I sincerely appreciated this video. It shows artists, like myself, who live outside of the U.S., how the art is represented in America. Thank you so much for this
Don't agree with that. The pictures are constantly moving, shaking (don't know the proper English word). It makes me dizzy. Thanks for filming it and give comments of course! I couldn't do that! But to me it is hard to watch and I had to stop after several minutes. :(
Thanks for bringing this to us. Good job to get some excellent steady-cam shots of the overall pieces. There's such an amazing variety of things to look at. A bit overwhelming to take it all in. The Frieze is always an inspiring venue to all and everyone who loves art ! ! ! Thank you Kate . . .
Once I was deeply involved with the NYC music and art scene.(Late 70's -90's). It takes a lot of energy. Now I can see the NYC skyline from my window but go the other way. I'm thankful to you and Kate for keeping an eye on things.BTW, I hung out with you a few times on the street when you were making mosaics around St. Marks Place back in the day.Good times in a funny way!
I have been looking at videos of tours through galleries and whatnot, and I have to say, you're the first one I've found that has commentary. I very much appreciate it! It was nice to go on the journey with ya!
I like to see Beautiful, Meaningful and Colorful Contemporary Art. Even if the subject matter is ugly, the art can still be created in a beautiful way. It seems to me most artists here don't even know how to draw and paint. Reasons why majority of average people don't take Artists seriously.
BINGO! There have been several times I ran out of paintings to sell so I go in the closet and find stuff I did when just beginning that looked terrible, I hated and did'nt want anyone to see and it sold first.
Cierto. "Si no sabes ni puedes dibujar, pintar, esculpir como verdadero artista; conviértete en "artista contemporáneo", envasa tu excremento y véndelo".
Pounce, regarding Alex Katz's cartoons. I only know because up until the early '90s, when I left the billboard industry, the paint shop was still using that technique to transfer the drawings (via overhead projector) to the billboards. And as always, thank you Kate!
Thank you for making this! I am an artist out in LA and cannot afford to attend these things but getting access through your work is greatly appreciated!
About that "chunky" painting: seems Bram Bogart used a mixture in his paints, like a cement or lots marble dust or clay powders,etc.. The painting here (artist with the Chinese name) seems to look like pure oil paint (?) Has a different, more edible quality than Bogart... enjoying both artists.
Ok. I was to lazy to edit my comment, but this art fair seems to favor the artist, rather then the money, I know that all art fairs are all about the money, but this one seems more 50/50, show really GOOD art and maybe make some money in the end. Thanks James, and Kate.
@@kamikazeyazzie regarding the money end of things; it cost me over eighty bucks to get into the fair, fifty-five for entrance and twenty-five for the ferry from 35th Street. I don''t know how many visitors attended but thousands. The booths are very expensive, the food and drinks are pricey, and even the merch is high priced. So, before any art has been sold, there's plenty of cash that's flowing in. If there is a diffrence between FRIEZE and some of the other fairs, in my opinion, it would be that they curate it better (keep out the riff-raff commercial stuff) and have a flexible program...JK
jameskalmroughcut wow 80 dollars for a ticket? I thought that I payed way less a few years ago at frieze london. But maybe my memory is failing me. I think TEFAF (the main tefaf in Maastricht NL) is even only 40 euros or something. Or maybe they changed it to 70 euro's? The food is always horrible at art fairs. Paid a lot of money for a sandwich in a dutch art fair that only costed about 13 euros to enter. So i can imagine frieze food is priced like gold. Anyways thank you so much for your video's! I live in the Netherlands and therefore don't really have the chance to view the USA art world that closely. (Only at tefaf, frieze london or basel etc.) Your video's are a pleasure!!! Thanks again Greetings, Sam
@@jameskalmroughcut Thanks for the insight, the art at FRIEZE seems to be current, but diverse, which is a good thing, and you covered it very well. I always look forward to your videos that cover alot of ground, like your Bushwick studio visits or your art fair videos. Nice.
