[05. juni 2008]

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Public Art Projects at Messeplatz, Basel

Public Art Projects - Art | 39 | Basel

Back in Basel for the 39th Art Fair and everything is buzzing. The first that meets you when arriving at the Messeplatz ais the Public Art Project. Ten works by internationally renowned artists; Dan Graham, Luca Vitone, Isa Genzken, Roxy Paine, Thomas Baumann, Conrad Shawcross, Subodh Gupta, Sol LeWitt, Tobias Rehberger and Ugo Rondinone are installed at the outdoor exhibition area. They each engage directly with the viewer and challenge the boundaries between art and life.

Dan Graham's piece Rectangle Inside ¾ Cylinder is part of the Two-Way-Mirrow-Pavillon series which the American artist has been working on since the 80s. Both from the inside and from the outside - depending on the light conditions - the glass walls function as mirrors, concealing the people standing on the other side, and at the same time the work has a constant transparency to it.

The piece Gu Mo Ni Ma Da, by German artist Tobias Rehberger, looks like a spaceship that has landed at the messeplatz. The artist has made a reconstruction of the boat that transported the Danish-Vietnamese artist Dahn Vo and his family from Vietnam, when they fled the country. They were picked up by at Danish tanker. The boat refers in this way to one man's history, but at the same time to all the refugees all over the world who try to find a better place to live. No one is fleeing Basel these days as the Art | 39 | Basel is the place to be.

Foto:Torben Zenth

Thomas Baumann (AT), Isa Genzken (DE), Dan Graham (GB), Subodh Gupta (IN), Roxy Paine (US), Tobias Rehberger (DE), Ugo Rondinone (CH), Conrad Shawcross (GB), Luca Vitone (IT), Sol LeWitt (US)

Public Art projects - Art | 39 | Basel

02. juni - 08. februar 2008

Messezentrum Basel

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Thomas Baumann: Wak, 2008. 20 x 1 x 1,2 m. Kinetic art work


Thomas Baumann: Wak, 2008. 20 x 1 x 1,2 m. Kinetic art work		Thomas Baumann: Wak, 2008. 20 x 1 x 1,2 m. Kinetic art work


Isa Genzken: Rose II, 2008. height 8 m. Stainless steel, aluminium, laquer edition of 3		Isa Genzken: Rose II, 2008. height 8 m. Stainless steel, aluminium, laquer edition of 3

Dan Graham: Rectangle Inside 3/4 Cylinder, 2008. Two-way mirror, steel


Dan Graham: Rectangle Inside 3/4 Cylinder, 2008. Two-way mirror, steel		Dan Graham: Rectangle Inside 3/4 Cylinder, 2008. Two-way mirror, steel

Subodh Gupta: Gandhi's Three Monkeys, 2008. Bronze, steel, brass, copper editon of 3


Subodh Gupta: Gandhi's Three Monkeys, 2008. Bronze, steel, brass, copper editon of 3		Subodh Gupta: Gandhi's Three Monkeys, 2008. Bronze, steel, brass, copper editon of 3		Subodh Gupta: Gandhi's Three Monkeys, 2008. Bronze, steel, brass, copper editon of 3

Sol LeWitt: Zig-Zag with Columns, 1995. Concrete blocks


Sol LeWitt: Zig-Zag with Columns, 1995. Concrete blocks		Sol LeWitt: Zig-Zag with Columns, 1995. Concrete blocks

Roxy Paine: Inversion, 2008. 1280 cm. tall Stainless steel


Roxy Paine: Inversion, 2008. 1280 cm. tall Stainless steel		Roxy Paine: Inversion, 2008. 1280 cm. tall Stainless steel

Roxy Paine: Inversion, 2008. 1280 cm. tall Stainless steel		Roxy Paine: Inversion, 2008. 1280 cm. tall Stainless steel

Tobias Rehberger: Gu Mo Ni Ma Da, 2006. 431,8 x 1038,9 x 350,5 cm. Mahogany, metal, glass, epoxy, plastic, polyurethane coating


Tobias Rehberger: Gu Mo Ni Ma Da, 2006. 431,8 x 1038,9 x 350,5 cm. Mahogany, metal, glass, epoxy, plastic, polyurethane coating		Tobias Rehberger: Gu Mo Ni Ma Da, 2006. 431,8 x 1038,9 x 350,5 cm. Mahogany, metal, glass, epoxy, plastic, polyurethane coating

Ugo Rondinone: Moonrise, east, 2005. 12 masks, each approx. 250 x 150 x 120 cm. Cast aluminium, drawn enamel, wooden plinth Edition of 3


Ugo Rondinone: Moonrise, east, 2005. 12 masks, each approx. 250 x 150 x 120 cm. Cast aluminium, drawn enamel, wooden plinth Edition of 3		Ugo Rondinone: Moonrise, east, 2005. 12 masks, each approx. 250 x 150 x 120 cm. Cast aluminium, drawn enamel, wooden plinth Edition of 3

Ugo Rondinone: Moonrise, east, 2005. 12 masks, each approx. 250 x 150 x 120 cm. Cast aluminium, drawn enamel, wooden plinth Edition of 3		Ugo Rondinone: Moonrise, east, 2005. 12 masks, each approx. 250 x 150 x 120 cm. Cast aluminium, drawn enamel, wooden plinth Edition of 3

Conrad Shawcross: Lattice III, 2008. 5 x 5 x 7 m. Aluminium


Conrad Shawcross: Lattice III, 2008. 5 x 5 x 7 m. Aluminium		Conrad Shawcross: Lattice III, 2008. 5 x 5 x 7 m. Aluminium

Luca Vitone: Gli occhi di Segantini, 2007. 975 x Ø700 cm. Wood, iron, red jute


Luca Vitone: Gli occhi di Segantini, 2007. 975 x Ø700 cm. Wood, iron, red jute		Luca Vitone: Gli occhi di Segantini, 2007. 975 x Ø700 cm. Wood, iron, red jute

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