アート・バーゼル、壮麗さへの回帰 (アーティストたちによって裸にされたアート・バーゼル、さえも*) 2023年度 ART BASEL - The Return to its Grandeur (ART BASEL Stripped Bare by Her Artists, Even*) 2023 version
Adel Abdessemed "Jam Proximus Ardet, la dernière vidéo" 2021 (Galleria Continua) @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023. 6K video projection, color; 1’40’’; Dimensions variable; Edition of 1 + 1 AP
Post-corona with no masks. Art Basel is back with its grandeur, which hosted 284 galleries from 36 countries and territories. Strong booths and an overwhelming Unlimited. Back to normal, so to speak. 82.000 visitors attended the fair, – 10.000 more than the number reported last year -, cementing its reputation as the premier event of the international art world.
Works on view at several booths were regularly rotated throughout the week and were met with consistently strong foot traffic.
Beyond the core fair itself, Art Basel’s Unlimited sector presented 76 large-scale installations and performances; plus, the Parcours sector featured 24 site-specific installations across the city.
At the entrance of Unlimited, the artist Adel Abdessemed, who’s work is often imbued with the theme of exile, greets the audience in an imposant video installation. A highlight, indeed, also meant as a metaphorical statement, as the ship (MCH Group) of Art Basel is still burning (must be sponsored with Swiss taxpayers money) but the new CEO stands firmly on the bow.
Nota bene: World famous Adel Abdessemed is purposely ignored in the U.S., because “A French artist of Berber origin, Adel Abdessemed was born in Constantine, Algeria in 1971. He lives and works in Paris, France”? Quote from his website: https://www.adelabdessemed.com/about/
Why is that so?
In this context, chapeau to Art Basel, acting without fear and favour.
It shows also to where the curatorial practice is shifting. The next Venice Biennale 2024 has the theme: STRANIERI OVUNQUE – FOREIGNERS EVERYWHERE.
Btw, the concept of the art fairs around the world changed dramatically.
Let me exemplarily point out to the new circumstances in art dealing during Art Basel.
Unfortunately, for obvious reasons regarding secretive art dealing, in 2019 Art Basel stopped publishing its beloved catalogues. Transparency is gone; if you can’t find the artist’s name on Art Basel’s website… you’re lost. Until several years ago, sold art works, which were chosen by the art dealers because of their extraordinary execution, stayed in the booth to be appreciated during the fair. Nowadays, the sold works disappear on the same day, new ones being installed on the booth’s wall the next morning. Sometimes, at the newly displayed works: no names, no titles, no date of the execution. Therefore, each time you’re obliged to bother the art dealer by asking for more information about that “anonymous” art work.
Neither price lists are openly seen anymore.
You have to ask the art dealer for the price of the art work, which ultimately varies during the days of the art fair (if it’s still available on the last days).
This is the new normal in art business.
As a “veteran” artist I can tell you, that in former times, you could buy an art work (in the range of 5.- 10.000 US$) with a 50% discount during the last hours of the art fair. One of the reasons was the expensive shipping costs back to the art dealer’s gallery. It meant a “win-win” situation for three parties: Happy collector (newly acquired work), happy art dealer (no shipping fee), happy artist (who received the 50% as usual).
For my Japanese readers I would like to show how two Japanese artists got into the print media during Art Basel.
1. NARA Yoshitomo 奈良美智
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), focussing on Art Basel. NARA Yoshitomo on the cover of the “Sonderbeilage” Extra Edition, 12th June 2023
German artist Neo Rauch received a huge feature in the daily NZZ, 17th June 2023 (Saturday, week-end edition), see my pics below about the Eigen + Art booth.
“Japanische Superstar Yoshitomo Nara”
Actual solo show until 1st November 2023 @ Albertina Museum Wien, ALBERTINA MODERN
YOSHITOMO NARA. ALL MY LITTLE WORDS | ALBERTINA MODERN
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“Mich fasziniert an Yoshitomo Naras Werken diese Punk-Attitüde”, sagt Kuratorin Elsy Lahner über die Ausstellung des japanischen Künstlers in der ALBERTINA MODERN.
Yoshitomo Nara (*1959) zählt weltweit zu den bekanntesten Künstlerinnen und Künstlern seiner Generation. Ab den 1990er-Jahren erlangt er mit seinen „Angry Girls“, stark stilisierten Mädchendarstellungen mit grimmigem Blick, Vampirzähnen oder Messer in der Hand, internationale Aufmerksamkeit.
YOSHITOMO NARA. ALL MY LITTLE WORDS
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How did YOSHITOMO NARA develop his childlike, emotional characters? What was his artistic process? The artist, Yoshitomo Nara, himself answers these questions in our video about the exhibition.
