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Mixed media installation by Haluk Akakçe (b. 1970 Ankara, Turkey): Untitled, 2013 (Acrylic on wooden panel and mirror plexiglass) / Galerist / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14127

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:07:16 -0700

An infinity figure 8 accented with lines and circular spheres. It looks like the top of a gift wrap to me, but when I first saw it I thought of the highway in China.

Haluk Akakçe (born 1970 in Turkey) is a contemporary artist living and working in New York and Istanbul whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations.

His other work which integrates technology is more interesting. Though as an expression of forms this is worth a look.

Haluk Akakçe
Untitled
2013
Acrylic on wooden panel and mirror plexi
230 x 170 x 13 cm

# Haluk Akakçe (b. 1970 Ankara)
+ 1970: Born in Ankara
+ 1993: BFA, Bilkent University, Andara, Turkey
+ 1996: MA Erasmus, Royal College of Art, London, UK
+ 1997: MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haluk_Akakçe

# Galerist
Mesrutiyet Cad. No. 67/1 Beyoglu
34430 Istanbul
Turkey
www.galerist.com.tr/

# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:44:42+0800
+ Dimensions: 5382 x 3588
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14127
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

Mixed media installation by Haluk Akakçe (b. 1970 Ankara, Turkey): Untitled, 2013 (Acrylic on wooden panel and mirror plexiglass) / Galerist / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14127
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“Painting by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983): Femme et oiseaux, 1966 (Oil on canvas)” / Mayoral Galeria d'Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14031

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:48:56 -0700

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The work by masters are easily observed by their decisive and reductive brush strokes. You don’t need the excessive marks to illustrate your intention.

Titled “Femme et oiseaux” or “Woman and birds” in English, Spanish painter Joan Miró painted this when he was 73 (1966), which is arguably the late stage of an artist’s life.

Miró’s flat and organic forms accented with color planes are a signature style of his paintings. He is generally considered a surrealist, though his work is very different than other surrealist artists like Dali. His abstract forms show some influence from Picasso, though his use of primary colors are unique.

He is one of my favorite artists of all times. Great works are simply that—great. It matters not whether they are popular or not.

Joan Miró (Barcelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983)
Femme et oiseaux
1966
Signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); dated 3/1/66, and titled.
‘Femme et oiseaux’ (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
50 x 73 cm
19.7 x 28.7 in

# Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Stephen Han, New York.
Galeria Theo, Marid.
Suzuki Gallery, London.
Private collection.

# Literature
Dupin, J & Lelong-Mainaud, A., Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné, Paintings IV 1959-1968, Paris, 2002. p. 175, No. 1225 (illustrated in colour).
Erben W., Joan Miró. Cologne: Taschen, 2003, p. 171, (illustrated in colour).

# Certified by
Jacques Dupin, Paris.

# Joan Miró
Joan Miró i Ferrà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo]) (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city in 1975.

Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró

# Mayoral Galeria D’Art
Consell de Cent, 286
08007 Barcelona
Spain
galeriamaroyal.com

# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:50:34+0800
+ Dimensions: 3023 x 2062
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14031
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Painting by Joan Miró (1893 - 1983): Femme et oiseaux, 1966 (Oil on canvas)” / Mayoral Galeria d'Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14031
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“양혜규 Haegue Yang (b. 1971 South Korea): Feather Dew Point - Blue Orbit, 2013 (Mixed media) + Kaleidoscopic Jewel Glow - Trustworthy #193, 2013 (5 paper collages)” / Galerie Chantal Crousel / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13822

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:11:13 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

More works by Korean artist 양혜규 Haegue Yang (b. 1971 Seoul, South Korea).

In the foreground, “Feather Dew Point - Blue Orbit” is a mixed media installation featuring a cluster of insect-like creatures hovering around globes, light bulbs and wires. This appear to be part of the artist’s “Series of Vulnerable Arrangement” which was shown in 2009 at Kukje Gallery.

In the background titled “Kaleidoscopic Jewel Glow - Trustworthy #193” is a series of abstract paper collage construction using various envelope security patterns and grid paper.

Haegue Yang’s work has a more academic approach and follow a more western tradition despite her Korean upbringing. Not my favorite series from her, though I do love her window blind installation very much seen earlier in my stream [1].

