Although its moniker refers toan ancient art form, London’sFrieze Art Fair, staging itssixth run in Regent’s Parkfrom October 16 through 19, isa high-glam gathering of theworld’s edgiest and mostinfluential contemporary-artgalleries. Along with asolid presence of American,European and Japaneseexhibitors among the150 dealers on hand, there isstrong representation fromthe fast-expanding markets ofBrazil, China, India and Russia.

Beijing’s Long MarchSpace, one of ninenewcomers, is bringing workby two Chinese artists: LinTianmiao, whose mannequinlikefigures encased inluminescent materials sell for$80,000 and up, and GuoFengyi, who draws complexcompositions of historic sitesand human biological systemsthat are priced at about$12,000 each. São Paulo’sGaleria Vermelho featuresthe work of the Brazilian-bornduo Angela Detanico andRafael Lain, whose collaborativeinstallations, objects andvideos investigate the formsand systems of languageand are priced from $5,000.

“The Frieze fair, with itsdevotion to living artists, has areal freshness to it,” says AlexDodge, of New York’s CRGGallery, which is displaying amix of sculpture and photographyby emerging artistsColby Bird, O Zhang andMindy Shapero with pricetags under $10,000. Newcolor photographs by CindySherman exploring notionsof self-image and beauty—familiar themes for Sherman—are priced between $150,000and $250,000 at the booth ofNew York’s Metro Pictures.The Cuban-born artistWilfredo Prieto is Frieze’s2008 Cartier Award winner.Known for installations thatrecontextualize everydayobjects, Prieto has created awork for the fair composed ofmore than 100 oil drums.“Frieze is unique,” saysDavid Tung, of Long MarchSpace, “for its role as a marketplacenot only for artworksbut for ideas.” "Frieze Frame" originally appeared in the October 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's October 2008 Table of Contents.