Frieze Projects: “Now Playing” | Fairs | Fairs & Collecting

Chris Burden’s 40 Foot Stepped Skyscraper (2011) will be included in Frieze Projects at Frieze Los Angeles. The sculpture will feature in Now Playing, a selection of performances and outdoor artworks organized by Art Production Fund and installed at Frieze Los Angeles’s new site at Santa Monica Airport. Now Playing brings together artworks that shine a light on the often overlooked elements of everyday life in Los Angeles and forms part of Frieze Projects, a program of site-specific works that is one of the fair’s annual highlights. Participating artists in Now Playing include Autumn Breon, Chris Burden, Jose Dávila, Simone Forti, Basil Kincaid, Divya Mehra, Ruben Ochoa, Alake Shilling, and Jennifer West.

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