Haegue Yang
Feather Dew Point - Blue Orbit
2013
Mixed media
197 x 85 x 87

Haegue Yang
Kaleidoscopic Jewel Glow - Trustworthy #193
2013
5 paper collages, various envelope security patterns, grid paper
270 x 270 cm

# Haegue Yang
Haegue Yang (Hangul: 양혜규; born 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a visual artist. Yang represented South Korea in the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. She has exhibited at Portikus, Frankfurt and Walker Art Center (Brave New Worlds), she also participated in the 2006 Sao Paulo Biennial.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haegue_Yang

# Galerie Chantal Crousel

www.crousel.com/

10, rue Charlot
75003 Paris
France

11F, rue Léon Jouhaux
75010 Paris
France

# Notes
1. “Mixed Media Installation by Haegue Yang: Journal of Mundane and Uncertain Days, 2012” / Kukje Gallery, Seoul / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03939: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8803569724/

# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:30:44+0800
+ Dimensions: 3389 x 5084
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 30 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13822
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“양혜규 Haegue Yang (b. 1971 South Korea): Feather Dew Point - Blue Orbit, 2013 (Mixed media) + Kaleidoscopic Jewel Glow - Trustworthy #193, 2013 (5 paper collages)” / Galerie Chantal Crousel / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13822
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“Painting by Abraham Palatnik (b. 1928 Brazil): W-427, 2012 (Acrylic on wood)” / Galeria Nara Roseler / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.04006

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:25:00 -0700

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Amazing work which looks like lenticular images by Brazilian artist Abraham Palatnik (b. 1928).

This genre of work is known as “kinechromatic,” a term coined in 1951 by Mario Pedrosa in an article in Tribuna da Imprensa in reference to Palatnik’s work. The artist initially created electro-mechanical devices, based on the kaleidoscopic principle, which projected a constantly changing pattern of coloured light on a screen.

This is not such device, but an acrylic on canvas painting, but it is no doubt that one influence another.

Love this.

Abraham Palatnik
W-427
2012
Acrylic on wood
110 x 170 cm

# Abraham Palatnik
Abraham Palatnik (born 1928) is a Brazilian artist and inventor whose innovations include kinechromatic art. He is Jewish and of Russian descent.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Palatnik

# Galeria Nara Roseler

Av Europa 655
São Paulo 01449-001
Brazil

www.nararoesler.com.br/

# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T14:38:58+0800
+ Dimensions: 3777 x 2460
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+ Focal Length: 22 mm
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+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.EOSM.04006
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Painting by Abraham Palatnik (b. 1928 Brazil): W-427, 2012 (Acrylic on wood)” / Galeria Nara Roseler / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.04006
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“Mixed Media Sculpture by Samsul Arifin (b. 1979 Indonesia): Pembajak Seni Rupa #1, 2013 (resin, wood, steel)” / Nadi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03999

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:54:39 -0700

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Here is another sculpture of “Goni” by Indonesian artist Samsul Arifin (b. 1979) seen earlier [1]. According to the gallery, Goni is quite well known in Indonesia, though this is the first time they are showing his work in the international stage.

When I first these works, I was reminded of Gumby [2], the green clay humanoid character created and modelled by Art Clokey.

Titled “Pembajak Seni Rupa” or “Art hijackers” in English, Goni is seen here with artist tools ready to take on the world.

Samsul Arifin
Pembajak Seni Rupa #1
2013
resin, wood, steel
210 x 60 x 60 cm

# Samsul Arifin
b. March 5, 1979 in Malang, Indonesia

# Nadi Gallery
Based in Jakarta, Nadi Gallery is an art gallery founded by Biantoro Santoso, a young collector of Indonesian art. The Indonesian word nadi means "aorta", "artery", "vein" that evokes the idea of signaling pulsation. Without pulsation, the aorta soon looses its significance for life. As the name indicates, the Gallery's principal programs of exhibitions have been aspiring to present the pulses of recent developments in contemporary art in Indonesia.

Jl. Kembang Indah III Blok G3 no. 4-5 Puri Indah
Jakarta 11610
Indonesia
www.nadigallery.com/

# Notes
1. “Mixed Media Sculpture by Samsul Arifin (b.1979): Musafir Artist #1, 2013 (“Goni”: Resin, leather, jute, steel, wood)” / Nadi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13970: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8909814961/
2. Gumby is a green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey, who also created Davey and Goliath. Gumby has been the subject of a 233-episode series of American television as well as a feature-length film and other media. Since the original series' run, he has become well known as an example of stop motion clay animation and an influential cultural icon, spawning many tributes and parodies, including a video game and toys. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumby

# SML Data
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+ Serial: SML.20130523.EOSM.03999
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Mixed Media Sculpture by Samsul Arifin (b. 1979 Indonesia): Pembajak Seni Rupa #1, 2013 (resin, wood, steel)” / Nadi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03999
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“Painting by Heinz Mack: Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958 (Resin on canvas)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13957

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:26:49 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

In more academic settings, I have a particular fondness for geometric constructive forms, so many of these works speak to me — even though they are abstract in nature.

