Art Basel Paris
Our favourite art works from Art Basel Paris Second Edition 2023.
Last year, the inaugural edition of Art Basel Paris held immense significance for numerous galleries and artists worldwide. Arriving in the epicenter of art and fashion, the Grand Palais Éphémère greeted us, surrounded by a plethora of new exhibitions available during the art week. For more content, please check out our Instagram @hoornikmag
However, this year, in the wake of the global tragedies that humanity is grappling with, war looms ominously on the horizon. In addition to the art fair taking place this weekend, places like Versailles and the Louvre have faced evacuations once again. We are grateful to have been part of the inaugural edition, and we would like to share some of the experiences we had exploring the exciting offerings of the art scene for this year.
We look back fondly on our last visit during the commemorative first edition, where the prevailing themes were love and peace. We earnestly hope to return to what we call the "Status quo," recognizing it as a true blessing.
We condemn terrorism and attacks against humanity and the integrity of individuals.
If you want to discover new artists virtually this time, take a look at this:
Title: Peter Saul's "Ice Box #3", 1961
Price Range: USD 1,000,001 - 2,000,000
Description: Throughout his illustrious six-decade career, Peter Saul (born in 1934) has fearlessly confronted the events and aesthetics of history. His depictions of consumer culture and politics are infused with a unique blend of humor and despair, with cartoon imagery serving as a vehicle for the artist's scathing observations.
Painted in his Paris Studio during the artist's self-imposed exile from America, "Ice Box Number 3" marks a significant departure from the prevailing abstraction that other artists of the time fervently embraced. Instead, it unveils Saul's early signature style. Emblems of domesticity—cans, ovens, and leftover plates—are transformed into nonsensical, fluid entities that flow with the disjointed rhythm of a comic book strip. Viewing America from the distant vantage point of Europe for the first time, Saul began to scrutinize his homeland with a sharper focus, reevaluating the value systems associated with "high art" and the post-war idealization of nuclear domesticity.
Exhibition Location: Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi
Exhibition Information: Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi is delighted to showcase a selection of photographic works by the artistic duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys, taken from their compelling series titled 'Objects as Friends'.
Description
Takashi MURAKAMITogether with the Flower Parent and Child, 2021 - 2023
Platinum leaf on FRP, wooden pedestal184.9 x 123.1 x 59.1 cm (sculpture)12 x 90 x 90 cm (pedestal) | 72 13/16 x 48 7/16 x 23 1/4 inch (sculpture)4 3/4 x 35 7/16 x 35 7/16 inch (pedestal)Indoor sculpture5/5 Editions (each edition as an unique version)
Imi Knoebel
Etcetera XXVIII, 2023
USD 100,001 - 200,000
Galerie Francesca Pia
Francesca Pia Gallery presents some of the highlights from this year's booth at Paris + par Art Basel
Description
Gili Tal
*1983 in Tel Aviv, lives and works in London
In her photographs, collages, and installations, Gili Tal probes the relationship between capitalist-oriented urban developments and the realities of those inhabiting them. Tal is particularly interested in the growing amalgamation of advertising images and effective reality.
At Paris+ par Art Basel 2023, Galerie Francesca Pia will show one of her latest paintings from her recent exhibition at Galerie Francesca Pia. Titled You May See Butterflies: Elephant Park, the exhibition picked up where Gili Tal left off with her show of pixelated London bus paintings last year at her London gallery.
David Zwirner
David Zwirner is pleased to participate in the second iteration of Paris+ par Art Basel with a booth dedicated to figurative painting.
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Learn more about Kerry James Marshall.
Artwork Details
Painting
Acrylic on PVC panel in artist's frame
Description
cameron clayborn’s practice addresses the relationship between vulnerability and power. Recalling biological masses and quilts with dangling threads, clayborn layers flesh-toned colored pencils, watercolors, and oil pastels with upholstery materials and photo transfers of the artist’s family members. clayborn’s tender works on paper feature prominent fabric piping and sewing, and are encased in unglazed frames so that their raw tactility remains uninterrupted.
Cameron Clayborn
portrait of papa and granny #1, 2023
Mendes Wood DM
Mendes Wood DM is pleased to participate in the second edition of Paris+ par Art Basel with a presentation highlighting the production of female artists from the gallery's program.
Description
Sanam Khatibi’s work explores notions of animality and the primal impulses that we all share. At the core of her practice is a questioning of our relationship with power structures, and the duality of triumph and failure. The recurrent themes that feature in her work are chaos, destruction, excess, loss of control, domination, and submission. Khatibi is also interested in the thin line that exists between fear and desire, and how closely they are interrelated.
Her subjects live on their impulses, set within alluring, exotic, and dangerous landscapes. Wildlife and animals are an integral part of her practice, and her figures are often depicted within the same plane as the flora and fauna. Power, violence, and sensuality mingle, intermix, and overlap with each other ambiguously, giving rise to multifaceted scenarios that juxtapose the animal and the human, past and present, cruelty and seduction.
Her practice consists of paintings, embroideries, tapestries, sculptures, and installations.
Tamina Amadyar
roses ave, 2023
USD 10,001 - 25,000
Meyer Riegger and Galleria Franco Noero’s presentation for Paris+ par Art Basel brings together a strong and diverse group of artists – Tamina Amadyar,Caroline Bachmann, Katinka Bock, Miriam Cahn, Sheila Hicks, Meuser, John Miller and Paulo Nazareth.
Ilana Savdie
White Cube
USD 50,001 - 75,000
Paris+ par Art Basel reveals line-up of 154 premier galleries participating in its second edition, as well as first details of key presentations by returning and new exhibitors
154 galleries from 33 countries and territories will showcase precise solo, duo, and group presentations of the highest caliber at Paris+ par Art Basel’s second edition
The fair will welcome 15 new galleries: six to the Galeries sector and nine to the Galeries Émergentes sector
Together with the City of Paris and some of its cultural institutions, Paris+ par Art Basel will present a citywide public program to visitors, free and accessible to all, further strengthening its bonds with the Parisian cultural scene.
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