Artist Andrea Bowers working on elements of Chandelier of Interconnectedness for Ruinart at Frieze New York. ©Anais and Dax. Image courtesy the artist and Ruinart
The Ruinart champagne maker and the Los Angeles-based artist have joined forces on a Frieze New York booth and a commission in France.
Anyone familiar with artist Andrea Bowers, whose work is inexorably intertwined with her activism on climate change, abortion, and other issues, might be surprised to find her art situated in a lounge that champagne producer Ruinart has at the current Frieze New York. (I was certainly caught off guard.) However, during Frieze’s VIP preview on Wednesday, I sat down with Bowers (with, yes, a glass of Ruinart champagne), viewed the work, and she explained.
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