Asian art at Frieze

Because of the craziness of my work schedule recently, the only free time I had during Frieze opening hours was the last two hours before closing on Sunday.  So naturally I ran around like a maniac trying to find all the Asian art at the fair.  Here are some select highlights from what I could track down and photograph in that limited time and with my poor photography skills:

The big names in Chinese and Japanese art (ie. Zhang Xiaogang, Ai Weiwei, Zhang Huan, Takashi Murakami) were represented by the big names in the gallery world (Pace, Lisson, Perrotin).

Takashi Murakami's Bunbu-kun Carbon Fiber, 2010 at Perrotin

Two stand out Korean artists for me were Kibong Rhee (Kukje Gallery) who showed a beautifully textured landscape layered under sheets of plexiglass and Jung Lee who exhibited humorous neon light installations and photographs in the Frame section (One And J. Gallery).

Kibong Rhee's Vanishing Island, 2011 at Kukje Gallery

Jung Lee at One And J. Gallery

I also loved Tejal Shah's photographs at Project 88 and was admittedly intrigued/bewildered by Aki Saramoto's performance for Take Ninagawa.

Tejal Shah's Encounter(s) V, 2006 at Project 88

Aki Saramoto and her lemon slice skewers at Take Ninagawa 

Finally, this piece at Vitamin Creative Space caught my eye, but there were no labels. I know I know it...any help internet world?

??? at Vitamin Creative

There was also a stunning bindi 'painting' by Bharti Kher at Pace that I couldn't manage to get a decent photo of, as well as a Raqib Shaw triptych, but more on him to come...