I don't follow the scene nearly as closely as I did in my New York days. But it seems there hasn't been a significant school since identity politics in the 90s. Even trends, discounting the shifting lean towards naturalism or abstraction, are based on materiality rather than aesthetics now. Last year's neon becomes this year's mirrors. Am I correct? You would know better than anyone else. Thanks for the video btw James.
Yes @henry bogle , you just have to keep in mind that the FRIEZE fair, and all the other major fairs exist for one reason and one reason only, and that's to sell art. So, to even get through the door, the first thing one must know is that the market is what is deciding what's going to be seen. That being said, I don't think it's ever been much different. These events just make it more obvious to the informed viewer...JK
This video is best if play it at twice the normal speed, and with the sound turned off, so you can have music playing in the background etc. Or just some quiet.
Although, most likely, the majority of artists in this show think of themselves as revolutionary or anti-establishment (or nontraditional) this show couldn't be any more institutional. This is the historical equivalent of the "official" salons which spurred on the Salon Des Refuses of 1863... but what would be in the "refuses" show?
Remember, this is a “commercial” art fair. It costs tens of thousands of dollars just to rent a booth. Who in their right mind would pay money like that if they didn’t hope to at least break even? I’ve recently been rereading “The Theory of the Avant-Garde” by Renato Poggioli, and “Theory of the Avant-Garde” by Peter Bürger. Admittedly, these texts are fifty years old at this point but…the Avant-Garde or Neo-Avant-Garde have disappeared, they’ve been absorbed into commerce. The notion of the “revolutionary or anti-establishment (or nontraditional)” seems like just another sales pitch now…JK
@@jameskalmroughcut There will always be an equivalent of an "avant-garde" in the sense that there will always be artists who are creating the styles that will be adopted in the future and which are not yet widely known to the general public. Of course these people will not call themselves the names of the past ---like in the early 1900's the term avant garde might have been fresh but there were surely earlier terms from the 1500's, 1600's, 1700's, 1800's etc to describe rule breaking pioneers. But the main point of my original post was that the work I see in this video feels to me like an empty retreading of past ideas and styles... and I am asking what are the current methods of painting that are substantial and are relevant? One thing that I always argue with fellow artists is the historical importance of graffiti. It not only is the most Post-Modern of 2-D based art forms (in the sense that it completely recontextualized the way in which art is consumed -every painting is an act of performance and theatre that deconstructs the hierarchy of the art world), it is also the most internationally consistent. What other movement has established an equally consistent international language?
I find that the art in art fairs looks so clinical, so soulless.....but I am not sure if it's beause of the environment or the art (......or maybe even because of some kind of fear and loathing that I'm projecting).
Mostly very low quality pieces, that's not the level of 2k19. But i liked 3-4 artists, they're really good. So this is it: 3-4 good artists and hundreds of random untalented persons.
Frieze still depressing. Mainly paintings and commercial stuff...for god sake Murakami... this is a portrait of how commercially driven is the current art world. Painting is dead. Art became a field to decorate the walls of neoliberalism.
Torment...sad paintings mostly..Rashid paints darkness, clearly...is Hype more prevalent than Art today ? ... when art is debased to a convoluted tormented intellectual expression it has lost it's artistic value... I used to like frieze
I had to quit watching due to the terrible narration, dizzying camera movement, and horrible editing and not really focusing on anything. I don't think making videos is your forte, however, the effort is appreciated.
I sincerely appreciated this video. It shows artists, like myself, who live outside of the U.S., how the art is represented in America. Thank you so much for this
Trust me, this stuff is garbage in the U.S. or anywhere else.
Could feel your pain at the Outsider section, So much So little time . Another great report. Thank You James and Kate . Regards.
This guy does great viewings considering he’s just walking around..not too fast or too slow with great knowledge too..thanks...
