On Frieze Los Angeles’s VIP preview day, a mixture of exhibitors, attendees and several other kids kicked off the afternoon with a two-hour soccer clinic organised by the non-profit Artwork Manufacturing Fund and the reigning Main League Soccer champions Los Angeles Soccer Membership (LAFC) as a part of the Frieze Tasks programme.
Held onsite at Santa Monica Airport, members of the LAFC Avenue Staff guided fair-goers via a sequence of stretches, soccer drills and even a scrimmage. Some contributors had been extra ready than others; whereas a lot of the group had turned into matching exercise units and working shorts, others dribbled the ball in lengthy attire and ballet flats.
Attendees used footballs printed with a design by the Los Angeles artist Alake Shilling, whose ceramics and work characteristic vibrant characters impressed by her childhood love of designer Lisa Frank. Buggy Ball (2023) reveals considered one of her recurring characters, a pink bear, sporting a blue cowboy hat and holding a flower.
Lovers of artwork and soccer may have one other likelihood to take to the pitch at Frieze on Sunday (19 February).
