2011 Art Basel Miami Beach

The organizers of 2011 Art Basel Miami Beach have made public details on some of the event’s fundamental themes.

Art Positions stands out among the sections of the Fair, with strong presence of young galleries and emphasis on the Latin American selection, which almost represents the 50 percent of projects in 2011. In Art Positions each gallery presents the project of an artist and that is the reason why it has been considered an opportunity for curators, critics and collectors to discover new talents. 16 expositive spaces devoted to ten or so countries are included this time. Among them Lucia de la Puente Gallery, from Lima, with Cesar Cornejo’s work; Baró Gallery, from São Paulo, showcasing Rosana Ricalde’s artworks; Casas Riegner Gallery (Bogota) invites Icaro Zorbar; Cinthia Marcelle participates with Silvia Cintra + Box4 (Rio de Janeiro) and Travesia Cuatro, from Madrid, proposes Marco Rountree’s poetics.

On the other hand, Art Kabinett Selection Committee, section aimed at curatorial proposals, has chosen 30 galleries, exceeding previous results. The program includes theme collective exhibitions, as well as individuals carried out by emerging artists and acclaimed figures. Among young artists we can mention Martin Jacobson (Andréhn-Schiptjenko), Adrian Villar Rojas (Benzacar) and Claudia Wieser (Sies+Hoke), to be sharing space with prestigious figures such as Beatrice Wood (Nauman), Yves Kleinand John Cage (Gmurzynska). Repetitions – Art Works in Plural, by Kicken Berlinand The Two of Us (Adler & Conkright) among group projects.

For this tenth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, in collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art, Art Public section will radically transform the visualidad of Collins Park with the attendance of a significant amount of public artworks (24), including sculptures, installations and performances. Commissioned by Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art and cofounder of Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), this section meets the reflections on artistic practices from previous decades. It’s to be opened on November 30 with an exclusive program of performances to be carried out by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, Sanford Biggers and Moon Medicine, Marcus Wagner and El colectivo Alalâo, founded in January 2011 by Marcio Botner and Ernesto Neto de A Gentil Carioca, among others. Standing out in the selection Darren Bader (Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York), Bruce Conner (Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles), Damien Hirst (L&M Arts, New York), Robert Indiana (Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich), Glenn Kaino (Marlborough Gallery, New York), Anish Kapoor (L&M Arts, New York) and Eva Rothschild (Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London). Art Public is free for everybody and is opened to viewers from December 1 – 4, 24 hours.

The opening (with invitation only) is to take place on November 30, 2011, and the exhibition will be opened for viewers on December 1 – 4, 2011.

Further information on the Fair at www.artbasel.com.

Source: Press release