Heinz Mack (born March 8, 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957. He exhibited works at documenta in 1964 and 1977 and he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale. He is best known for his contributions to op art, light art and kinetic art.

Heinz Mack
Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958
Resin on canvas
64 x 86.5 cm
25.2 x 32.06 in

# Heinz Mack

Heinz Mack was born in 1931 in a small German village. Between 1950 and 1956 he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1967 together with Otto Piene he started a series of what were called Abendausstellungen (evening exhibitions) at their studio in Düsseldorf. This series was the initial event for the formation of the group ZERO (with Mack, Piene and Günther Uecker as its nucleus) and the international ZERO movement. Among the participants of the ZERO movement were Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni and Jean Tinguely.

In 1964 Mack, Piene and Uecker arranged the “ZERO Lichtraum (Hommage á Lucio Fontana)” at the 1964 documenta in Kassel. From 1964 to 1966 Mack lived and worked in New York where the Howard Wise Gallery presented a solo exhibition in 1966.
1970 Mack was invited as visiting professor to Osaka, Japan. In the same year he represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale (together with Günther Uecker, Georg Karl Pfahler and Thomas Lenk).

For the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he created an illuminated “Wasserwolke” (Water cloud).

In 1972 he was asked to create a 230 ft tall sculpture for the United Nations headquarters in New York (not realized).
Mack is represented by ARNDT Berlin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Mack

# ARNDT

Arndt & Partner was established in 1994 as one of the first contemporary art galleries in former East Berlin with an international profile. In the gallery's eighteen years of operation, it has presented more than 270 exhibitions, produced sixty publications, and participated in approximately ninety international art fairs. In January 2013 Arndt opened a project space, viewing room, and Asian office in Singapore: Arndt Singapore is situated in Gillman Barracks, the new art destination located in the center of Singapore, which houses galleries and creative businesses as well as the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), opening in 2013.

Potsdamer Strasse 96
10785 Berlin
Germany

Lock Road 22 #01-35
108939 Singapore
Singapore

www.arndtberlin.com/

# SML Data
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+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13957
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
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“Painting by Heinz Mack: Untitled (Dynamische Struktur), 1958
(Resin on canvas)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13957
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“Installation (side view) by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germany, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13964

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 05:06:00 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

Here is the side view of the sculpture seen previously [1]. As you can see, the sculpture is formed by four curvatures, and from this view it appears as a bent square.

It is so minimal yet so magical at the same time. Genius—I wish more art is like this.

Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France)
Squaring a Circle
2013
Mirror, steel, matte black flock
77.5 (D) x 139 (H) x 139 (W) cm

# Description

Constructed from steel and wrapped in a dense black flock flannel that absorbs light, 'Squaring the Circle' challenges the viewers sensibilities: on entering the room they see a black circular sculpture, but in the huge mirror opposite their ‘impossible reflection’ reveals them viewing a black square. 'Squaring the Circle' argues that if every method of inquiry reveals a particular facet of the truth or the nature of reality; their seemingly antithetical forms should find reconciliation in the knowledge, that ‘one-ness’ has a plurality of embodiments.

'Squaring the Circle' was premiered at OMR as one of 5 new works shown in Troika's solo exhibtion 'The far side of reason' in April 2013.

troika.uk.com/squaringthecircle

# Troika
Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny
Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany
Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France

Troika is a London based studio founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are known for their experimental practise and projects that employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.

They met while studying at the Royal College of Art and subsequently started their studio in 2003, emerging as an integrated practice that creates work collectively through detailed research, dialogue and experiment.

Often merging technology with their projects as a point of departure paired with a particular interest in perception and the spatial experience, their work explores the intersection of rational thought, observation and the changing nature of reality and human experience.

And while their work is often filled with polarities — solitude and interaction, transition and permanence, the artificial and the natural — their interest lies within man's resolve to synthesize these opposites.