Don't agree with that. The pictures are constantly moving, shaking (don't know the proper English word). It makes me dizzy. Thanks for filming it and give comments of course! I couldn't do that! But to me it is hard to watch and I had to stop after several minutes. :(
Thanks for bringing this to us. Good job to get some excellent steady-cam shots of the overall pieces. There's such an amazing variety of things to look at. A bit overwhelming to take it all in. The Frieze is always an inspiring venue to all and everyone who loves art ! ! ! Thank you Kate . . .
Thank you Kate for giving so much aid to James Kalm.
You don't know the half of it....JK
Once I was deeply involved with the NYC music and art scene.(Late 70's -90's). It takes a lot of energy. Now I can see the NYC skyline from my window but go the other way. I'm thankful to you and Kate for keeping an eye on things.BTW, I hung out with you a few times on the street when you were making mosaics around St. Marks Place back in the day.Good times in a funny way!
@@jameskalmroughcut thank you James, thank you Kate.😀 You just don't know how much I appreciate all your efforts, and expertise here. Thank you.
wonderful reportage & commentary ...
wish i could've been there ..
thank you so much James for recording this show ...
I have been looking at videos of tours through galleries and whatnot, and I have to say, you're the first one I've found that has commentary. I very much appreciate it! It was nice to go on the journey with ya!
Fascinating to listen to you talk about the work. So accepting to new ideas!
I like to see Beautiful, Meaningful and Colorful Contemporary Art. Even if the subject matter is ugly, the art can still be created in a beautiful way. It seems to me most artists here don't even know how to draw and paint. Reasons why majority of average people don't take Artists seriously.
"If you can't make it good make it big" -- Vinny Van Tard
BINGO! There have been several times I ran out of paintings to sell so I go in the closet and find stuff I did when just beginning that looked terrible, I hated and did'nt want anyone to see and it sold first.
exactly what i was thinking.
Cierto. "Si no sabes ni puedes dibujar, pintar, esculpir como verdadero artista; conviértete en "artista contemporáneo", envasa tu excremento y véndelo".
True. "If you do not know and cannot draw, paint, sculpt like a true artist; become a" contemporary artist ", pack your excrement and sell it."
Always nice to come back to this
Thanks Kate-- we had a great time!
You’re the man James. Thanks so much, very cool
your the best James back since 10 years back!
Like the Williams, Brown, and Ferrier?? You covered a lot of ground in this show. A big thank you to Kate all the editing that must have occurred.
Those hinged things are fantastic-- Surprised they're from the 60s- 70s, they look very fresh
Yeah, that's one of the surprising discoveries of this visit to FRIEZE 2019...
Art brut is realy fascinating...
Thank you!
thank you, James!
Thanx so much for giving us the Tour de Frieze!
Gracias,por su esfuerzo.
You do excellent work! Thanks and please keep it up!
Wasn't that into most of this one but thanks for doing the legwork anyways James! You are a hero!
Pounce, regarding Alex Katz's cartoons. I only know because up until the early '90s, when I left the billboard industry, the paint shop was still using that technique to transfer the drawings (via overhead projector) to the billboards. And as always, thank you Kate!
Thank you Kate.
Great video thanks for making it. The matchstick paintings you were looking at are by Harold Ancart.
Yeah thanks @Edward_ynn1 I kinda figured that'w who they were by. I covered one of his shows at Clearing in Bushwick, about six months ago...
Thank you for making this! I am an artist out in LA and cannot afford to attend these things but getting access through your work is greatly appreciated!
Thanks ThisisChaco 69, that's a big reason why I started this project fifteen years ago...JK
@@jameskalmroughcut lol Whatever your reasons, I appreciate the work you put in...!!
Shortcut to unfortunate artist death stories: 37:00 and 57:24. Thanks Kate!
I keep clicking the bell to get notified of new posts and youtude keeps unchecking it i don't know why
rob smith sane for me . Pricks
About that "chunky" painting: seems Bram Bogart used a mixture in his paints, like a cement or lots marble dust or clay powders,etc.. The painting here (artist with the Chinese name) seems to look like pure oil paint (?) Has a different, more edible quality than Bogart... enjoying both artists.
