The following works have been acquired for the Tate Collection thanks to the £150,000 Frieze Art Fair Special Acquisitions Fund:
Anri Sala
Now I See
2004
35mm colour and sound film 9min 10”
From Galerie Chantal Crousel Paris
Stanley Brouwn
1000 mm
1996
1000 cards in a cabinet
From Yvon Lambert, Paris
Zoe Leonard
Wax Anatomical Model (Shot Crooked from Above)
1990
gelatin silver print
24 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (61.6 x 92.7 cm)
framed: 30 1/4 x 42 inches (76.8 x 106.7 cm)
titled, numbered of six, and dated “Wax model 1990” on the reverse
Edition of 6
From D’Amelios Terras, New York
Zoe Leonard
Carnivores
1992/97
gelatin silver print
image: 22 1/4 x 15 inches (56.5 x 38 cm)
sheet: 23 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches (60.5 x 43.5 cm)
signed, dated and numbered verso
Edition 4/5
From D’Amelios Terras, New York
Zoe Leonard
Detail (Tree + Fence)
1998/99
gelatin silver print
11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
29.8 x 21.6 cm
signed, dated and numbered verso
Edition 5/6
From D’Amelios Terras, New York
Zoe Leonard
Tree + Fence, 6th St. (close-up)
1998/99
gelatin silver print
11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
29.8 x 21.6 cm
signed, dated and numbered verso
Edition 5/6
From D’Amelios Terras, New York
Zoe Leonard
Untitled (for Barb)
1992
gelatin silver print
29 x 19 1/2 inches
73.7 x 49.5 cm
signed, titled, dated and numbered verso
Edition 12/13
From D’Amelios Terras, New York
Daria Martin
Close Up Gallery
2004
16mm film
From Hotel, London
Alexandre da Cunha
Calow Brothers (fan)
2004
mixed media
From Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Alexandre da Cunha
Skateboarderistismatronics (fan)
2004
Mixed media
From Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Matthew Monahan
Untitled
2005
Drywall, glass, floral foam, wax, pigment, pins, charcoal drawing
From Anton Kern Gallery, New York
David Lamelas
Time
Performance
From Jan Mot, Belgium
David Lamelas
Time
1970
Black and white photographs
133 cm x 28 cm (edition of 2)
55 cm x 66 cm
From Jan Mot, Belgium
Deimantas Narkevicius
The Role of a Lifetime
2003
Film video betacam sp transferred on DVD
From Jan Mot, Belgium
A panel of expert curators selected the works: Jan Debbaut, Director, Tate Collection, Paul Schimmel, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Suzanne Pagé, Director, Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris.
The works will remain on display for the duration of the fair and will then be presented to the Tate Trustees in November.
In 2003, Frieze and Tate collaborated to establish the first acquisitions fund connected to an art fair. The Outset Contemporary Art Fund brought together a group of London collectors who contributed £100,000, which enabled Tate to acquire major works at the fair by four significant international artists - Fikret Atay, Olafur Eliasson, Anri Sala and Yutaka Sone.
In 2004 the fund increased to £150,000. Three internationally renowned curators chose thirteen works which were donated to Tate’s Collection. Works were acquired by: Pawel Althamer, Martin Boyce, Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane, Jesper Just, Mark Leckey, Scott Myles, Frank Nitsche, Henrik Olesen, Roman Ondák, The Atlas Group /Walid Raad, and Pae White.
The third annual Frieze Fair Special Acquisitions Fund was launched in May 2005 with a total of £150,000.
The Outset Contemporary Art Fund is organised by London collectors and Tate patrons Candida Gertler and Yana Peel. The donors all have a particular interest in supporting the Tate’s acquisition of international contemporary art.
Nicholas Serota, Tate Director, said:
Tate’s budget for acquisitions is extremely limited and collecting contemporary art is essential to building Tate’s Collection for the future. We are delighted with these new acquisitions and I am very grateful to Candida Gertler, Yana Peel and the other donors for their continued enthusiasm and commitment, and to Frieze for facilitating the Fund.