It is always a pleasure to have Frieze annually come back to Regents Park. Frieze is open from the 9th – 13th October 2024.
There was art ranging from bench paintings by Michael Simpson to a painting of a Topman Shop closing down in Hemel Hempstead. Some of Michael Simpson’s grimmer work was portrayed such as Dead Cross No.3. Reza Aramesh’s painting called Study of the Head as Cultural Artefacts strongly stood out through how he was trying to create an image of violence to explore race.
What stood out for me about Michael Simpson’s bench paintings was how they could feature in everyday life. For example, how one of the paintings had a pitch black bench with light being shined on it creating a white surface. It had a cleaning cloth on top of it as well with a dark shade layered over it. His painting that stood out the most featured a naked bench with no contents over it which was completely see through. It appeared to be made of metal and featured a grey metallic object over it. The painting of the Topman Shop closing down in Hemel Hempstead Church strongly stood out towards me because it is uncommon to have a shop inside a building that was used for another purpose.
An example of Michael Cross’s grimmer work was Dead Cross No. 3. This related towards everyday life because the cross had poles holding it firmly in place. It had a mysterious sense to it because the painting has black writing written on it in another language. The Study of the Head as Cultural Artefacts painting by Reza Aramesh strongly stood out through its colour variety and with two men that were naked above the body with towels wrapped around their lower body. This created an edgy image because part of the painting had a sharp pointy looking object in it that was colourful. These are examples of the edgier art work in the exhibit. Tickets and further information can be found here.
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