitty priced at $3,000-she is first and foremost a moving image artist, creating absurdist, existential and darkly comical hand-drawn animations. On the lower level of the Coex convention centre, on its stand at Kiaf, Arario is showcasing the work of another artist who has built a reputation domestically but has yet to break through internationally, Raejung Sim. The gallery has paired the sculpture, priced at $12,500, with two related drawings that feature a similarly understated silhouette and are priced at $5,500.
“Most people think sculptures are three-dimensional, but we often still experience them from just one perspective Inbai tries to create a three-dimensional sense of the object that conveys movement with shifting light,” says Sojung Kong, an executive director at Arario. Inbai Kim, Back 5/8, 2023 Courtesy the artist and Arario Gallery, Seoul
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