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| John Bell, at Cancio Contemporary AQUA $1800. |
I enjoyed the four (or was it five?) days of visual gluttony that Basel and the Satellite fairs always produce. But like a callous hardened, I did not find the wondrous moment of pure enchantment. I think that there was so much I contracted ADHD. Speaking of gluttony, there were lots of table-esque sculptures and installations and themed paintings...
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| Family dinners? |
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| Elmgreen & Drasset |
Based in London and Berlin, the duo Elmgreen & Draset focus on social commentary and architecture. The cracked table and chairs were only the beginning of noticing a lot of riffs on the dinner party...I could not help wonder what kind of meal the artists were manifesting?
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| Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, (303 gallery)Aluminum and survival blanket |
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| lost my notes on this one, or were there notes?! |
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| Megali Reus In Place Of (Mint) |
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| ZHAN Wang Urban Landscape (Chicago) , C-print (Long March Space) |
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| Tense like an intimate Serra |
There was a lot of tension in the art.
There was talk of the stabbing that had happened Saturday night (an exacto blade between to rival lovers)
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| Guiseppe Penone, Nel Legno, at Marian Goodman Gallery |
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| seen at the Tornabuoni art gallery Basel |
The "wow" factor for me was for this giant embroidered mural! Alas,
Boetti is a dead artist now.
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| Alighiero Boetti, embroidered masterpiece |
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| Roy Lichtenstein Assemblages 1955 booth B11 |
Another shocker were these early 1955 Lichtensteins- before he "popped"!
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| Adrian Villar Rojas, young and Argentinian |
There was art to see up close. through, below, above, and just out of reach.
As people started to droop I stumbled to the far corner of Basel and found...Charles Burchfield at the DC Moore Gallery, and his astounding wall paper designs!
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| Burchfield wallpaper sample 1922-29 |
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| another wallpaper sample |
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| Burchfield painting...reminds me of home farm |
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