{"id":2199727,"date":"2026-10-14T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2199727"},"modified":"2026-10-14T04:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:01:00","slug":"adam-shopkorns-alternative-route-to-frieze-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2199727","title":{"rendered":"Adam Shopkorn\u2019s Alternative Route to Frieze London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tDealer Adam Shopkorn of New York\u2013based gallery Fort Gansevoort has always taken an unorthodox route when it comes to the business he cofounded in 2015 with his wife, Carolyn Tate Angel. After participating at Frieze Los Angeles this past February, he will show at the fair\u2019s London edition this week with a solo booth dedicated to the textile flags of Haitian artist Myrlande Constant, who is living in a state of emergency in her home country.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrieze London will mark his third fair this year after last showing at one in January 2020. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to be in these places now,\u201d Shopkorn told ARTnews<\/em> on a Zoom call before heading to London, noting that demand for Constant\u2019s work has soared in the past few years after appearances in the 2022 Venice Biennale, Prospect.6 in 2024, and the 2025 S\u00e3o Paulo Bienal.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt Frieze London, he will show five of Constant\u2019s monumental textiles, priced between $90,000 and $450,000. Each work takes its cues from Vodou spiritual practices in Haiti that are grounded in their African roots. Measuring more than 10 feet by 9 feet, Amwan Agwe\u2026<\/em> (2026), for example, depicts green hills and blue waves alongside the skulls, candles, and fish that nod to F\u00e8t Gede, Haiti\u2019s annual festival honoring the spirits of the dead.<\/p>\n

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Myrlande Constant, Amwan Agwe\u2026<\/em>, 2026.<\/span>Courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tThese latest works also reflect a change in Constant\u2019s own way of working, as she is no longer able to maintain an atelier as she once did in Port-au-Prince. For she used to worked with a team of women to produce the beautiful detailed work she has become known for. Now, she crafts her elaborately decorated flags on the go. Because of the ongoing violence in Haiti, she has to move between different cities for safety.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince late 2023, Shopkorn might go months without hearing from Constant, whether it is to know if she is okay or how her next body of work is coming along. But then, out of the blue one day, he will receive one of her larger-than-life-size pieces in New York, arriving from Haiti via the Dominican Republic. \u201cThere\u2019s no white-glove fine-art service truck that\u2019s going into Port-au-Prince to collect artwork for an art fair in London,\u201d Shopkorn said, noting that her works did arrive in time in order to go on view in London.<\/p>\n

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Myrlande Constant, Lasir\u00e8ne Diamant<\/em>, 2025.<\/span>Courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tTo support Constant\u2019s production, Shopkorn approaches their relationship in a more old-school model, sending her money as a stipend instead of waiting for a sale to go through and split it 50-50 as is now the norm. \u201cIf we did that, she would be waiting forever,\u201d he said, adding that the proceeds are often \u201csliced and diced in many different ways\u201d to accommodate this structure.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough Constant may not have reliable access to internet and phone services to communicate with Shopkorn, the best place to find what she has to say is in her textiles. Lasir\u00e8ne Diamant<\/em> (2025), depicting the feminine Vodou spirit Lasir\u00e8ne who rules the sea, shows the mermaid spirit wearing a diamond necklace that symbolizes prosperity on one side, while on the other, she is shown in a raft filled with fruit, cake, and sweets surrounded by creatures from the sea such as mermaids, dolphins, a seahorse, and an octopus. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMyrlande is [trying to] survive in Haiti and take care of her family,\u201d said Shopkorn. \u201cThe moment an artwork leaves her hands, she\u2019s not terribly interested in what happens after that. When one of her pieces enters a permanent collection, it\u2019s not relevant to her because she\u2019s worried about the safety of her family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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