Gagosian advertisement of MURAKAMI Takashi’s show in the Art Basel edition of ‘The Art Newspaper’ 2023Art Basel edition by ‘The Art Newspaper’
For comparison, check:
アート・バーゼル、成功への宿命 (アーティストたちによって裸にされたアート・バーゼル、さえも*) 2022年度
ART BASEL – Doomed To Succeed (ART BASEL Stripped Bare by Her Artists, Even*) 2022 version https://art-culture.world/articles/art-basel-2022/
大注目を浴びた池田亮司 (アーティストたちによって裸にされたアート・バーゼル、さえも*) 2021年度
IKEDA Ryoji attracted considerable attention (ART BASEL Stripped Bare by Her Artists, Even*) 2021 version https://art-culture.world/articles/art-basel-2021/
最高かつ最も重要な絵画@アート・バーゼル（アーティストたちによって裸にされたアート・バーゼル、さえも*）2019年度
The best and most important painting @ ART BASEL (… Stripped Bare by Her Artists, Even*) 2019 version https://art-culture.world/articles/art-basel-2019/
Adel Abdessemed “Jam Proximus Ardet, la dernière vidéo” 2021 (Galleria Continua, sold for 850.000 – 915.000 Euro) @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023Adel Abdessemed “Jam Proximus Ardet, la dernière vidéo” 2021 (Galleria Continua) Adel Abdessemed “Jam Proximus Ardet, la dernière vidéo” 2021ELMGREEN & DRAGSET “‘/‘” 2023, Statuary marble and mirror, 199.5 x 56.7 x 57.6 cm, edition 3 @ MASSIMODECARLO, Art Basel 2023ELMGREEN & DRAGSET “‘/‘” 2023, Statuary marble and mirror, 199.5 x 56.7 x 57.6 cm, edition 3 @ MASSIMODECARLO, Art Basel 2023, detail白石由子 SHIRAISHI Yuko “Reclining Day” 2023, oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm @ Annely Juda Fine Art, Art Basel 2023白石由子 SHIRAISHI Yuko “Take Us” 2023, oil on canvas, 153 x 137 cm @ Annely Juda Fine Art, Art Basel 2023Sam Gilliam “Untitled” 1973, Acrylic on canvas, 198 x 177.8 x 25.4 cm @ EDWARD TYLER NAHEM, Art Basel 2023
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In memoriam: Tokyo’s crucial influence on celebrated Sam Gilliam and his elocuting abstractionism on lyrical canvas-elegance
サム・ギリアム R.I.P. https://art-culture.world/articles/sam-gilliam/
Olaf Nicolai “Ménage de la maison” 2022 (Galerie Eigen+Art) Performance; Text and concept: Olaf Nicolai; Performers: Meike Droste and Thomas Rudnick; Developed and premiered by DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam, 2022 @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023Olaf Nicolai “Ménage de la maison” 2022 (Eigen+Art) Performance; Text and concept: Olaf Nicolai; Performers: Meike Droste and Thomas Rudnick; Developed and premiered by DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam, 2022 @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023Neo Rauch “Die Lage” 2006, Öl auf Leinwand, 300 x 400 cm. Sold @ Eigen + Art, Art Basel 2023Special feature about Neo Rauch in the ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung’ during Art Basel 2023Art dealer Judy Lybke @ his Eigen + Art booth, Art Basel 2023LEE KIT “It does matter” 2019, Emulsion and acrylic on cardboard with bronzed pins, 55 x 46 cm @ mother’s tankstation Dublin – London, Art Basel 2023Hans Jörg Glattfelder “ROT_GRÜNE_POLARISATION, PERIFERISCH” 2013, Acrylic, mounted canvas on wood, 44.5 x 58 cm @ Galerie La Humiere, Art Basel 2023Braco Dimitruevic “Accidental Sculpture” 1968, Silver gelatine mounted on board, 89.5 x 69.5 cm, Edition 5/5 @ The Mayor Gallery, Art Basel 2023Kurt Schwitters “Hildesheim, Galgen vom Galgenberg” 1921, Collage sur carton, 14 x 9 cm, 95.000 Euro @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023Anselm Kiefer “The Argonauts” 2014, lead, 19 x 23 x 5 cm, unique piece from a series of 90 unnumbered, different works @ Galerie Thomas, Art Basel 2023Richard Avedon “Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11 1979”; Gelatin silver print, Edition of 10 @ Hamiltons, Art Basel 2023
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Richard Avedon
Francis Bacon, artist, Paris, April 11
1979
Gelatin silver print.
40 x 63 in. (101.6 x 160 cm)
Signed, numbered 9/10 in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation, title, date and edition stamps on the verso.
