Ian Micheal, Marco (Polo Boys), 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim.
Frieze Seoul Headlines a Busy South Korean Art Season
In the latest article of The New York Times by Ted Loos, the writer discusses the gallery’s return to art fairs after a year-long hiatus and how this September at Frieze Seoul the gallery will present a group exhibition of Amoako Boafo, Salah Elmur, Patrick Eugène, Yukimasa Ida, Clotilde Jiménez, Alexandre Lenoir, Ian Micheal, Ian Mwesiga and Peter Uka.
"There was a poetic curiosity about the work, she said of the people who stopped by the 2022 booth. Ibrahim had an idea about what motivated that inquisitive spirit, which came right after the worst phase of the Covid pandemic had just ended. Beauty is the answer to all of our problems and trauma, she said." - Mariane Ibrahim
Excerpted words written by Ted Loos for The New York Times.