In Pictures: sculpture gets a leg up at Frieze Los Angeles – The Art Newspaper

Vincent Pocsik
Hands in Garden (2025)
Nazarian Curcio

Mirrored art is notoriously attractive to fairgoers, but the Los Angeles-based artist Vincent Pocsik’s sculptural mirror is actually reaching out to passersby from the exterior wall of Nazarian Curcio’s stand. “Vincent’s work really bridges sculpture, furniture design and architecture,” says Aryn Foland, a director at the gallery. “He often incorporates plants or fruits that are native to where he’s from in Ohio or where he lives in Los Angeles.” The mirror sculpture is priced at $26,500; two smaller sculptures, priced at $8,500 apiece, have sold. Pocsik will have a solo show at the gallery this spring.

Shana Hoehn
Deadfall (2026)
Frieze Projects and Art Production Fund

Visitors passing a fallen tree as they approach the Frieze tent could be forgiven for missing the human legs protruding from its branches. Part of the fair’s public-art programming with Art Production Fund, Deadfall is the local artist Shana Hoehn’s first large-scale public sculpture. To create it, she carved the two pairs of legs into the dead limbs of a tree sourced from Santa Monica. The cheerleading skirts and tennis shoes—references to the artist’s childhood in East Texas—add to the spectacle of the piece.

Alejandro García Contreras
Universo (2026)
Anat Ebgi

This spiderweb populated by handmade charms shows off the Guadalajara-based artist Alejandro García Contreras’s skills as a ceramicist. Each of the tiny sculptures—including evil eyes, gods and goddesses, butterflies, a snake and even Yoda—has a personal, symbolic meaning for the artist. Most he made himself but among them are a couple found objects, such as a piece of Japanese pottery. Held up by the hands of the universe, the intricate sculpture already sold to a notable collector for $8,000. García Contreras has more webs on view as part of his show at Anat Ebgi’s space on Wilshire Boulevard (until 4 April).

Roksana Pirouzmand
Mountains (2025)
Dastan

Anchoring the stand of the Tehran- and Toronto-based gallery Dastan is Roksana Pirouzmand’s sculptural fountain, which features water gently bubbling over ceramic casts of hands on a weathered chair. “Previous works of Roksana’s have been about intergenerational dialogue, and I like to see this work as the hands of elders on top trying to protect the others,” says the gallery’s founder, Hormoz Hematian. The work is priced at less than $15,000. Pirouzmand also has two current solo shows in Los Angeles—at Oxy Arts (until 11 April) and Joan (until 2 May).

Anthea Hamilton
Hot Legs: Ripe Bananas (2025)
Kaufmann Repetto

The British artist Anthea Hamilton is stopping visitors in their tracks with a playful pair of disembodied legs, one of which features the splotchy brown-on-yellow pattern of a bruised banana. “This is part of a series she has been doing for several years criticising the male gaze and the fetishisation of women’s legs,” says Victor Lozano, an associate director at Kaufmann Repetto. The wall-mounted sculpture is priced at £20,000.

Isabelle Albuquerque
Take as long as you want (2025)
Nicodim

A daughter of the beloved local artist Lita Albuquerque, Isabelle started out as a performance artist. Recently adding visual art and sculpture to her repertoire, she is focusing on individual body parts, weaving together limbs and organic shapes—like eggs and flowers—as a commentary on the symbiotic relationship of the human body with the natural world. (In a happy accident, parts of her sculptures rock back and forth ever so slightly as visitors walk by.) Take as long as you want is available for $22,000.

Kelly Akashi
Witness (Highview, Altadena) (2025)
Lisson Gallery

The renowned local sculptor Kelly Akashi, known for works in delicate glass and refined bronze, often cast from her own hands, has made the most of personal tragedy this past year. “Kelly returned to the site of her home and studio in Altadena, which were completely destroyed by the Eaton fire, and collected leaves, sticks and other items to incorporate into her new sculptures,” explains a Lisson staffer. The sculpture is priced at $55,000.