Estimate
$120,000 – 180,000
SOLD FOR $209,000 https://www.phillips.com/detail/richard-avedon/NY040314/152
KAWARA On 河原 温 Série “I GOT UP” 1976, 7 cartes postales tamponnées, 10.1 x 14.5 cm chaque @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023工藤哲巳 KUDO Tetsumi “Votre portrait” 1962, Boîte pointe avec collages et objets miniatures, 30 x 30 x 30 cm, 210.000 Euro @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023工藤哲巳 KUDO Tetsumi “Votre portrait” 1962, Boîte pointe avec collages et objets miniatures, 30 x 30 x 30 cm, detail @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “The Long and Winding Road” 2022, Acrylic and grease stick on wood, 79.5 x 88.5 x 9.1 cm, YN 2194 @ BLUM & POE, Art Basel 2023
Egon Schiele “Woman with Hat Masturbating (Wally Neuzil)” 1914, Gouache and pencil on paper @ Richard Nagy, Art Basel 2023
KUSAMA Yayoi 草間彌生 “Pumpkin (M)” 2016, Mirror polished bronze, 105.1 x 89.8 x 89.8 cm, Edition 4 of 8, 2 AP, KUSYA0421 @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023KUSAMA Yayoi 草間彌生 “Pumpkin (M)” 2016, Mirror polished bronze, 105.1 x 89.8 x 89.8 cm, Edition 4 of 8, 2 AP, KUSYA0421 @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023
桑山 忠明 KUWAYAMA Tadaaki “TK8742 1/2-61” 1961, Red pigment with silver leaf, 108 x 76.2 cm @ The Mayor Gallery, Art Basel 2023桑山 忠明 KUWAYAMA Tadaaki “TK8742 1/2-61” 1961, Red pigment with silver leaf, 108 x 76.2 cm, detail @ The Mayor Gallery, Art Basel 2023
Comparison studies: Paintings of Brice Marden, also from New York like Kuwayama:
Brice Marden “Nebraska” 1966, Oil and wax on canvas, 147.3 x 182.9 cmBrice Marden “Uphill with Center” 2012-15, Oil on linen, in 5 parts, overall 121.9 x 487.7 cmWillem de Kooning “Two Women II” circa 1952 @ Mnuchin Gallery, Art Basel 2023BALTHUS “Nu endormi” 1969-70, Charcoal on paper, 70 x 100 cm @ LUXEMBOURG + CO., Art Basel 2023BALTHUS “Nu endormi” 1969-70, Charcoal on paper, 70 x 100 cm, detail @ LUXEMBOURG + CO., Art Basel 2023BALTHUS “Nu endormi” 1969-70, Charcoal on paper, 70 x 100 cm, detail sign @ LUXEMBOURG + CO., Art Basel 2023BALTHUS “Paysage de Champrovent” 1941-5, Oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm @ LUXEMBOURG + CO., Art Basel 2023BALTHUS “Paysage de Champrovent” 1941-5, Oil on canvas, 96 x 130 cm, detail @ LUXEMBOURG + CO., Art Basel 2023Diane Arbus “A Family on their Lawn One Sunday In Westchester, N.Y., 1968”, Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1969-71, Photographer’s stamp and Estate copyright stamp dated “1972” in ink on print versoFrancis Picabia “Untitled” ca. 1942-3, Pencil and oil on cardboard, 75.6 x 51.4 cm @ HAUSER & WIRTH, Art Basel 2023Lucio Fontana “Concetto Spaziale, Attesa” 1964, Oil on canvas, 73 x 60.3 cm, detail @ LUXEMBOURG + Co., Art Basel 2023Lucio Fontana “Concetto Spaziale, Attesa” 1964, Oil on canvas, 73 x 60.3 cm @ LUXEMBOURG + Co., Art Basel 2023
内藤楽子 NAITO Rakuko RN1317 1/2-2 1/2-21 2021, Japanese paper on board (burnt edge stripes) , 44.5 x 44.5 x 6.3 cm @ The Mayor Gallery, Art Basel 2023内藤楽子 NAITO Rakuko RN1317 1/2-2 1/2-21 2021, Japanese paper on board (burnt edge stripes) , 44.5 x 44.5 x 6.3 cm, detail
Giulio Paolini “La Ronde” 1977, Photographic emulsion on canvas and one colour photograph on canvas, seven panels, Each panel 45 x 67.1 cm @ LUXEMBOURG + Co., Art Basel 2023Giulio Paolini “La Ronde” 1977, Photographic emulsion on canvas and one colour photograph on canvas, seven panels, Each panel 45 x 67.1 cm @ LUXEMBOURG + Co., Art Basel 2023, details
Louise Bourgeois “Spider IV” 1996, Bronze, 192 x 164 x 50 cm, Edition of 6 + 1 AP, sold for 22.5 Mio US$ @ HAUSER & WIRTH, Art Basel 2023Pierre Molinier “Les jumbles continent d’être amoureuses” 1962, Huile sur panneau, 73 x 54 cm, 185.000 Euro @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023Pierre Molinier “Les jumbles continent d’être amoureuses” 1962, Huile sur panneau, 73 x 54 cm, detail @ Galerie 1900-2000, Art Basel 2023宮脇 愛子 MIYAWAKI Aiko “Work” 1962, Oil and powdered marble on board, 24.2 x 33.4 cm @ The Mayor Gallery, Art Basel 2023Bruce Nauman “Practice” 2022 2D black-and-white video projection, sound; 40’; 350 x 196 cm projection; Edition of 5 (Konrad Fischer) @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023村上隆 MURAKAMI Takashi’s works @ PERROTIN booth, Art Basel 2023村上隆 MURAKAMI Takashi「Tan Tan Bo “Multiverse”」2023, Acrylic and platinum leaf and gold leaf on canvas mounted on aluminum frame, 200 x 200 x 5 cm @ Perrotin, Art Basel 2023村上隆 MURAKAMI Takashi「Tan Tan Bo “Multiverse”」2023, Acrylic and platinum leaf and gold leaf on canvas mounted on aluminum frame, 200 x 200 x 5 cm, detail @ Perrotin, Art Basel 2023Hilary Harkness “Sharp Shooter” 2023, oil on panel, 40.6 x 61 cm, sold for 175.000-200.000 US$ @ PPOW Art Basel 2023Hilary Harkness “Sharp Shooter” 2023, oil on panel, 40.6 x 61 cm, detail @ PPOW Art Basel 2023Jason Rhodas “Topa” 2005, 40 neo phrases, 40 coloured plexi, 40 transformers, 40 metal hooks, wire, cable, rubber caps, 2 power strips; Site-specific dimensions (Hauser & Wirth) @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023