Since establishing the studio in 2003 Troika's work has been exhibited, amongst others, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain and MoMA New York. In 2010 Troika were selected to create three art installations for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai. Troika's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.

Troika has authored 'Digital by Design', Thames and Hudson, 2008; and, in 2009, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil for their digital sculpture 'Cloud' in London Heathrow Terminal 5 and ‘Palindrome’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2011.

# Galería OMR
Plaza Río de Janeiro 54, Colonia Roma
06700 Mexico City
Mexico
www.galeriaomr.com/

# Notes
1. “Installation by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13962.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8994001483/

# SML Data
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+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13964
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
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“Installation (side view) by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germany, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13964
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“Installation by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germany, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13962.SQ

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:17:34 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

This is one of my favorite pieces seen recently at Art Basel Hong Kong.

Titled “Squaring a circle,” the sculpture is a construction with steel and matte black flock which hangs from the ceiling. When viewed from the front, it appears as a circle, but the mirror image would display it as a square. It is an optical illusion which changes its appearance depending on the angle.

Sculptures are best experienced in person, and this is one of those instances where a single photo does not do its justice, and as such I have also taken a second photograph where its particular construction is more apparent.

Art collective Troika is a London based studio founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are known for their experimental practise and projects that employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.

Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France)
Squaring a Circle
2013
Mirror, steel, matte black flock
77.5 (D) x 139 (H) x 139 (W) cm

# Description

Constructed from steel and wrapped in a dense black flock flannel that absorbs light, 'Squaring the Circle' challenges the viewers sensibilities: on entering the room they see a black circular sculpture, but in the huge mirror opposite their ‘impossible reflection’ reveals them viewing a black square. 'Squaring the Circle' argues that if every method of inquiry reveals a particular facet of the truth or the nature of reality; their seemingly antithetical forms should find reconciliation in the knowledge, that ‘one-ness’ has a plurality of embodiments.

'Squaring the Circle' was premiered at OMR as one of 5 new works shown in Troika's solo exhibtion 'The far side of reason' in April 2013.

troika.uk.com/squaringthecircle

# Troika
Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny
Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany
Sebastien Noel b. 1977 France

Troika is a London based studio founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are known for their experimental practise and projects that employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.

They met while studying at the Royal College of Art and subsequently started their studio in 2003, emerging as an integrated practice that creates work collectively through detailed research, dialogue and experiment.

Often merging technology with their projects as a point of departure paired with a particular interest in perception and the spatial experience, their work explores the intersection of rational thought, observation and the changing nature of reality and human experience.

And while their work is often filled with polarities — solitude and interaction, transition and permanence, the artificial and the natural — their interest lies within man's resolve to synthesize these opposites.

Since establishing the studio in 2003 Troika's work has been exhibited, amongst others, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain and MoMA New York. In 2010 Troika were selected to create three art installations for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai. Troika's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.

Troika has authored 'Digital by Design', Thames and Hudson, 2008; and, in 2009, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil for their digital sculpture 'Cloud' in London Heathrow Terminal 5 and ‘Palindrome’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2011.

# Galería OMR
Plaza Río de Janeiro 54, Colonia Roma
06700 Mexico City
Mexico
www.galeriaomr.com/

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# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Installation by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13962.SQ
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“Sculpture by El Anatsui: Earth developing more roots, 2011 (Aluminium bottle caps, copper wire)” / Sakshi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14115

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:22:29 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

It is rare for me to remember any artist’s name after seeing their work only once, but El Anatsui is one of those very rare exceptions. I saw his work last at The Armory Show 2010 in New York [1], and I distinctively remember him mainly because of the transmutative properties of the medium which he chooses.

Anatsui’s sculptures look like a sort of abstract expressionist tapestry made out of fabric, but are in fact a knit of thousands of discarded aluminium bottle tops threaded together with copper wires.

Fluidity of form is a significant quality inherent to his sculptures. The artist insists that his hangings be draped rather than hung flat, and allow museums and galleries to do the draping themselves, thus leaving their actual appearance differ from each show adding a unfixed quality into the sculptural practice.

Anatsui was born in Anyako, and trained at the College of Art, University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi, in central Ghana. He began teaching at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1975, and has become affiliated with the Nsukka group.

