The Frieze Art Fair opened its first New York edition last week, in a novel and much-discussed location: Randallʼs Island Park, which required attendees to take either a ferry from 35th Street or a shuttle bus from Harlem. The weather was pendulously grey around the fairʼs large white tent, a “bespoke temporary structure” (the New York Times’ Holland Cotter described it as the “architectural equivalent of a white stretch limo”) designed by local firm SO-IL.

Canadian Artʼs art director Barbara Solowan was there, and she captured the scene around the tent, which was rife with artist work free for public viewing as part of the Frieze Sculpture Park and Frieze Projects. Highlights included Louise Bourgeois works hung from the trees; Latifah Echakhchʼs Tumbleweeds, which scattered the titular objects incongruously over the parkʼs lush lawns; Tim Rollinsʼ colourful, collaborative project with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.); and James Angus’ modernist sculpture, Concrete Cloudburst.

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The Frieze New York tent, designed by SO-IL / photo Barbara Solowan

The Frieze New York tent, designed by SO-IL / photo Barbara Solowan

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James Angus’ Concrete Cloudburst, overlooking the East River / photo Barbara Solowan

James Angus’ Concrete Cloudburst, overlooking the East River / photo Barbara Solowan

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The late Louise Bourgeois’ 2004 works Untitled / photo Barbara Solowan

The late Louise Bourgeois’ 2004 works Untitled / photo Barbara Solowan

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A closer view of Bourgeois’ 2004 works Untitled / photo Barbara Solowan

A closer view of Bourgeois’ 2004 works Untitled / photo Barbara Solowan

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Frieze-goers interact with Joel Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won, a trailer modelled after those at county fairs, and shaped like a human body / photo Barbara Solowan

Frieze-goers interact with Joel Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won, a trailer modelled after those at county fairs, and shaped like a human body / photo Barbara Solowan

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Ring toss at Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won, with a window view of the East River Ferry / photo Barbara Solowan

Ring toss at Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won, with a window view of the East River Ferry / photo Barbara Solowan

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Ball toss at Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won / photo Barbara Solowan

Ball toss at Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won / photo Barbara Solowan

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A self-portrait in the illustrated mirrors of Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won / photo Barbara Solowan

A self-portrait in the illustrated mirrors of Kyack’s Most games are lost, not won / photo Barbara Solowan

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A close-up of Subodh Gupta’s bronze sculpture Et tu, Duchamp? / photo Barbara Solowan

A close-up of Subodh Gupta’s bronze sculpture Et tu, Duchamp? / photo Barbara Solowan

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A portion of Latifa Echakhch’s site-specific project, Tumbleweeds / photo Barbara Solowan

A portion of Latifa Echakhch’s site-specific project, Tumbleweeds / photo Barbara Solowan

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Virginia Overton’s Untitled (mirrors for Randall’s Island) folded flexible mirrors within trees near the fair site / photo Barbara Solowan

Virginia Overton’s Untitled (mirrors for Randall’s Island) folded flexible mirrors within trees near the fair site / photo Barbara Solowan

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A child interacts with Virginia Overton’s Untitled (mirrors for Randall’s Island) / photo Barbara Solowan

A child interacts with Virginia Overton’s Untitled (mirrors for Randall’s Island) / photo Barbara Solowan

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Joshua Callaghan’s Two Dollar Umbrella, an ironic, humourous facet of Frieze New York’s rainy weekend / photo Barbara Solowan

Joshua Callaghan’s Two Dollar Umbrella, an ironic, humourous facet of Frieze New York’s rainy weekend / photo Barbara Solowan

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Tomás Saraceno’s Pollux in the Frieze Sculpture Park; the artist’s installation on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens next week / photo Barbara Solowan

Tomás Saraceno’s Pollux in the Frieze Sculpture Park; the artist’s installation on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens next week / photo Barbara Solowan

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The exterior of Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY, involving the titular theatrical form / photo Barbara Solowan

The exterior of Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY, involving the titular theatrical form / photo Barbara Solowan

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Performers in Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY / photo Barbara Solowan

Performers in Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY / photo Barbara Solowan

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Performers in Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY / photo Barbara Solowan

Performers in Ulla von Brandenburg’s SHADOWPLAY / photo Barbara Solowan

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Artist Tim Rollins stands with part of his project, a collaborative “choral painting” with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.), AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

Artist Tim Rollins stands with part of his project, a collaborative “choral painting” with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.), AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

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One of the visitors to AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

One of the visitors to AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

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The scene at the table of the Tim Rollins and K.O.S. project AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

The scene at the table of the Tim Rollins and K.O.S. project AS IMAGINATION BODIES FORTH … (after Shakespeare and Mendelssohn) / photo Barbara Solowan

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Visitors disembark onto Randall’s Island / photo Barbara Solowan

Visitors disembark onto Randall’s Island / photo Barbara Solowan