Thank you!!!! You did an excellent job!!!! 👍
❤️LOVED IT!
i appreciate what you are offering...one request, get a shot of the whole piece. Most are partial views. It's frustrating!
Thank you!
I made it through all 80 minutes. This video is longer than that Alex Katz. Epic work, Mr. Kalm!
I do have to ask, how is FRIEZE, different from Art Basel, The Armory Show, and all the other art fair's out there? I love your channel, bro.
Ok. I was to lazy to edit my comment, but this art fair seems to favor the artist, rather then the money, I know that all art fairs are all about the money, but this one seems more 50/50, show really GOOD art and maybe make some money in the end. Thanks James, and Kate.
@@kamikazeyazzie regarding the money end of things; it cost me over eighty bucks to get into the fair, fifty-five for entrance and twenty-five for the ferry from 35th Street. I don''t know how many visitors attended but thousands. The booths are very expensive, the food and drinks are pricey, and even the merch is high priced. So, before any art has been sold, there's plenty of cash that's flowing in. If there is a diffrence between FRIEZE and some of the other fairs, in my opinion, it would be that they curate it better (keep out the riff-raff commercial stuff) and have a flexible program...JK
jameskalmroughcut
wow 80 dollars for a ticket? I thought that I payed way less a few years ago at frieze london. But maybe my memory is failing me.
I think TEFAF (the main tefaf in Maastricht NL) is even only 40 euros or something. Or maybe they changed it to 70 euro's?
The food is always horrible at art fairs. Paid a lot of money for a sandwich in a dutch art fair that only costed about 13 euros to enter. So i can imagine frieze food is priced like gold.
Anyways thank you so much for your video's! I live in the Netherlands and therefore don't really have the chance to view the USA art world that closely. (Only at tefaf, frieze london or basel etc.)
Your video's are a pleasure!!!
Thanks again
Greetings,
Sam
@@jameskalmroughcut Thanks for the insight, the art at FRIEZE seems to be current, but diverse, which is a good thing, and you covered it very well. I always look forward to your videos that cover alot of ground, like your Bushwick studio visits or your art fair videos. Nice.
Thank you Kate
Hi James I clicked the bell god knows how many times and it is always unchecked maybe check your TH-cam settings
Thanks for sharing!
love to have this view in Frieze... tnx James
I don't follow the scene nearly as closely as I did in my New York days. But it seems there hasn't been a significant school since identity politics in the 90s. Even trends, discounting the shifting lean towards naturalism or abstraction, are based on materiality rather than aesthetics now. Last year's neon becomes this year's mirrors. Am I correct? You would know better than anyone else. Thanks for the video btw James.
Yes @henry bogle , you just have to keep in mind that the FRIEZE fair, and all the other major fairs exist for one reason and one reason only, and that's to sell art. So, to even get through the door, the first thing one must know is that the market is what is deciding what's going to be seen. That being said, I don't think it's ever been much different. These events just make it more obvious to the informed viewer...JK
This video is best if play it at twice the normal speed, and with the sound turned off, so you can have music playing in the background etc. Or just some quiet.
One photographer whose work is nice, I missed that. That's one. I could not eat lunch and watch this.
Love Kato's work and the Rauschenbergs
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thank u for sharing
The Albers in bubble wrap... it's not actually bubble wrap. It's a sculpture (but looks very real)
Thank u for this channel bro
Very disappointing but thanks for video tour James!
Do you know the guitarist duo name? Love their vibe!!
Pretty sure that last one was an Alice Neel
Maybe those large matchstick paintings by R Janitz ?
They are by Harold Ancart, actually.
I threw up twice, but I enjoyed the show and your expertise!
Funny, because at least two pieces looked like someone had indeed thrown up on the canvas.