As the enfant terrible of the American art scene, Jason Rhoades came through the turn of the century like a meteorite. Exhibited at David Zwirner’s before the age of 30, then stuck down by a heart attack a decade later, Rhoades is the author of an iconoclastic work that shook up the decorum and aseptic aesthetics of the art world. As proof, the abundant light installation “Topa” (2005), created shortly before his death, develops a surprising lexicon in slang. Each neon sign uses different designations for the female s*x, like “My Madinah”, a major work by Rhoades from which “Topa” is derived, which combines lights hanging from cables and traditional carpets on the floor. As a student of the sulphurous Paul McCarthy, Rhoades inherited the transgressive spirit of his master, inhabited by the same desire to flout good taste and social norms. Intertwining s*x and religion, Rhoades’ installation points to both the puritanism and Islamophobia of post-september 11 America. Ab electric work in an abundance of pop colours…
Jason Rhoades “Topa” 2005森村泰昌 MORIMURA Yasumasa “Vermeer Study (A Great Story out of the Corner of a Small Room)” 2004, Photograph on canvas, 125.73 x 146.05 cm, Edition of 4 of 5 LUHRING AUGUSTINE Art Basel 2023Danh Vo “We the People (detail)” 2011-2016, Copper 290 kg, 200 x 120 x 280 cm @ Galerie Chantal Crousel, Art Basel 2023
佃 弘樹 TSUKUDA Hiroki “Lord of the Flies” 2023 Mixed media ED print sculpture, stone, wood, metal, plant, metal pipe, tile, sand; Approx. 400 x 600 x 560 cm; Unique (Gisela Capitain) @ Art Basel Unlimited 2023Mark Manders “Night Scene” 2023, painted canvas, painted wood, painted epoxy, iron, 42.5 x 48.7 x 28 cm @ ZENO X GALLERY, Art Basel 2023Mark Manders “Day Scene” 2023, painted wood, painted epoxy, 24 x 25.3 x 7.2 cm @ ZENO X GALLERY, Art Basel 2023
奈良美智 NARA Yoshitomo “Ennui Head” 2023, Urethane on bronze, 130 x 133 x 80 cm, Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP YN2122.1, sold for 550.000 US$ @ BLUM & POE, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Thoughts” 2010/12, Terracotta, 41.3 x 47 x 23 cm (IKEM-0016) @ Fergus McCaffrey, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Waldwesen (Tree Figure)” 2006, Terracotta, glaze, 57.2 x 14 x 26.7 cm (IKEM-0017) @ Fergus McCaffrey, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Usagi Greeting (180)” 2002/23, Patinated bronze, 180 x 90 cm, Edition 3 of 5 (IKEM-0079) @ Fergus McCaffrey, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Usagi-Girl double-headed” 2018/2019, Bronze, patinated, 92 x 46.2 x 43 cm, Edition 4 of 5 (+ 2 AP) (IKEMU27494) @ Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Difficult Baby” 2021, Tempera and oil on jute, 100 x 80 cm (IKEMU26534) @ Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Art Basel 2023イケムラレイコ IKEMURA Leiko “Bergfrau – Mountain Woman” 2020, Terracotta, glazed, 57 x 42 x 36 cm (LI-S 133) @ Galerie Karsten Greve Ag St. Moritz, Art Basel 2023
Otto Dix “Harbour Scene” 1922, Watercolour on paper @ Richard Nagy, Art Basel 2023Otto Dix “Paar” 1926, Watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper @ Richard Nagy, Art Basel 2023中村一美 NAKAMURA Kazumi “Hijiri (Hermit) 30 – Muhengyo Bosatsu” 2020-2021, Acrylic on cotton, 194.3 x 130.5 x 3 cm (KN192) @ BLUM & POE, Art Basel 2023
ヒロ (若林 康宏) HIRO (WAKABAYASHI Yasuhiro) “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, 1962” Seven gelatine silver prints mounted to board, 120 × 76.8 cm, Edition 4 of 6, + 3 APs, no date of printing (sold) @ Hamiltons, Art Basel 2023ヒロ (若林 康宏) HIRO (WAKABAYASHI Yasuhiro) “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, 1962” Seven gelatine silver prints mounted to board, 120 × 76.8 cm, detail, Edition 4 of 6, + 3 APs, no date of printing @ Hamiltons, Art Basel 2023
Compare same work exhibited during Art Basel 2019 @ PACE/MACGILL Gallery
