Frieze Los Angeles Booth A16

Sean Kelly is delighted to return to Frieze Los Angeles at a moment when the art community is coming together so purposefully in solidarity. Our carefully curated booth features three of the gallery’s artists working with abstraction; featuring multi-layered paintings by Donna Huanca, dynamic sculptures by Brian Rochefort, and vibrant paintings and works on paper by Janaina Tschäpe. Central to all three artists’ practices are color, gesture, and chance, a profound interest in physical and imagined landscapes, and the natural world at large.

Featured on the booth are new paintings and a work on paper by Janaina Tschäpe, whose works evoke a dreamlike fusion of biomorphic forms, fluid gestures, and vibrant hues, reflecting her fascination with nature, mythology, and the subconscious. Her compositions, often inspired by landscapes and organic growth, create immersive environments that blur the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. Brian Rochefort’s new sculptures are deeply influenced by his travels to remote and ecologically diverse regions, where he observes the raw textures, colors, and geological formations of the natural world. Through his unique glazing and firing techniques, he captures the unpredictable energy of volcanic landscapes, dense jungles, and coral reefs, translating these environments into vibrant, sculptural forms. Rochefort’s work will be featured in Made in L.A. 2025, the seventh iteration of the Hammer’s biennial exhibition. In her cyclic, multimedia paintings, Donna Huanca layers oil, sand, over photographs of previous performances to evoke a sense of presence and transformation. The gestural marks in her compositions mirror the painted bodies of her performers, creating a dynamic interplay between the ephemeral nature of performance and the permanence of painting.

Together, these artists explore the interplay between materiality, process, and transformation, blurring the boundaries between abstraction and figuration to create immersive, dynamic works.