El Anatsui
Earth developing more roots, 2011
Aluminium (bottle caps) and copper wire
129 x 141 inches

# El Anatsui (b. 1944, Ghana)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Anatsui

# Sakshi Gallery
6/19, 2nd Floor, Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba
400 005 Mumbai
India
www.sakshigallery.com/

# Notes
1. Sculpture (Detail) by El Anatsui / Jack Shainman Gallery / The Armory Show 2010 / SML.20100305.7D.03932: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4420429650/

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# Media Licensing
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“Painting by Hans Hofmann (1880-1966): Shifting Planes, 1947 (Oil on wooden panel)” / Galerie Hans Mayer / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13872

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:13:28 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”—Hofmann

Hans Hofmann (March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966) was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter. He believed that abstract art was a way to get at the important reality.

Starting at a young age, Hofmann gravitated towards science and mathematics. At age sixteen, he started work with the Bavarian government as assistant to the director of Public Works where he was able to increase his knowledge of mathematics. He went on to develop and patent such devices as the electromagnetic comptometer, a radar device for ships at sea, a sensitized light bulb, and a portable freezer unit for military use. Even with such great abilities in science and mathematics, Hofmann became interested in creative studies, beginning educational art training after the death of his father.

Hofmann’s art work is distinguished by a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusion, and color relationships.

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
Shifting Planes
1947
Oil on wooden panel
88.9 x 114.3 cm
35 x 45 inches

# Hans Hofmann
+ 1880-03-21: Born Weißenburg, Germany
+ 1966-02-17: Died (aged 85)
+ Movement: Abstract Expressionism (AbEx)
+ Influenced by: Henri Matisse, Robert Delaunay
+ Influenced: Lee Krasner, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Rivers, Wolf Kahn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hofmann

# Galerie Hans Mayer
Grabbeplatz 2
40213 Dusseldorf
Germany
www.galeriehansmayer.de/

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# Media Licensing
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“Painting by 丁乙 Ding Yi (b. 1962 China): 十示 Appearance of Crosses 2012-4, 2012 (Acrylic on canvas)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13852

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:21:16 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

丁乙 Ding Yi, born 丁荣 in 1962 in Shanghai, is an artist in China most well known for his “Appearance of Crosses” 十示 abstract paintings.

Together with his contemporaries 徐红明 Xu Hongming (b. 1971), 李华生 Li Huasheng (b. 1944) and 余友涵 Yu Youhan (b.1943), these abstract works from China [1] is known as “中國極多主義 (中国极多主义) Chinese Maximalism”, a term coined by 高名潞 GAO Minglu where the intention for abstraction in China differs that from the west [2].

Aside from painting, Ding Yi is also the first Chinese artist to collaborate with French luxury fashion label Hermès and has his own line of silk scarves in the “Hermès Editeur” collection [3].

Ding Yi 丁乙
Appearance of Crosses 十示 2012-4
2012
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 140 cm / 47 1/4 x 55 in

# 丁乙 Ding Yi
b. 1962 Shanghai, China
www.baike.com/wiki/丁乙

# Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz

Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany

5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France

Via Maistra 4
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland

www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/

# Notes
1. www.wikipaintings.org/en/ding-yi
2. www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/5165
3. editeur-en.hermes.com/hermes-editeur.html

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# Media Licensing
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“Sculpture by John Chamberlain: Bloodydrivetrain, 2007 (Painted and chromium plated steel)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13855

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:05:08 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

One man’s trash is another’s treasure. John Angus Chamberlain (April 16, 1927 – December 21, 2011)’s sculptural works are of pure magic, where their raw materials started lives as that from old car wrecks into something which is best described as a three-dimensional Abstract Expressionist (AbEx) forms.

The downside of using trash as raw materials is that they can be misinterpreted. Apparently, in 1973, two 300-pound metal pieces by Chamberlain were mistaken for junk and carted away as they sat outside a gallery warehouse in Chicago.

“My work has nothing to do with car wrecks,” he has said. “I believe common materials are the best materials.”

In line with my own deadyard photography series, however, I love these works. It is a bouquet made out of trash but one which is fantastic in every way. Crazyisgood.

