A corner of Regent’s Park yet again becomes a temporary sculpture park, for Frieze Sculpture 2023.
Serving as a kind of free amuse bouche for Frieze London (which takes place in October), Frieze Sculpture — running from 20 September-29 October — sees work by 22 international sculptors dotted around the English Gardens of Regent’s Park, in a display curated by artist Fatoş Üstek.
Among those that’ve caught our eye include Suhasini Kejriwal’s Garden of Un-Earthly Delights — a pretty looking fibreglass ‘cactus’, which is undoubtedly going to attract the wandering fingers of young visitors; Sanford Biggers’ playful ‘Cheshire’ (a broad nod towards Alice in Wonderland); Gülsün Karamustafa’s Monument for the 21st Century — a stack of MDF acrobats balanced on top of one another; and Tony Matelli’s frankly terrifying painted bronze statue of a sleepwalker (we can certainly envisage the kids running the hell away from THAT particular one).
Judging by the preview pics, this is one of the most fun looking Frieze Sculptures in recent years — and seeing as it doesn’t cost a thing to visit, is most certainly worth a short detour if you’re around central London.
In other sculpture news, you’ve got until 27 October to track down the 30 painted giraffes scattered around central Croydon.
Frieze Sculpture, Regent’s Park (the English Gardens, in the south east corner of the park), 20 September-29 October 2023, free
