Art 42 Basel
Art Unlimited: 62 ambitious, large-scale art projects
This year's Art Unlimited features 62 projects. The artists showing at this exhibition of ambitious contemporary art represent a cross-section of leading figures from the international art scene, with works by artists of five different decades. Many pieces have been created especially for Art Unlimited.
In the 17,000-square-meter exhibition hall, Art Unlimited offers artists and galleries a platform for works that exceed the possibilities of the conventional gallery booth, showcasing outsize sculptures, video projections, installations, wall paintings, photographic series, and performance art.
Since its launch in 2000, many of the world's leading contemporary artists have exhibited in the Art Unlimited sector, which is generously supported by UBS. The design of this year's exhibition, drawn exclusively from proposals by the show's gallerists, has once again been devised by the Geneva curator Simon Lamunière. This year, works by long-established artists - such as Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Daniel Buren, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Flavin, Mona Hatoum, Anish Kapoor, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Schütte, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Cerith Wyn Evans - are joined by pieces from younger and emerging stars such as Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Jacob Kassay, Robert Kusmirowski, Mark Leckey and Sarah Morris.
A separate limited-edition catalog (costing 40 Swiss francs) accompanies the exhibition and includes descriptive texts about each artwork presented in Hall 1. Alongside Art Unlimited, the Art Statements section (see previous press release) presents 27 oneperson shows of young artists this year. Hall 1 will also host Artists Books, Artists Records, the Stampa bookshop and the auditorium for the Art Basel Conversations and Art Salon talks.
Projects by the following artists have been chosen by the Art Basel Selection Committee:
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Christian Andersson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin; von Bartha, Basel; Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa
Carl Andre, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli
Michel Auder, Aurel Scheibler/ScheiblerMitte, Berlin
John Baldessari, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich; Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Lewis Baltz, Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln
Mohamed Bourouissa, kamel mennour, Paris
Matthew Buckingham, Murray Guy, New York; Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Daniel Buren, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Stefan Burger, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Zürich; Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Waltercio Caldas, Galería Elvira González, Madrid
Ernst Caramelle, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien; Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich; Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris
Etienne Chambaud, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Minerva Cuevas, kurimanzutto, México D.F.
Jonas Dahlberg, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Gardar Eide Einarsson, Team Gallery, New York; Nils Staerk, Copenhagen
Hans-Peter Feldmann, 303 Gallery, New York
Dan Flavin, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Kendell Geers, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Rodolphe Janssen, Bruxelles; Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Mona Hatoum, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano; White Cube, London
David Hominal, kamel mennour, Paris
Alain Huck, Skopia P.-H. Jaccaud, Genève
Daniel Robert Hunziker, von Bartha, Basel
Callum Innes and Colm Tóibín, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York; Frith Street Gallery, London
Inspection Medical Hermeneutics, Regina Gallery, Moscow
Anish Kapoor, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
Jacob Kassay, Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles; Art: Concept, Paris
Katarzyna Kozyra, Ýak Branicka foundation, Krakow
Robert Kusmirowski, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Louise Lawler, Metro Pictures, New York; Sprüth Magers, Berlin; Yvon Lambert, Paris
Mark Leckey, Cabinet Gallery, London
Robert Longo, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Vera Lutter, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Goshka Macuga, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Masbedo, Noire Contemporary Art, Torino
Mario Merz, Galerie Tschudi, Glarus
Sarah Morris, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
James Nares, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Deimantas Narkevicius, gb agency, Paris; Jan Mot, Bruxelles; Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
David Nash, Annely Juda Fine Art, London; Galerie Lelong, Paris
Hans Op de Beeck, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano; Galerie Krinzinger, Wien; Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles; Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Pablo Pijnappel, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam
Robert Rauschenberg, Peter Freeman, New York
Jason Rhoades, David Zwirner, New York; Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Ulrich Rückriem, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
Allen Ruppersberg, Greene Naftali, New York; Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
Fred Sandback, David Zwirner, New York; Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zürich
Bojan Šarcevic, Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London
Thomas Schütte, Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice (Torino)
Sudarshan Shetty, GallerySKE, Bangalore; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris; Galerie Krinzinger, Wien; Tilton Gallery, New York
Lucy Skaer, Murray Guy, New York
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
Lun Tuchnowski, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
James Turrell, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
Erik van Lieshout, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien; Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Mark Wallinger, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London; Donald Young Gallery, Chicago; carlier gebauer, Berlin; Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
Nari Ward, Lehmann Maupin, New York; Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Hannah Wilke, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Cathy Wilkes, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Cerith Wyn Evans, White Cube, London
For further information, please see www.artbasel.com/unlimited.
Important Dates for Media
Media Reception: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 10am, Art Unlimited, Hall 1
Show Dates: June 15 – 19, 2011
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