Frieze Los Angeles 2025 to Feature 'Inside Out,' an ambitious public program curated by Art Production Fund
● Featured artists include Lita Albuquerque, Jackie Amézquita, Claire Chambless, Joel Gaitan, Madeline Hollander, Greg Ito, Ozzie Juarez and Dominique Moody
● Inspired by Los Angeles' landscape, the program explores themes of time, place, perspective, identity, and migration
Los Angeles, CA. — This February, Frieze Los Angeles will return with a dynamic edition of Frieze Projects, featuring a specially curated program by Art Production Fund. Titled ‘Inside Out’, the program will present site-specific works by Lita Albuquerque, Jackie Amézquita, Claire Chambless, Joel Gaitan, Madeline Hollander, Greg Ito, Ozzie Juarez and Dominique Moody, each exploring the theme of perspective—how personal histories and experiences shape our understanding of Los Angeles and its layered cultural landscape.
Frieze Los Angeles takes place from February 20 to 23, 2025 at Santa Monica Airport. With global lead partner, Deutsche Bank, the fair continues its legacy of celebrating artistic excellence at an international level.
Christine Messineo, Frieze’s Director of Americas, said, "We are thrilled to present 'Inside Out' at Frieze Los Angeles 2025, a program that deeply engages with the themes of identity, migration, and community. Our collaboration with Art Production Fund has been instrumental to Frieze Los Angeles over the past three years, with each edition introducing playful and engaging works by artists who have become part of the cultural lexicon. We are particularly proud that this initiative has provided many artists the opportunity to create their first large-scale public artworks. This year, a cohort of exceptional artists will invite visitors to reflect on the personal histories that shape our collective landscape, transforming Los Angeles into an open stage for exploration. We extend our thanks to the city of Santa Monica for their invaluable support and continued commitment to making art accessible to all."
Casey Fremont, Executive Director, Art Production Fund added: “Art Production Fund is honored to once again partner with Frieze Los Angeles to present ‘Inside Out'. Building on the momentum of the 2023 and 2024 programs, the public will have the opportunity to interact with art like never before. This year, the program's artists reflect on how personal histories shape who we are. These projects focus on individual stories and point of view, while inviting visitors to participate in a collective experience, enhancing their understanding and relationship to contemporary art.”
This year’s projects will take visitors on a reflective journey through the city’s neighborhoods and histories, showcasing works by a diverse group of leading intergenerational artists. Among them is Lita Albuquerque, a pioneer of the Land Art and Light & Space movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on themes that she has explored throughout her 50-year career, Albuquerque will place a boulder coated in ultramarine, blue pigment atop a bed of decomposed granite. Albuquerque’s commission underscores the fleeting nature of our connection to the environment while anchoring viewers in the present. The use of blue bridges earth and cosmos, transforming light into matter through poetic, transient gestures.
The themes of migration and adaptation will take center stage in Jackie Amézquita’s large-scale interactive painting, set to occupy the community soccer fields at the Santa Monica Airport campus. Using traditional petates (woven mats) and an assortment of natural materials, Amézquita reinterprets migration data graphs as a dynamic social gathering map. Visitors will be invited to walk the pathways and immerse themselves in the work. Amézquita's work, featured in the 2023 Made in L.A. Biennale, explores intersections, movement, and the connections that shape community. Amézquita's commission for Frieze Los Angeles is supported by Maestro Dobel Tequila, the official tequila of Frieze's North American fairs.
Meanwhile, Claire Chambless will add a sense of anticipation to this year’s program with her interactive sculpture hunt. Golden eggs containing miniature sculptures will be hidden across the fair and its surroundings, inviting visitors to encounter and collect art in unexpected ways. Playful yet thought- provoking, Chambless’ work challenges traditional modes of art acquisition, fostering communal exploration and using play to spark conversations about feminist, communal, and environmental themes, rather than reinforcing competition or scarcity.