ヒロ (若林 康宏) HIRO (WAKABAYASHI Yasuhiro) “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, 1962” Seven gelatine silver prints mounted to board, 120 × 76.8 cm, Edition from 6, + 3 APs, No edition number and no printing date @ PACE/MACGILL, Art Basel 2019ヒロ (若林 康宏) HIRO (WAKABAYASHI Yasuhiro) “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, 1962” Seven gelatine silver prints mounted to board, 120 × 76.8 cm, detail, Edition 6, + 3 APs @ PACE/MACGILL, Art Basel 2019ヒロ (若林 康宏) HIRO (WAKABAYASHI Yasuhiro) “Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, 1962” Seven gelatine silver prints mounted to board, 120 × 76.8 cm, Edition ? from 6, + 3 APs, no printing date @ plate by PACE/MACGILL, Art Basel 2019Ron Terada “TL; DR” 2019-2020, Acrylic on canvas, 52 paintings; 305 x 1585 cm overall (Catriona Jeffries) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Ron Terada “TL; DR” 2019-2020, Acrylic on canvas, 52 paintings; 305 x 1585 cm overall (Catriona Jeffries) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Rirkrit Tiravanija “untitled” 2014-2016 “(curry for the soul of the forgotten) (two)” 2015, Bronze and HD video, colour, sound; 47’, loop; 53.5 x 137 x 71 cm (neugerriemschneider) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Gerhard Richter “STRIP-TOWER” 2023, 350 x 162 x 162 cm, Digitaldruck auf Papier zwischen Alu Dibond und Perspex (Diasec) (David Zwirner, sold) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023塩田千春 SHIOTA Chiharu “State of Being (Album)” 2023, Metal frame, photo album and thread, 300 x 100 x 100 cm, unique @ TEMPLON, Art Basel 2023塩田千春 SHIOTA Chiharu State of Being (Album) 2023, Metal frame, photo album and thread, 300 x 100 x 100 cm, unique, details @ TEMPLON, Art Basel 2023塩田千春 SHIOTA Chiharu State of Being (Album) 2023, Metal frame, photo album and thread, 300 x 100 x 100 cm, unique, detail @ TEMPLON, Art Basel 2023
Anne Imhof “Jester” 2022, 2-channel video installation, colour, sound; 57’; Edition of 5 + 1 AP (Buchholz, Sprüth Magers) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023
2-channel video installation that was conceived for the 2022 Aichi Triennale in Japan and presented in the Ichinomiya City Ice Skate Rink, which is now in ruins with its exposed ice pipes.
Anne Imhof “Jester” 2022, 2-channel video installation, colour, sound; 57’; Edition of 5 + 1 AP (Buchholz, Sprüth Magers) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Richard Avedon: Ten Exhibition Prints from “In the American West”” photographed 1979-1984; Gelatin silver print; 10 prints 212.4 x 173.7 x 7.5 cm (framed) each, detail (Gagosian) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Richard Avedon, from “In the American West”, photographed 1979-1984; Gelatin silver print @ Hamiltons, Art Basel 2023木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “COL SPORCAR SI TROVA” 2022, Stainless steel, liquor bottles, rubber, shells, glassware, wood, oil paint; Dimensions variable (Chantal Crousel, Taka Ishii) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023, detail 1木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “COL SPORCAR SI TROVA” 2022, Stainless steel, liquor bottles, rubber, shells, glassware, wood, oil paint; Dimensions variable (Chantal Crousel, Taka Ishii) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023, detail 2木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “COL SPORCAR SI TROVA” 2022, Stainless steel, liquor bottles, rubber, shells, glassware, wood, oil paint; Dimensions variable (Chantal Crousel, Taka Ishii) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023, detail 3木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “COL SPORCAR SI TROVA” 2022, Stainless steel, liquor bottles, rubber, shells, glassware, wood, oil paint; Dimensions variable (Chantal Crousel, Taka Ishii) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023, detail 4ご存知の方
Compare with Art Basel 2017:
木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “Table Matematica” 2016, Granite, Chrome Plated legs, Jägermeister bottles, 80 x 240 x 105.7 cm @ Taka Ishii Gallery, Art Basel 2017木村 友紀 KIMURA Yuki “Table Matematica” 2016, Granite, Chrome Plated legs, Jägermeister bottles, 80 x 240 x 105.7 cm @ Taka Ishii Gallery, Art Basel 2017Fondation Beyeler booth @ Art Basel 2023 (1) Fondation Beyeler booth @ Art Basel 2023 (2) Fondation Beyeler booth @ Art Basel 2023 (3) Fondation Beyeler booth @ Art Basel 2023 (4) Picasso “Femme (Epoque des ‘Demoiselles d’Avignon’)” 1907 with a Duane Hanson sculpture @ Fondation Beyeler booth, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “SELF-PORTRAIT” (BOTEFO) 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 145.5 x 145.5 cm (KUSYA0189A) @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “SELF-PORTRAIT” (BOTEFO) 