John Chamberlain
Bloodydrivetrain
2007
Painted and chromium plated steel
99 x 144.8 x 116.8 cm
39 x 57 x 46 in

# John Chamberlain (1927 - 2011, US)
+ 1927-04-16: Born Rochester, Indiana, US
+ 1943-1946: US Navy
+ 1951-1952: Art Institute of Chicago
+ 1955-1956: Black Mountain College
+ 1966: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
+ 1990: Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
+ 1993: Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture by the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
+ 1993: Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
+ 1997: The National Arts Club Artists Award, New York
+ 1999: Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the Sculpture Center, New York.
+ 2010: Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit[16]
+ 2011-12-21: Died Manhattan, New York City, NY, US (aged 84)

John Angus Chamberlain (April 16, 1927 – December 21, 2011) was an American sculptor. At the time of his death he resided and worked on Shelter Island, New York.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chamberlain_(sculptor)

# Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz

Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany

5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France

Via Maistra 4
7500 St. Moritz
Switzerland

www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/

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# Media Licensing
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“Painting by Tom Wesselmann: Sunset Nude with Wesselmann Still Life, 2004 (Oil on canvas)” / Bernard Jacobson Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14062

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:02:36 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

American painter Tom Wesselmann (1931 – 2004) is regarded as one of the founding members of American Pop Art. Alongside his contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and James Rosenquist, Wessellmann produced artworks using imagery seen in everyday popular culture.

He is famous for his “Great American Nude” series beginning in the 1960s, which played on the “corruption of Eros by a consumer society.” This series feature female figures in highly suggestive forms and painted in very patriotic primary colors in red, white, yellow and blue.

In the 1970s, Wesselmann’s work became increasingly sculptural and started working with constructions and assemblages, but in his final years, Wesselmann returned to the female form in the “Sunset Nudes” series (pictured) with very simple lines and forms. The artist acknowledge the influence of Mondrian by choosing titles that recall the earlier painter’s works, and is he seen with his own still life painting, but painted in a style which bears influence from Henri Matisse.

Tom Wesselmann
Sunset Nude with Wesselmann Still Life, 2004
Oil on canvas
142.9 x 198.1 cm
56 1/4 x 78 inches
Signed and dated on canvas overlap verso: "Wesselmann 04"

www.artbaselhongkong-online.com/index.php5?id=1411584&...

# Tom Wesselmann
1931 Born Cincinnati, US
1949-1951 Hiram College, transferred to major in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati
1952 US Army
1954 Art Academy of Cincinnati
1956 Cooper Union

2004 Died (age 73)

Tom Wesselmann (February 23, 1931, Cincinnati – December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wesselmann

# Bernard Jacobson Gallery
www.jacobsongallery.com/

17 East 71st Street
New York, NY 10021
USA

6 Cork Street
London W1S 3NX
United Kingdom

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“Painting by Joan Miró: Femme oiseaux, 1978 (Oil and pencil on board)” / Mayoral Galeria D’Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14027

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 04:08:15 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

During Art Basel Hong Kong this year, Mayoral Galeria D’Art from Barcelona gave a solo show to Joan Miró, arguably one of the most important artists in Spanish history.

Born to the families of a goldsmith and a cabinet-maker, he grew up in the Barri Gòtic neighborhood of Barcelona. Miró initially went to business school as well as art school. His father is unsupportive of his art education, and when he had his first solo show at the Dalmal Gallery, his work was ridiculed and defaced.

But as you can see now, he is now universally recognised as a significant influence on late-20th century art. In 1954 he was given the Venice Biennale print making prize, in 1958 the Guggenheim International Award, and in 1980 he received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Hard work and perseverance usually pay off if you keep at it. Just do what you love.

Joan Miró
(Bacelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983)
Femme oiseaux (1978)
Signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); dated and titled ’III/78. Femme, oiseaux’ (on the reverse)
Oil and pencil on board
72 x 55 cm
28.3 x 21.7 in

# Joan Miro

Joan Miró i Ferrà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo]) (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city in 1975.

Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró

# Provenance
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
The Schulhof Collection.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1979.

# Literature
J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings VI, 1976-1981, Paris, 2004, p. 116, No. 1866 (illustrated in colour).

# Mayoral Galeria D’Art
Consell de Cent, 286
08007 Barcelona
Spain
galeriamaroyal.com

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“BMW Art Car #10 by César Manrique, 1990 (730i)” / BMW Art Car / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14070

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 02:47:28 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

Since 1975, the BMW Art Car project has been inviting an international roster of artists to utilise their automobiles as canvas for art.

The project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, starting with Alexander Calder and the CSL 3.0, which Poulain himself raced in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race. Although the cars were intended to be race in the beginning, these days it has shifted the focus somewhat to position BMW as a player in the arts as luxury global brands have been seen to sponsor many art programs.

