Art Basel
Hall 2.0, Booth E3
11–16 June 2024
Highlights of our presentation include new and recent works by Jules de Balincourt, María Berrío, Eric Fischl, Idris Khan, Yayoi Kusama, Conrad Shawcross and Sarah Sze, and important historical works by Geoffrey Holder, Alice Neel and Paula Rego.
Works on view celebrate current and future gallery exhibitions: including a new painting made especially for this presentation by Sarah Sze, whose exhibition at our Venice gallery continues until 16 June; a painted bronze sculpture by Eric Fischl, whose exhibition in collaboration with Vortic Artists Projects opens in Venice on 29 June; a work from the 1980s by Geoffrey Holder who, along with his brother Boscoe Holder, is a focal point of our summer programme in London, previewing from 31 May; paintings and sculpture by Yayoi Kusama, who will have a solo exhibition of new work in London from September; and new paintings by Jules de Balincourt and María Berrío, giving a foretaste of their solo exhibitions in London, opening in October and November respectively.
Additionally, the gallery will have works available to view by Ali Banisadr, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Chantal Joffe, Grayson Perry, Hedda Sterne and Flora Yukhnovich.
Selected works are featured below:
Jules de Balincourt
Oil on panel
121.9 x 111.8 cm
48 x 44 in
Jules de Balincourt, Untitled, 2024
More infoMaría Berrío
Collage with Japanese papers, watercolor paint, and gold leaf on linen
142.2 x 182.9 cm
56 x 72 in
María Berrío, Canticle of the Open Palm, 2024
More info‘Berrío’s works are powerfully alluring, both in craft and sentiment: They ache with a desire for childhood to be kind and gentle, as childhood should be.’ — Murray Whyte, The Boston Globe
Eric Fischl
Painted bronze relief
169 x 182 x 59cm
Eric Fischl, Lady with Red Hat, 2023
More info‘Working backwards from the newest VR technology to the age-old process of bronze casting represents the journey these sculptures have taken. No question about it, we live in an age of technological wonder, and being able to bring together these two disparate technologies is irresistible to me as an artist.’ — Eric Fischl
Geoffrey Holder
Colour pencil and graphite on paper
81.3 x 104.1 cm
32 x 41 in
Geoffrey Holder, Resting, 1988
More infoIdris Khan
Watercolour mounted on aluminium
256.3 x 234.3 cm
100 7/8 x 92 1/4 in
Idris Khan, After The Breakfast, 2024
More info‘The notes, just like the rest of the composition, reference the pigment structure of the historical works, posing the question: can we not only see and interpret color, but can we hear color, too?’ — Marcelle Polednik
Yayoi Kusama
‘Pumpkins have been a great comfort to me since my childhood; they speak to me of the joy of living. They are humble and amusing at the same time, and I have and always will celebrate them in my art.’ — Yayoi Kusama
Alice Neel
‘Neel was a master of her medium and she often exploits its possibilities to the full in her renditions of faces.’ — Minna Moore Ede
Paula Rego
Pastel on paper on aluminium
180 x 120 cm
70 7/8 x 47 1/4 in
Paula Rego, The Fisherman, 2005
More info‘If Rego mythically brings to the surface some of what lurks in the depths, it is usually to do with perplexing human relations.’ — Deborah Levy
Conrad Shawcross
Weathering steel
215 x 72 x 83 cm
Conrad Shawcross, Paradigm – B Chamfer (Structural), 2022
More info‘Paradigm is a beacon for progress and endeavour but contains fallibility and should serve as a constant reminder of the precariousness of knowledge.’ — Conrad Shawcross
Sarah Sze
Oil paint, acrylic paint, archival paper, acrylic polymers, ink, diabond, aluminum, and wood
197.5 x 149.9 x 3.8 cm
77 3/4 x 59 x 1 1/2 in
Sarah Sze, Waking, 2024
More info‘Sze’s enquiry is one of orientation: how does one locate oneself in a painting, and how can a painting’s effect be one of disorientation?’ — Erin Manns
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