Joel Gaitan will continue the exploration of home and identity with an installation transforming a central pathway into a welcoming façade, inspired by his Nicaraguan and Miami heritage. A hybrid of domestic architecture and personal memory, the work will feature terracotta-style roofing, ceramic-filled windows and a plant-laden balcony, creating a space for gathering and reflection while encouraging visitors to consider their own connections to place.
LA-based artist and choreographer, Madeline Hollander, will be presenting a collaboration with local pilots. Inspired by her childhood flight lessons, which influenced her approach to dance, and her understanding of the body’s symbiotic relationship to machines, Hollander has worked closely with a select group of flight instructors to share this embodied experience. Having grown up nearby Santa Monica Airport, her project invites a deeply personal reflection of the artist's relationship to aviation and the Los Angeles landscape.
Greg Ito’s A Time to Blossom , a large-scale inflatable sculpture, features a golden alarm clock crowned with vibrant orange blossoms. This time-based symbol serves as a radiant beacon of hope, inspiring growth, perseverance, and resilience. It is an ode to the human spirit and its ability to overcome life’s challenges with strength and grace. The sculpture also serves as a poignant reminder that time is precious—a call to spend it wisely, nurturing what truly matters and embracing the opportunities for transformation and renewal.
Ozzie Juarez, a first-generation Mexican American multidisciplinary artist and founder of TLALOC Studios, will draw from his roots in South Central Los Angeles to recreate murals, architectural fragments and live performances from his neighborhood. His project constructs a portal into his personal experience and explores how cultural identity is often overlooked amid rapid urban change. Juarez’s work is a vibrant celebration of communal life, infused with the spirit of swap meets and tianguis (open-air markets).
Los Angeles-based artist Dominique Moody will restage her celebrated installation, THE NOMAD , a mobile dwelling crafted from found objects and salvaged materials. Recently shown at the Hammer Museum, this functional live-in artist residency on wheels serves as both a personal portrait and a nomadic vessel addressing themes of housing insecurity, displacement, and the global Diaspora, while challenging our perceptions of home. THE NOMAD Frieze Los Angeles installation will be presented in partnership with Destination Crenshaw.
‘Inside Out’ affirms Frieze Los Angeles’ role as a vital platform for dialogue between art, community, and the unique fabric of the city. Each project will invite audiences to see the world—and themselves—from a different vantage point, offering a richly layered experience that is both personal and collective.
Opening Times:
• Thursday, February 20: (invitation only)
• Friday, February 21: 11am – 7pm (invitation only 11am – 1pm, open to the public from 1pm)
• Saturday, February 22: 11am – 7pm
• Sunday, February 23: 11am – 6pm
Accessibility
The fair is fully accessible for individuals with reduced mobility. Companion or carer tickets are available free of charge: after booking your ticket, please get in touch at frieze.seetickets.com/customerservice to arrange. Wheelchairs and hearing loops are available at the coat check, and ADA parking slots may be accessed via Donald Douglas Loop. The accessibility map for Frieze Los Angeles 2024, with further information for route planning, will be made available soon.
Frieze is a leading global contemporary art organization, renowned for its art fairs, publications and digital presence. Founded in 1991 with the launch of frieze magazine, the brand has grown to encompass seven of the most significant art fairs worldwide in cities including Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York and Seoul. These events attract leading artists, galleries and collectors, fostering innovative dialogues and practices within the art community. frieze magazine continues to set the benchmark for insightful art criticism and commentary, while frieze.com serves as a vital online resource. Committed to expanding the reach and understanding of contemporary art, Frieze also hosts year-round curated programs and associated initiatives, such as No.9 Cork Street and Frieze 91, that enrich the cultural landscape. With a dedicated team passionate about the arts, Frieze remains at the forefront of artistic exploration and cultural discourse, connecting diverse audiences with groundbreaking artists and their work. Frieze is part of the IMG network. For more information, visit frieze.com.
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