(Art) Basel Diary #10

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Stuffed birds by VANESSA SAFAVI, on view at I Wish Blue Could be Water
at Crac Alsace, Altkirch (France), from June 15 to September 19, 2012
Wednesday June 13, 2012
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View more pictures of this exhibition here

 

(Art) Basel Diary #9

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Swiss/French/Iranian artist VANESSA SAFAVI after the presentation of her work
at CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (France)
Wednesday June 13, 2012
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(Art) Basel Diary #8

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Six white mattresses filled with swan’s down and suppor ted upright on a sur face of lead with a refrigerating mechanism. The mattresses are bound by metal strips at different heights and each has a discrete stand; the base consists of layers of soft lead arranged in a composition on the floor. The refrigerating mechanism freezes the metal strips binding each mattress so that a layer of frost forms over their surface. - Untitled (1970 -1994) by PIER PAOLO CALZOLARI

at Art Unlimited
Tuesday June 12, 2012
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(Art) Basel Diary #7

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Tragedy (2011) by NINA BEIER involves a performance in which a live dog plays dead as it lies on a Persian rug at different intervals throughout the duration of the exhibition
at Art Unlimited
Tuesday June 12, 2012
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(Art) Basel Diary #6

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The Bonin/ Oswald Empire’s Nothing #3 (CVB’s Fatigue Raft & MVO’s White Rabbit Song), 2010 by COSIMA VON BONIN
at Art Unlimited
Tuesday June 12, 2012
image © WFW

And good news: you can see some of my other Art Unlimited pictures here

 

(Art) Basel Diary #5

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Gekröse (2011) by FRANZ WEST
at Art Unlimited
Tuesday June 12, 2012
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(Art) Basel Diary #4

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exhibition view at Art Unlimited
man watching Family Straight (2011), a work by GILBERT & GEORGE
Tuesday June 12, 2012
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(Art) Basel Diary #3

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still from The Host and The Cloud (2009-2010), 122′ by PIERRE HUYGHE
screened on Monday June 11, 2012 at Art Film
courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris

I’m interested in the idea of witness who sees something unique and just once - PIERRE HUYGHE in conversation with HANS ULRICH OBRIST before the screening of The Host and The Cloud, more about this film here.

 

(Art) Basel Diary #2

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lighting elements from the project Naturoscopie by NOÉ DUCHAUFOUR-LAWRANCE for the Galerie BSL, Paris
at Design Miami. Monday June 11, 2012
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You can see some of my other Design Miami pictures here.

 

(Art) Basel Diary #1

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drawing on leather by FORMAFANTASMA from the project Craftica/Fendi
at Design Miami. Monday June 11, 2012
image © WFW