The US artist Rachel Rose has been named the winner of the Frieze Artist Award. Her prize is a commission for the Frieze Art Fair in London (14-17 October) for which she will create a scale model of the fair tent that includes a lighting and sound design that will “simulate the sonic and visual sense frequencies of animals inhabiting Regent’s Park,” where the fair is held, according to a press release release.
Rose’s proposal was one of more than 1,200 applications submitted for the prize, now in its second year. “Rachel’s project stood out for the jury as proposing an elegant and complex engagement with the fair’s architecture and its surrounding context,” said Nicola Lees, the curator of Frieze Projects.
The award is sponsored by the Luma Foundation, which was established in 2004 and funds institutions and art projects that deal with environmental issues, human rights and education.
