Lehmann Maupin returns to Frieze London for the 19th time with a presentation that spotlights our artists’ institutional and gallery activity on both sides of the Atlantic. Booth highlights include new works by Nari Ward and Tammy Nguyen ahead of their first solo exhibitions in the UK, both opening at Lehmann Maupin London. Additionally, the gallery will present new sculptures by London-based, Korean artist Do Ho Suh, as well as works by Erwin Wurm and Nicholas Hlobo, who have concurrent exhibitions in the UK. On view at our gallery space in South Kensington is the two-artist exhibition Disfigurations, featuring London-based artist Mandy El-Sayegh and Berlin-based artist and curator Kader Attia, whose works are also on view in our booth.

Preceding Nari Ward’s solo exhibition and UK debut at Lehmann Maupin London this November, our Frieze presentation includes the artist’s historical work Chrysalis (2010), alongside a new copper panel work titled Restin’ Our Heart (2023). Widely celebrated for his sculptural installations of found objects, Ward often uses detritus sourced from his neighborhood in Harlem to activate the emotional resonance of everyday objects. Chrysalis features a faux-baroque mirror that frames an unheralded or premature version of an American flag made from foam. An assemblage of both nascent material and aspirational ideals, Chrysalis assumes an ever-evolving and anticipatory state of being; the work suggests America itself is a work in progress. At the same time, Chrysalis confronts the vulnerability of consumer culture through reflection and suggested metamorphosis.