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 145.5 x 145.5 cm (KUSYA0189A) , detail @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “INFINITY-NETS” (YJKLL) 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 194 x 259 cm (KUSYA0528A) @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “INFINITY-NETS” (YJKLL) 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 194 x 259 cm (KUSYA0528A) , details @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “INFINITY-NETS”, Acrylic on canvas @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “INFINITY-NETS”, Acrylic on canvas, details @ David Zwirner, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “Dots Obsession” (T.W.KEV) 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 162 cm @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “Dots Obsession” (T.W.KEV) 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 162 x 162 cm, detail @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “Infinity-Nets” 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 145.4 x 145.4 cm @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “Infinity-Nets” 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 145.4 x 145.4 cm, details @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2023草間彌生 KUSAMA Yayoi “Life” 2015, Fiberglass, reinforced plastic and glass tile (in five parts) , Dimensions variable @ Edward Tyler Nahem, Art Basel 2023
Richard Avedon “Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York (May 6, 1957)” Gelatin silver print, printed 1989? @ Hamiltons, Art Basel 2023Monica Bonvicini “Never Again” 2005, Galvanized steel pipes, chains and clamps, leather, rivets; 350 x 1600 x 1100 cm; Edition of 3 + 1 AP (Tanya Bonakdar, Peter Kilchmann, Krinzinger) @ Unlimited Art Basel
Swing of things in her recent show at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Monica Bonvicini filled Mies van der Rohe’s glass and steel behemoth with s*x swings and handcuffs, described in the exhibition text as a “feminist appropriation” of Modernist architecture. A similar experience could be enjoyed at Unlimited with a collection of leather swings dripping in chains, suspended from a steel structure. Both playful and unyielding, a fusion of minimalist sculpture and sadomasochism.
Monica Bonvicini “Never Again” 2005, Galvanized steel pipes, chains and clamps, leather, rivets; 350 x 1600 x 1100 cm; Edition of 3 + 1 AP (Tanya Bonakdar, Peter Kilchmann, Krinzinger) @ Unlimited Art Basel, detail 1Monica Bonvicini “Never Again” 2005, Galvanized steel pipes, chains and clamps, leather, rivets; 350 x 1600 x 1100 cm; Edition of 3 + 1 AP (Tanya Bonakdar, Peter Kilchmann, Krinzinger) @ Unlimited Art Basel, detail 2李 禹煥 Lee Ufan “Dialogue” 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 227 x 182 cm, Signed, dated and titled on the side and back of the artwork (Inv no. LU319) (about 650.000 – 715.000 US$) @ MENNOUR, Art Basel 2023
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Plate, stool and table by 李 禹煥 Lee Ufan with PARK Young-sook “Untitled” 2020, 2023; Porcelain, painted and glazed @ Gallery Hyundai, Art Basel 2023Installation view. Collaboration works by 李 禹煥 Lee Ufan with PARK Young-sook “Untitled”, 2019 a.o., Porcelain, painted and glazed @ Gallery Hyundai, Art Basel 2023李 禹煥 Lee Ufan “Dialogue” 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 145.5 x 112 cm @ Gallery Hyundai, Art Basel 20232 single pieces from 2011 with the same title “Terracotta” by 李 禹煥 Lee Ufan; material: Terracotta, 31 x 37 x 3 cm and 41 x 44 x 3 cm @ Gallery Hyundai, Art Basel 2023
compare with the newly created works:
李 禹煥 Lee Ufan “Untitled” 2023; material: Terracotta @ Gallery Hyundai, Art Basel 2023Helmut Newton “Sie kommen, Naked, Paris” 1981. Printed ca. 1988, Edition from 10 @ Hamiltons Art Basel 2023Jean-Michel Basquiat “Onion Gum” 1983, Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 198 x 203 cm, (Inv# JB 16.1300) , Asking price: 23 Mio US$, still available on 2023, June 9th @ VAN DE WEGHE FINE ART, Art Basel 2023Jean-Michel Basquiat “Onion Gum” 1983, Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 198 x 203 cm, detail @ VAN DE WEGHE FINE ART, Art Basel 2023
Compare the same artwork by Basquiat during Art Basel 2019, at the same booth VAN DE WEGHE FINE ART. Means, the work had not been sold until 2023, June 9th.
In September 2019 “Onion Gum” had been prominently displayed in the rental gallery of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, namely “Mori Arts Center Gallery”.
At Sotheby’s the same work had been sold for the lower estimate of 7.362.500 US$.