Pictured is the BMW Art Car #10 seen at Art Basel Hong Kong recently. It was painted by César Manrique, art artist and architect born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, and grew up in the area of San Ginés lagoon. It was painted in 1990 on a BMW 730i.

César Manrique (1919-04-24 to 1992-09-25)
BMW Art Car #10: 730i
1990

# César Manrique
César Manrique (pronounced: [ˈθesar manˈrike]) (24 April 1919 - 25 September 1992) was an artist and an architect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/César_Manrique

# BMW Art Car
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Art_Car

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“Painting by LIU Wei 刘韡 (劉韡): Truth Dimension No 7, 2013 (oil on canvas)” / Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間) / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13932

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:28:10 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

This abstract oil painting by Chinese artist Liu Wei 刘韡 (劉韡) caught by eye as they look like computer circuit boards.

The series “Truth Dimension” were painted with the help of a computer. He first draws an image with the house, and then a computer program is used to “find and create new images” randomly into the artist’s own randomness [1].

It feels a bit of a cop-out to me, but one has to admit that this work is mostly amazing because it has left the computer screen and became a painting in oil. In this regard I see this mostly as an oil reproduction of the computer screen—and so perhaps it is hyperrealistic in that regard?

When the medium travels into another realm, they often feel more interesting. But what does it really say if the image itself may not really be considered a work of art before it was “transferred” to the oil medium?

LIU Wei
Truth Dimension No 7
2013
Oil on canvas
189 x 399 cm

# Liu Wei 刘韡 (劉韡)
1972 Born in Beijing, China
1996 BFA, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department, Hangzhou
Lives and works in Beijing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Wei_(artist)

# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.

4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China

www.longmarchspace.com/

# Notes
1. Lehmann Maupin: Press Release: www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/2013-02-28_liu-wei/pres...

# SML Data
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“Painting by LIU Wei 刘韡 (劉韡): Truth Dimension No 7, 2013 (oil on canvas)” / Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間) / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13932
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“Mixed Media Sculpture by Chiharu Shiota: Zustand des Seins (Horn) / State of Being (Horn), 2013 (Metal, vintage horn, black thread)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03958

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:50:30 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

Here is another sculpture by Chiharu Shiota seen at ARNDT during Art Basel Hong Kong 2013.

A sea a black threads attached to a metal frame suspends a horn in mid-air. The threads create a cocoon, a place for the musical instrument to float in air like magic. It feels like that you should be able to reach it, but you cannot as the web is in the way. The thread web creates the volume, even though the volume is mostly made with air. It is contained, yet it is not.

It is an academically sound creation. Serious yet fun at the same time — and it is easy to see why I absolutely adore this artist by the end of the show.

Chiharu Shiota
Zustand des Seins (Horn) / State of Being (Horn)
2013
Metal, vintage horn, black thread
35 x 35 x 35 cm
13.78 x 13.78 x 13.78 in

# Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 Japan)

Chiharu Shiota (塩田千春 Shiota Chiharu) is a Japanese installation artist born in 1972 in Osaka. She has been living and working in Berlin since 1996.She studied at the Seika University in Kyoto and at various schools in Germany and is represented by ARNDT in Berlin and Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota

# ARNDT

Arndt & Partner was established in 1994 as one of the first contemporary art galleries in former East Berlin with an international profile. In the gallery's eighteen years of operation, it has presented more than 270 exhibitions, produced sixty publications, and participated in approximately ninety international art fairs. In January 2013 Arndt opened a project space, viewing room, and Asian office in Singapore: Arndt Singapore is situated in Gillman Barracks, the new art destination located in the center of Singapore, which houses galleries and creative businesses as well as the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), opening in 2013.

Potsdamer Strasse 96
10785 Berlin
Germany

Lock Road 22 #01-35
108939 Singapore
Singapore

www.arndtberlin.com/

# SML Data
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# Media Licensing
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“Mixed Media Sculpture by Chiharu Shiota: Zustand des Seins (Horn) / State of Being (Horn), 2013 (Metal, vintage horn, black thread)” / ARNDT / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03958
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“Mixed Media Sculptures Installation by Aaron Curry (b. 1972, US): Fuzzy Mut, 2013 + Headdd, 2013 + Nut Job, 2013” / Michael Werner Gallery / SML.20130523.6D.13903-SML.20130523.6D.13907-Pano.Cylindrical.162x78

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:13:36 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

A series of sculptures using ink, silkscreen, spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base seen at Michael Werner at Art Basel Hong Kong recently.

