Now in its third edition, Frieze Seoul will draw collectors and art enthusiasts to COEX in the city's Gangnam district from 4 to 7 September 2024.
The fair will feature over 110 galleries from Asia and beyond, plus a Frieze Masters section and a Focus Asia segment spotlighting emerging talent from the continent.
Ocula's Advisors offer a preview of eight standout works on view.
Pacita Abad's To Paint With a Twist at Tina Kim Gallery
It's impossible not to be drawn in by the lively energy of Pacita Abad's work, with its hypnotic patterns, exuberant colours, and seductive textures.
The late Filipina-American artist is celebrated for her unabashedly bold compositions, constructed using experimental techniques and an assortment of trinkets collected during her travels around the world.
In To Paint With a Twist (1991), Abad captures the joy of colour. The quilting-inspired trapunto technique, with its stitched and stuffed canvas, results in a beautifully dappled surface. Upon closer inspection, you'll find buttons embellishing the painted patterns which coalesce into a large-scale abstraction.
Tina Kim Gallery's booth will feature To Paint With a Twist alongside another of Abad's works, Twenty-five meters down on Layag-Layag Reef (1986).
While Abad's first major survey at MoMA PS1 in New York is coming to a close, it will tour to the Art Gallery of Ontario where it opens this October.