ジャン＝ミシェル・バスキア Onion Gum 1983 Acylic and oilstick on canvas, 198 x 203 cm @ VAN DE WEGHE FINE ART, スイスのアートバーゼル・ブース 2019年
Bruce Nauman “Untitled (Hand Circle)” 1996, Cast phosphorous bronze, silver solder, copper, phosphorous bronze wire and sandblasted steel, Edition 8 of 9 + 1 AP + 1 FP, 12.7 x 73.7 x 69.9 cm, (NAUMA 106373) @ Hauser & Wirth, Art Basel 2023Guillaume Bijl “Matratzentraum” 2003-2023, Mixed-media installation; 400 x 625 x 1375 cm, (Nagel Draxler in collaboration with Meredith Rosen) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Guillaume Bijl “Matratzentraum” 2003-2023, Mixed-media installation; 400 x 625 x 1375 cm, (Nagel Draxler in collaboration with Meredith Rosen) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023 (interaction between the audience and the actor, who is part of the installation)
Driving school, laundromat, supermarket… The subversive artist Guillaume Bijl was the first to conceive the ready-made as a total and immersive installation, reproducing to the last detail, life-size, spaces that segment our consumer society in which we are caught. His mattress store, first presented in 2003 at the Ausstellungshalle Hawerkamp in Münster, Germany, is shown again, twenty years later without having aged a bit, quite the contrary. This format also allows the artist to generate a social critique of the status of the exhibition which, according to him, is not meant to be found within the four walls of a museum or a white cube. Setting, staging, fiction or reality? The art object is desacralised, the artistic space becomes a functional, ordinary and used one. This work reactivation raises the crucial question of art commodification within the largest contemporary art fair in the world. What is a work of art? A commodity or an icon? Let’s lie down on Bijl’s mattresses and meditate.
Tokyo Gallery + Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Booth @ Art Basel 2023榎倉康二 ENOKURA Koji “Drawing C-No.4” 1982, Oil, pastel conté, paper, 79.2 x 109.3 cm (sold for 30.000 US$ to an Asian Collection) @ Tokyo Gallery + Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Art Basel 2023石元康博 ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro “Nude” ca. 1957, Gelatin silver artist print of ca. 1980’s, 24.4 x 19 cm (sold) @ Tokyo Gallery + Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Art Basel 2023石元康博 ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro “Chicago” 1948-1953, Gelatin silver artist print of ca. 1980’s, 19 x 24.5 cm (available for 17.000 US$) @ Tokyo Gallery + Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Art Basel 2023Ron Mueck “Youth” 2009/2011, Mixed media, 65 x 28 16 cm, Ed. AP of 4 + AP (RMU 1004.AP) @ Thaddaeus Ropac, Art Basel 2023All works by Wolfgang Laib. Titles: “Zikkurat”, “Zikkurat”, “Untitled”, “Tower of Silence”. Material: bees wax. 1990 – 2022 // Top: “Vom Krug Deiner Liebe schwimmt meine Seele und gebrochen ist all das Irdische meines Körpers” 2021, white oil pastel and pencil on paper, 82 x 122 cm @ Konrad Fischer Galerie, Art Basel 2023Wolfgang Laib “Vom Krug Deiner Liebe schwimmt meine Seele und gebrochen ist all das Irdische meines Körpers” 2021, white oil pastel and pencil on paper, 82 x 122 cm, detail @ Konrad Fischer Galerie, Art Basel 2023
Listen to Wolfgang Laib and KATAOKA Mami 片岡真美 (Director of the Mori Art Museum):
アーティストトーク「ヴォルフガング・ライプ：花粉から宇宙まで」 英語版｜Artist Talk “Wolfgang Laib: From Pollens to the Cosmos”
W. Eugene Smith “The Walk to Paradise Garden” 1946, Gelatin silver print; printed no later than 1952, Dione Guffey / J. Walter Thompson Co. address stamp on print verso @ Howard Greenberg, Art Basel 2023
A rare opportunity to understand the involvement (read: “cozy relationship between auction house and gallery”) of the auction house at the art fair. Selling its works through galleries; check the “Special Notice”, below.
Documented on ARTnews, June 13th, 2023, see the link.
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Interestingly, the fair had two de Kooning paintings from the late ’70s, both of which were put up for sale at Christie’s last year and are on offer for north of $20 million a piece.
Untitled XXI (1977) which is being exhibited by Mnuchin Gallery, sold at Christie’s in May for $25 million, backed by a third-party guarantee; Mnuchin declined to give an asking price on the record. However, a collector at the fair with direct knowledge of the price pre-fair said it was around $28 million. Meanwhile, at the Gagosian booth, a sales associate quoted the price of de Kooning’s Untitled III (ca. 1978) at $33 million; that painting notably failed to sell at Christies in November. As ARTnews reported at the time, the painting, which Christie’s guaranteed, had an asking price over $35 million and was declared a “pass” after a mere minute on the block. In the post-sale press conference, Christie’s executives said that the auction now owned the painting. Gagosian gallery confirmed that the painting, now in its booth, is on consignment; assuming it hasn’t sold between November and now, the consignor is most likely Christie’s. (The gallery did not return a request for comment by press time.) Other dealers said it is not unusual for auction houses to consign works to dealers’ booths at art fairs.
more @ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/major-artworks-sold-art-basel-2023-1234671376/
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More painful still, Willem de Kooning’s Untitled III (around 1978) failed to sell. After a mere minute on the block, it became clear the painting wouldn’t get close to the estimated $35 million price tag and the auctioneer declared it a “pass.” There were at least three audible gasps and one very prominent “Oh wow” from the bidding floor.
