EU Trip Summer 2007 - Basel
This is one of past-due photo postings from my iphoto library.
Before the memory would completely fade, here are some photos I took during my trip to Switzerland and Germany in
June 2007.
I was traveling around using Die Bahn, which is an express train connecting cities within Germany and major cities in its neighboring countries. My first stop was Basel to check out some art fairs. Basel is located on the border of three countries, Germany, France and Switzerland but there was no one who checked your passport or any IDs. It's just a big station like Grand Central Station. Although I found a gate to France, I didn't attempt to go though it just to get my passport stampted, instead I went straight to see one art fair Scope Art Basel.
Art Scope Basel was pretty much same as other Scope fairs in NY and the Hamptons (I've not been to others such as in London). It was laid-back and the exhibitors are usually young galleries. Maybe because I was particulary looking into contemporary Chinese art this time, there were so many artworks fulfilled in several booths.
Works on the wall by Wu Junyong and Mao Sculpture by...I forgot. At Chinese Contemporary, Beijing, London, NY.
The next day I had only about 2.5 hours to visit Art Basel, the largest Contemporary art fair in the world. There were more than 300 booths so how could I be done with this gigantic fair?? I was literally running through the alleys between the booths.
The entrance of Art Basel. Yinka Shonibare sculpture at James Cohan, NY. All art dealers were busy selling!
Artworks were sold really well at Art Basel. Jack Pierson, "The Cripple Begger Knew a Priceless Secret," 2007, $300,000 - Sold, Regan Projects, Los Angeles.
Franz West sculptures - Reserved and Sold. Martin Kippenberger on the wall - Sold, Grässlin, Frankfurt.
This is one of a few ceramic works I found at the fair. Scatola Brillo by an Italian artist duo Bertozzi and Casoni, $30,000 - sold, Sperone Westwater, NY.
This floor installation was also sold!
Another building Art Unlimited next to the main building was dedicated to video installations, performances, emerging galleries and so forth. I wanted to see them as many as possible but time ran out. I jumped onto a tram to catch a train to Munich, the next stop.
Cao Fei, known for her video work, was doing her performance with her artist father.
Before the memory would completely fade, here are some photos I took during my trip to Switzerland and Germany in
June 2007.
I was traveling around using Die Bahn, which is an express train connecting cities within Germany and major cities in its neighboring countries. My first stop was Basel to check out some art fairs. Basel is located on the border of three countries, Germany, France and Switzerland but there was no one who checked your passport or any IDs. It's just a big station like Grand Central Station. Although I found a gate to France, I didn't attempt to go though it just to get my passport stampted, instead I went straight to see one art fair Scope Art Basel.
Art Scope Basel was pretty much same as other Scope fairs in NY and the Hamptons (I've not been to others such as in London). It was laid-back and the exhibitors are usually young galleries. Maybe because I was particulary looking into contemporary Chinese art this time, there were so many artworks fulfilled in several booths.
Works on the wall by Wu Junyong and Mao Sculpture by...I forgot. At Chinese Contemporary, Beijing, London, NY.
The next day I had only about 2.5 hours to visit Art Basel, the largest Contemporary art fair in the world. There were more than 300 booths so how could I be done with this gigantic fair?? I was literally running through the alleys between the booths.
The entrance of Art Basel. Yinka Shonibare sculpture at James Cohan, NY. All art dealers were busy selling!
Artworks were sold really well at Art Basel. Jack Pierson, "The Cripple Begger Knew a Priceless Secret," 2007, $300,000 - Sold, Regan Projects, Los Angeles.
Franz West sculptures - Reserved and Sold. Martin Kippenberger on the wall - Sold, Grässlin, Frankfurt.
This is one of a few ceramic works I found at the fair. Scatola Brillo by an Italian artist duo Bertozzi and Casoni, $30,000 - sold, Sperone Westwater, NY.
This floor installation was also sold!
Another building Art Unlimited next to the main building was dedicated to video installations, performances, emerging galleries and so forth. I wanted to see them as many as possible but time ran out. I jumped onto a tram to catch a train to Munich, the next stop.
Cao Fei, known for her video work, was doing her performance with her artist father.
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2 Comments:
Hi nao chan thanks for the informatoin. how beautiful those photos are! I met her thru lin Yilin
Looking forward to see his art work in your blog.oxox
Hi nao chan thanks for the informatoin. how beautiful those photos are! I met her thru lin Yilin
Looking forward to see his art work in your blog.oxox
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