These works are not really my cup of tea—but it might have to do with the fact that they are placed against such an overwhelming wall of psychedelic paint.

Individally I do like the pieces, which appear out of the cubist paintings of Picasso, with the medium referencing that of street art. But in this installation view the peripherals stand to distract more so than to add.

Thoughts?

Aaron Curry
Fuzzy Mut, 2013
Ink, silkscreen, spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base
197 x 125.5 x 117 cm

Aaron Curry
Headdd, 2013
Ink, silkscreen, spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base
273 x 80 x 66.5 cm

Aaron Curry
Nut Job, 2013
Ink, silkscreen, spray paint and enamel on wood with painted aluminum base
237 x 103 x 81 cm

# Aaron Curry
1972 Born in San Antonio, Texas
2002 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
2005 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
2010 Fellow, The American Academy in Berlin

Aaron Curry lives and works in Los Angeles.
www.michaelwerner.com/artist_26_bio.htm

# Michael Werner

www.michaelwerner.com/

4 East 77th Street
New York, NY 10075
USA

22 Upper Brook Street
London W1K 7PZ
United Kingdom

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# Media Licensing
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“Mixed Media Sculptures Installation by Aaron Curry (b. 1972, US): Fuzzy Mut, 2013 + Headdd, 2013 + Nut Job, 2013” / Michael Werner Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13903-SML.20130523.6D.13907-Pano.Cylindrical.162x78
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“Mixed Media Installation by Pae White: Supertaster, 2013 (Two-sided mirror, paper and cable)” / neugerriemschneider / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13942

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Wed, 29 May 2013 21:01:57 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

What happens when you string hundreds of hexagonal pieces of mirrors with vibrant concentric stripes together? A magical 3D kaleidoscope, it seems.

This installation titled “Supertaster” by Los Angeles-based artist Pae White is nothing short of being magical. With each step that viewer takes, the sculpture seems to change. And perhaps even more incredible is that its appearance changes depending on where the work was installed, as its myriads of mirrors reflect the sights from its surrounding.

In this stunning work, the insignificant becomes extraordinary. Highly recommended.

Pae White
Supertaster, 2013
Two-sided mirror, paper and cable
101 x 211 cm
199 strands, height variable

# Pae White (b. 1963 Pasadena, California, USA)
Pae White was born in 1963 in Pasadena, California. She lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her M.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and her B.A. from Scripps College in Claremont, California.

# neugerriemschneider
Linienstrasse 155
10115 Berlin
Germany
www.neugerriemschneider.com/

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+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13942
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“Mixed Media Installation by Pae White: Supertaster, 2013
(Two-sided mirror, paper and cable)” / neugerriemschneider / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13942
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“Sculpture by Joel Shapiro: Untitled, 2012 (Wood and casein)” / Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Mortiz / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13848

nobody@flickr.com (See-ming Lee 李思明 SML) — Wed, 29 May 2013 08:59:15 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML posted a photo:

Joel Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. He grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, New York. When he was twenty-two he lived in India for two years while in the Peace Corps.

While serving his Peace Corp time in India, Shapiro saw many Indian art works, and has said that “India gave me the sense of … the possibility of being an artist.” In India “Art was pervasive and integral to the society”, and he has said that “the struggle in my work to find a structure that reflects real psychological states may well use Indian sculpture as a model.”

His early work is characterized by some by its small size, but Shapiro has discounted this perception, describing his early works as, “all about scale and the small size was an aspect of their scale”.

His later works (pictured) can have the appearance of flying, falling, being impossibly suspended in space, and/or defying gravity. He has said about this shift in his work that he “wanted to make work that stood on its own, and wasn’t limited by architecture and by the ground and the wall and right angles.”

He received a B.A. in 1964 and an M.A. in 1969 from New York University.

Shapiro is represented by The Pace Gallery in New York and Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris. He lives and works in New York City, with a summer house on the shore of Lake Champlain, in Westport, New York. He is married to the artist Ellen Phelan.

Joel Shapiro
Untitled
2012
Wood and casein
72.1 x 61.6 x 33.7 cm
28 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 13 1/4 in

# Joel Shapiro
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shapiro

# Galerie Karsten Greve
www.galerie-karsten-greve.com

Drususgasse 1-5
50667 Cologne
Germany

5, rue Debelleyme
75003 Paris
France

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+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13848
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

# Media Licensing
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