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Jonathan Meese
ART BASEL TALKS PROGRAMM’S SALON SERIES
AUDITORIUM, UNLIMITED HALL 1, BASEL, SWITZERLANDJune 18th, 2016, 5pm - 6 pm
Discussion | 100 Years Dada Jonathan Meese, in conversation with Adrian Notz, Director, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich. Auditorium, Hall 1 (Hall of the Unlimited sector), Messeplatz, 4005 Basel. Free entrance.
Daniel Dezeuze
LE PRIEURÉ DE SERRABONA À BOULE D’AMONT
BOULE D'AMONT (30km from Perpignan), FRANCEFrom 06/18/2016 to 09/18/2016
Within the framework of the IN SITU show, bringing together landmarks and contemporary art, in the French region Languedoc Roussillon Midi Pyrénées, Daniel Dezeuze presents in the church of Boule d’Amont his grid works nefs (2010, 2011).
Set on the ground, alone or within an ensemble, the volume of these grids inhibites the space based on the concept of cutting outs and empty forms. The architectural reference in the grids seems to reflect the structure of the church.
Valerio Adami
TRANSFIGURATIONS – SOLO SHOW
CHAPELLE SAINT-SAUVEUR, SAINT-MALO, FRANCE From 06/18/2016 to 10/09/2016
This major exhibition will bring together more than 70 works – paintings, drawings, photographs – in the centuries-old walls of the Chapelle Saint-Sauveur from 18 June to 9 October 2016. It will also include many additional activities, including the organization of the “Contest Valerio Adami, “in the manner of Jan Voss contest, which attracted many inhabitants of the Saint-Malo, last year. Regularly exhibited in very important galleries, the works of Valerio Adami have long since joined the contemporary artistic heritage. They are found in the cities and most prestigious collections in Europe and abroad.
Valerio Adami
DE LA LIGNE À LA COULEUR – SOLO SHOW
LE MUSEE DE l’HOSPICE SAINT-ROCHE, ISSOUDUN, FRANCEFrom 06/18/2016 to 09/11/2016
The Museum of the Hospice Saint-Roche of Issoudun devotes its exhibition spaces to the Artiste Valeria Adami from June 18 to September 11, 2016 by showing 80 works, photographs, drawings as well as paintings from the end of the 1960s to present.
Valerio Adami is one of the main figures of the Narrative Figuration movement whose works are inspired by photographic documents and the style of comic books. Flat color blocks framed by a black line characterize his paintings. The reduced drawings show fragments that associate personal symbolic motives, memories of journeys, some of his experiences in the fields of music, theater or literature.
James Casebere
AFTER SCALE MODEL : DWELLING IN THE WORK OF JAMES CASEBERE – SOLO SHOW
BOZAR, BRUSSELS, BELGIUMFrom 06/17/2016 to 09/04/2016
Following a major retrospective at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, BOZAR opens its doors to James Casebere. This American photographer a pioneer of staged photogrpahy – studied with John Baldessari and obtained his Master of Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). His work is marked by a profound interest in architecture. Yet rather than focusing his lens on the actual buildings, he makes scale models of them, which he then photographs. During the International Biennial of Photography Casebere presents an intricate ensemble of domestic interiors and settings in the antechambers of Victor Horta’s Centre for Fine Arts.
Saint Clair Cemin
SCULPTURES – SOLO SHOW
BRASILEA FOUNDATION, BASEL, SWITZERLAND From 06/15/2016 to 06/18/2016
This exhibition offers a panorama of works, original and multiple sculptures from 1995 to 2012 as well as some drawings that will allow the public to travel with this limitless Brasilean artist. Curator Marc Pottier
Jim Dine
MUSCLE AND SALT, ART PARCOURS – SOLO SHOW
ANTIKENMUSEUM, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 08/07/2016
Monday, June 13, 2016 7pm Opening and Performance First presented at the Getty Museum in 2008, ‘Muscle and Salt’ (2016) by Jim Dine is an immersive installation in the Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig, inspired by two forms of classical art: figural sculpture and lyric poetry. On Monday at 7.30pm, Dine will read from his poems while being accompanied by a double bass player.
Chiharu Shiota
UNLIMITED, ART BASEL
UNLIMITED HALL 1.0 BOOTH U11, ART BASEL, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 06/19/2016
‘Accumulation: Searching for Destination’ Shiota’s installation is inspired by the everyday movement, life, and thoughts of the individual. When travelling, we hold a general wish and try to follow that path, and while the red strings connect the suitcases to the starting point of each personal journey, we cannot control the unexpected which continuously shapes our destination.
Iván Navarro
PARCOURS, ART BASEL
BIRSIGTUNNEL, ART BASEL, BASEL, SWITZERLANDFrom 06/13/2016 to 06/19/2016
‘Traffic’ is a mobile composed of seven pairs of traffic lights that loop continuously from soft green to yellow to red. By employing the lights in this way, Navarro detaches a ubiquitous element from daily life and transforms it into a new perpetual experience, igniting an unconscious awareness of something that in ordinary use conditions the public’s psychological behavior.
Pierre et Gilles
SUMMER EXHIBITION – GROUP SHOW
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON, GREAT BRITAINFrom 06/13/2016 to 08/21/2016
L’oeuvre de Pierre et Gilles, “Le Hameau de la Reine”, est présentée à la Summer Exhibition de la Royal Academy de Londres avec le modèle Zahia Dehar en Marie-Antoinette. Célèbre pour être la plus grande exposition à soumission ouverte, cet évènement révèle chaque année un panorama de l’art, tous médiums confondus, ainsi qu’un remarquable mélange d’artistes émergents et d’artistes reconnus. Comme les années précédentes, la majorité des oeuvres sont à vendre. Cela vous offre l’opportunité de posséder des pièces originales réalisées par des artistes importants d’aujourd’hui et de demain.