more @ https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christies-20-21-sales-bring-in-421m-1234647141/
Read also the “Special Notice” by Christie’s at the lot:
SPECIAL NOTICE On occasion, Christie’s has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Willem de Kooning “Untitled XXI” 1977 @ Mnuchin Gallery, Art Basel 2023Willem de Kooning “Untitled XXI” 1977, detail @ Mnuchin Gallery, Art Basel 2023Willem de Kooning “Untitled XXI” 1977, detail @ Mnuchin Gallery, Art Basel 2023Willem de Kooning “Untitled III” ca. 1978, oil on canvas, 194.6 x 221.9 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023Willem de Kooning “Untitled III” ca. 1978, oil on canvas, 194.6 x 221.9 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023, detail 1Willem de Kooning “Untitled III” ca. 1978, oil on canvas, 194.6 x 221.9 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023, detail 2Willem de Kooning “Untitled III” ca. 1978, oil on canvas, 194.6 x 221.9 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023, detail 3Willem de Kooning “Untitled III” ca. 1978, oil on canvas, 194.6 x 221.9 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023Gagosian booth @ Art Basel 2023Urs Fischer “Mysteries” 2023 @ Gagosian, Art Basel 2023石田 徹也 ISHIDA Tetsuya “Untitled” 2003, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 72.7 x 60.6 cm @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023
up-date:
Japanese Artist Tetsuya Ishida Dreamed of Having a Solo Show in New York Before His Untimely Death. Two Decades Later, Gagosian Is Honoring His Wish
Gagosian, which now represents Ishida globally, will present the late artist’s New York solo debut, curated by Cecilia Alemani.
Vivienne Chow, August 23, 2023 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gagosian-ishida-new-york-japan-2352133
Jordan Wolfson @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023Francesca Woodman “These people live in that door” 1977 @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023Francesca Woodman “Nude Self-portrait” 1976 @ Gagosian Gallery, Art Basel 2023毛利悠子 MOHRI Yuko “Urban Mining” 2023 @ mother’s tankstation Dublin / London, Art Basel booth
Compressed can, light models, streetlight models, used cable, trivet, lens, tambourine, internet hub, horn speaker, wooden gear. Dimensions variable (As installed: 125 x 250.5 x 49 cm)
David Godbold, mother’s tankstation, Dublin / London: “We are obviously very proud and very excited that Yuko will represent Japan…”
See more @
Venice Biennale 2024 with the title: “Foreigners Everywhere”. Contemporary Art Star MOHRI Yuko @ Japan Pavilion. Can MOHRI challenge ‘L’Arte dei rumori’ by Italian Futurist Russolo?
ヴェネツィア・ビエンナーレ 2024のテーマ：「外人だらけ」。現代美術のスター 毛利悠子 @ 日本館。 https://art-culture.world/articles/mohri-yuko-毛利悠子/
加賀 温 KAGA Atsushi “In a world without you” 2023, Acrylic and imitation gold leaf on canvas, 210×170 cm @ mother’s tankstation Dublin / London, Art Basel 2023Gerhard Richter “Schädel, abstrakt” (545-4) 1983, oil on canvas, 70 x 50.5 cm, PF5112 @ Peter Freeman, Art Basel 2023Art Basel Unlimited 2023Mika Tajima “You Be My Body for Me” 2023, Sculptural installation; Dimensions variable (Pace) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Mika Tajima “You Be My Body for Me” 2023, Sculptural installation; Dimensions variable (Pace) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Mika Tajima (Pace) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Works by Carola Schneemann @ PPOW, Art Basel 2023Carola Schneemann “Unexpectedly Research” 1992, Laser prints on board, 210.82 x 119.38 cm, detail @ PPOW, Art Basel 2023Carola Schneemann “Unexpectedly Research” 1992, Laser prints on board, 210.82 x 119.38 cm, detail @ PPOW, Art Basel 2023Carola Schneemann “Unexpectedly Research” 1992, Laser prints on board, 210.82 x 119.38 cm, detail @ PPOW, Art Basel 2023Annette Messager “Le crabe cancer” 2016, 15 bras, 162.9 x 179.9 x 12.9 cm, unique @ Marian Goodman Gallery, Art Basel 2023Annette Messager “Le crabe cancer” 2016, 15 bras, 162.9 x 179.9 x 12.9 cm, unique, detail @ Marian Goodman Gallery, Art Basel 2023杉本博司 SUGIMOTO Hiroshi “Sea of Buddha” 1994 @ Fraenkel, Art Basel 2023Unlimited Art Basel 2023Christian Marclay “Doors” 2022, Single-channel video installation, projection, color and black-and-white, sound; 54’, continuous loop (Paula Cooper, Fraenkel, White Cube) @ Unlimited Art Basel 2023Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller “I can’t remember (world turning)” 2010 @ Fraenkel, Art Basel 2023
Old pics about Basel people and visitors swimming in the Rhine…
リステの近くのライン川Dinner party in the Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois during Art Basel 2023Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois during Art Basel 2023
