Art Basel Miami Beach 2010

Paul McCarthy

Untitled (from Propo-Series)

(Dirty Dotty), 2002

Miami Highlights

Friday was one crazy and busy day.

We flew out of JFK early in the morning and arrived at Miami Airport, where my man rented a silver Corvette with a big happy grin on his face. Being a little worried about the speed... but good to get to the Norton Museum in Palm Beach quickly. After seeing the Museum and peaking at the fabulous Nick Cave (don´t confuse him with the musician) installation, we had a meeting with the director Hope Alswang before we cruised back to Miami Beach to experience the Art Basel Fair.

Bharti Kher

Solarium Series I

2007/2010

Fiberglass, metal

Bharti Kher

Indra´s net mirror 5

2010

Bindis on mirror, wooden Frame

Among the many Galleries that I am a great fan of is the Hauser & Wirth, at the Fair they were showing Paul McCarthy (whose work I can be a bit ambivalent with), Bharti Kher, a new favorite of mine, Anj Smith, Roni Horn and Joan Mitchell.

Joan Mitchell

Untitled 1968-1969

Oil on canvas

Vik Muniz

The Bearer (Irma) from Pictures of Garbage

2008

Arndt & Partner (Zurich, Berlin)

This conceptual picture here is fenomenal. I will call Vik Muniz an ArtEco Artist. Born in Sao Paulo Brazil (where my husband is right now...). now he lives and works in New York.
This sold on the first day of Art Basel (should I say, of course?)


In a labor-intensive and meticulous process, Vik Muniz reproduces images the Western viewer is familiar with from the print media, such as art masterpieces or legendary photographs from news magazines. After he has created his replicas, using a wide range of materials such as powdered pigment, dust, garbage or foods like sugar, chocolate and caviar, he photographs them and then destroys them so that they only exist as photographs. Viewed from a distance, the illusionistic effect and the resemblance of his works to the original pictures are striking. However, when seen up close the images dissolve into a chaotic array of materials, thus turning the attention of the viewer to the symbolic meaning and the formal characteristics of the substances as well as to the elaborate production process. 
(From Arndt & Partner Website)

Maria Nepomuceno

Untitled, 2010

Ropes, Beads, Fiberglass, Resine and Ceramic

Gallery: A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

Check out this Gallery´s imaginative website... a sort of sperm factory? 

Yaoi Kusama

Pumpkin, 2010

(Behind "The Earth in late summer)

A conceptual Artist born in Japan now lives in New York, who calls herself an "obsessive artist".

Holds one of the highest sold records at Auctions for a living female.

Angela de la Cruz

Squashed (2010)

Nothing IX (White), 2005

oil on Canvas

Galerie Krinzinger Vienna

Is a finalist for the Turner Prize this year. I think they will announce the winner later tonight. Will keep you updated. (The Turner Prize is the most prestigious award an Artist can get that lives and work in Britain).

Great boots for watching Video Art.

Allora & Calzadilla

Petrified Petrol Pump, 2010

Fossilised Limestone

Lisson Gallery

Through sculpture, photography, performance, sound and video, Allora and Calzadilla's works have been informed by questions of mark making, traces, and survival in a way that is simultaneously conceptual, metaphorical and spatial. Their understanding of material and metaphor as a couple is crucial; for them a material is never simply self-evident in its meaning, it is always marked with histories, cultures, and politics that are at once irreducible to and indivisible from the material in question. Another recurrent trope in their work is that of animality, and its unstable relationship to the realm of the human. Most recently, they have created a series of works that explore the interplay between militarism and sound in the context of today's global state of war.

 - Lisson Gallery

This Limestone petrol pump is incredible seen up close. New Artists to me, they live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Anish Kapoor

Untitled, 2010

Fiberglass and Paint

Good Anish Kapoor, brightening my view:)

Nathan Carter

Norway, Bergen Arial, 1942, 2009

Steel and enamel paint

Gallery: Galerist (Turkey)

The title here of course was inviting to me (since I am Norwegian and have lived in Bergen at one point). Sort of a newer version of Calder?

Elif Uras

Line Belly, 2010

Iznikware, polychrome underglaze on fritware

68x30

Gallerist: Galerist (Turkey)

 Elif Uras

Byzantine Belly, 2010

Iznikware, polychrome underglaze on fritware

68x30

 Loving these belly vases (A collection of 8 I think). All sold already.

