Frieze House Seoul is a permanent, year-round exhibition space in Yaksu-dong housed in a renovated 1988 residential building. The renovation by Samuso Hyoja with project management by Our Labour preserves Western-style features such as tiled glass windows, exposed beams, staircases, and textured stone walls while integrating skylights, glass panels, rounded stone cladding, warm wooden floors, and lush landscaping. The landscaped garden includes a permanent site-specific installation by SANAA featuring aluminum and stainless steel seats that collect rainwater and echo floral motifs. The program includes gallery residencies, curated exhibitions, and special projects. The debut exhibition, UnHouse curated by Jae Seok Kim, reinterprets home through queer perspectives across the multi-room house, examining identity, power, care, and memory.
Frieze expands its presence in Asia with the launch of Frieze House Seoul, a permanent exhibition space in Yaksu-dong, designed to operate year-round and complement the city's flourishing contemporary art scene. Samuso Hyoja renovates the 1988 residential building, which is set to host gallery residencies, curated exhibitions, and special projects, creating opportunities for collaboration between local and international artists. A permanent site-specific installation by SANAA activates the landscaped garden,
The house itself, renovated by Seoul-based studio Samuso Hyoja with project management by multidisciplinary creative collective Our Labour, maintains traces of its original Western-style construction, including tiled glass windows, exposed beams, staircases, and textured stone walls. Skylights, glass panels, and a tactile rounded stone cladding meet warm wooden floors and lush landscaping, showing how contemporary elements coexist with the home styles of 1980s Korea.
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