Which ones Jamie? I was teasing about the Blair Witch camera action!
Although, most likely, the majority of artists in this show think of themselves as revolutionary or anti-establishment (or nontraditional) this show couldn't be any more institutional. This is the historical equivalent of the "official" salons which spurred on the Salon Des Refuses of 1863... but what would be in the "refuses" show?
Remember, this is a “commercial” art fair. It costs tens of thousands of dollars just to rent a booth. Who in their right mind would pay money like that if they didn’t hope to at least break even? I’ve recently been rereading “The Theory of the Avant-Garde” by Renato Poggioli, and “Theory of the Avant-Garde” by Peter Bürger. Admittedly, these texts are fifty years old at this point but…the Avant-Garde or Neo-Avant-Garde have disappeared, they’ve been absorbed into commerce. The notion of the “revolutionary or anti-establishment (or nontraditional)” seems like just another sales pitch now…JK
@@jameskalmroughcut There will always be an equivalent of an "avant-garde" in the sense that there will always be artists who are creating the styles that will be adopted in the future and which are not yet widely known to the general public. Of course these people will not call themselves the names of the past ---like in the early 1900's the term avant garde might have been fresh but there were surely earlier terms from the 1500's, 1600's, 1700's, 1800's etc to describe rule breaking pioneers. But the main point of my original post was that the work I see in this video feels to me like an empty retreading of past ideas and styles... and I am asking what are the current methods of painting that are substantial and are relevant? One thing that I always argue with fellow artists is the historical importance of graffiti. It not only is the most Post-Modern of 2-D based art forms (in the sense that it completely recontextualized the way in which art is consumed -every painting is an act of performance and theatre that deconstructs the hierarchy of the art world), it is also the most internationally consistent. What other movement has established an equally consistent international language?
Katsumi(sp?) are painted sculptures; not paintings
Well nothing earthshaking there thanks James
I love love love your comments but could not reach half the video... Your camera movements made me sea sick
How much did that one chunky oil painting cost in materials?
I find that the art in art fairs looks so clinical, so soulless.....but I am not sure if it's beause of the environment or the art (......or maybe even because of some kind of fear and loathing that I'm projecting).
That first "piece" summed it up - "a load of balls"........
interesting but the art is disappointing
I lasted 7 mins. The jerky camera movements gave me a headache.
muita decoração
I now have a better understanding of the expression = " the 7 year itch "
Хвала.
some people love Compmaturism ( Cutting-Edge Contemporary Art)
So much crap
Mostly very low quality pieces, that's not the level of 2k19.
But i liked 3-4 artists, they're really good. So this is it: 3-4 good artists and hundreds of random untalented persons.
Crap
Niceeeeeee
might like these chunky ones www.grossmccleaf.com/artistpages/li-t.html . L O V E Zhu Jinshi's paintings!
modern art is created by non artists
Chunkiest of chunky oil paint 51:00
Visual manifestation of too many humans packed into too small a space too long.
the katz manipulations are worth money
Frieze still depressing. Mainly paintings and commercial stuff...for god sake Murakami... this is a portrait of how commercially driven is the current art world. Painting is dead. Art became a field to decorate the walls of neoliberalism.
Why does it matter what size the work is? tell me why it is cool. I must say much of this is horse shit art
Torment...sad paintings mostly..Rashid paints darkness, clearly...is Hype more prevalent than Art today ? ... when art is debased to a convoluted tormented intellectual expression it has lost it's artistic value... I used to like frieze
Oh, come on....boring ho hum!
Geschmack loser Bilder.
Why don't these artists just go on you tube and learn how to draw or buy a beginners drawing book.
Good coverage but your relentless narration and opinion can be tedious.
derivative and, at best, mediocre collection.
I had to quit watching due to the terrible narration, dizzying camera movement, and horrible editing and not really focusing on anything. I don't think making videos is your forte, however, the effort is appreciated.
Your comment is stupid and plain incorrect.