Georg Condo

Not titled yet (2010)

As Esquire writes: Forget about buying a condo — buy a Condo...

David Altmejd

Untitled, 2010

Foam, epoxy clay, synthetic hair, acrylic pain, 

mixed minerals, including quartz, calcite, florite

Andrea Rosen Gallery

Elliott Hundley

With Her own hands, 2010

Let the whole house crash, season III, 2010

Gallery Andrea Rosen

Success is in the details... here the amazing Andrea Rosen Gallery with pieces by Elliott Hundley and David Altmejd.

Juan Genoves (b. 1930)

Espacio Publico, 2010

acrylic on canvas on board

Marlborough Gallery

(Insert) Espacio Publico

Juan Genoves

Contemporaneos, 2010

Distancias, 2010

My favorites were actually these paintings by the Spanish artist Juan Genoves. Look what a great technique he has by doing this brilliant splash of paint that makes people.

Louise Bourgeois

Spider Home, 2002

The institute, 2002

The mini versions of the large spider. You just have to love her!!

Tim Prentice

Maquette for Jackson, 2010

Aluminium and stainless steel

Maxwell Davidson Gallery

Pedro S. De Movellan

Phoenix, 2008

Laminated Carbon fiber laminate, powder coated aluminum and 

brass, brushed aluminum, stainless steel

Maxwell Davidson Gallery

I just realized that I sat next to the owner of this gallery at a dinner party a while back in June, Maxwell Davidson and his wonderful wife. I have not had a chance to visit his Gallery yet. At the Art Basel Fair, their booth were filled with these wonderful airy sculptures all just slightly moving, like as if you were blowing on them. Gorgeous!

After the immense amount of impressions we managed to squeeze in a light dinner at the new Soho Beach House club. Managed to relax for a short time in the new rustic and intimate atmosphere before we took the late night flight back to New York.

A long post that could have been longer... hope you enjoy it!

With Love

Kristin

Carte Blanche

Maurizio Cattelan

Stephanie, 2003

Est. $1,500,000- $2,000,000
Sold At: 2,434,500

It has been an incredibly exciting weekend. Friday we were invited to the Studio of Claes Oldenburg, where he and his daughter showed us around his Soho Townhouse, and kindly let us peak at his past and future models for his projects.

On Saturday I first went to Bonham Auction house where Tate Doherty (head of Contemporary) talked about the Auction market. It is a packed Art Auction week in New York City, with all the big Auction houses holding Contemporary Art Auctions. Only very potential buyers get to attend these events, you must show proof of liquid cash of at least $1,000,000 to even bid and that still does not entitle you to an evening show invite. (The day shows are a little more lenient).

The event that is going to fire lose tonight is the "Carte Blanche" Auction at Philips de Pury & Company. An auction curated by the famous art adventurer Philip Segalot (also famous for his vibrant hairdo). This event will actually be part of the Auction houses history, since this will be the first ever curated auction show, and surely not the last.

Maurizio Cattelan

Charlie

Est. $2,000,000- $3,000,000
Sold at: 2,994,500

 Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self Portrait, 1982

Est. $4,000,000-6,000,000
Sold At: 4,562,500

It was breathtaking to walk into Philips de Pury on Saturday. Right away you sense the amount of great quality Art that is being presented. The buzz and the excitement was filling up the big open rooms where the fashionable "potential" bidders were mingling.

"I have always been interested in the concept of curated sales, where the artworks are selected not for their market value but for their artistic quality, historical importance and coherence within the group. Here I tried to push this idea further by bringing together a small "collection" comprised of my favorite works by my favorite artists. The result is a true self-portrait, a close representation of my life as an art lover, an art collector and an art advisor."

         - Philippe Segalot

 Takashi Murakami

Miss ko2, 1997

Est. $4,000,000-$6,000,000

Sold At: $6,802,500

Yves Klein

SE 161 (1959?)

Est. $700,000-$900,000

Sold At: 1,314,500

Paul McCarthy

Mechanical Pig, 2005

Est. $2,500,000-$3,500,000

Passed

Felix Gonzales-Torres

"Untitled" 1992

Est. $4,000,000-6,000,000
Sold At: 4,562,500

My legally looted Felix Gonzales-Torres.

I had to taste one and I have two left, should they be framed?

Tonight at 6PM the show begins, and if you can't go there in person you can do what I am planing to do, watch it on the internet. Philips de Pury's web site.

With Love

Kristin