Chris Dennis Art: Basel 2015

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

The Solo-Project 2015. Basel (Part 1).

I was under the wrong impression that The Solo Project was a new fair. This is actually their EIGHTH installment and perhaps goes to show how hard it is the make your voice heard amongst all the clangour of Art Basel. The website claims to - 'address a number of qualities we consider to be missing from the international art agenda'. It is hard to see how they achieve this and the St. Jakobshalle venue certainly doesn't have the character or impact of VOLTA's Markthalle, or the old brewery that is home to LISTE. That being said, the quality of the WORK (and that is the point of all this, right? ) presented by a small, but diverse selection of galleries, that I found to be welcoming and engaged, made for a very worthwhile visit.

Galerie Bart. Femke Dekkers

Arte Giani. Michelle Concepcion - Pearls

Galerie Mader. Adriana Stadler

Galerie Christian Roellin. Vera Ida Müller

Galerie Christian Roellin. Vera Ida Muller (detail)

TM Project. Gilles Porret

Bruno Streich. Satellite s18

This impressive piece benefited from having the creator Bruno Streich on hand to offer some guidance. - When the ends of the satellite are approached Theremin style technology is activated by your proximity and the sounds of alien communication and storms on Saturn are emitted from each end.

Bruno Streich. Satellite s18

Emmanuel Post Contemporary Art. Anna Leonhardt

Outstanding paintings by Anna Leonhardt, once again proving scale has nothing to do with impact.

Emmanuel Post Contemporary Art. Anna Leonhardt (detail)

Emmanuel Post Contemporary Art. Anna Leonhardt

Emmanuel Post Contemporary Art. Anna Leonhardt (detail)

Click here for THE SOLO-PROJECT Part II

Friday, June 19, 2015

VOLTA 11, Art Fair 2015 (part 2). Basel

VOLTA 11 (credit missing)

VOLTA11 Charlie Smith

Beers London. Andrew Salgado

Beers London. Andrew Salgado (detail)

Galerie Kleindienst

Galleri Jacob Bjorn. Ted Gahl

Conrads

Artcourt Gallery. Taiyo Kimura

Artcourt Gallery.

VOLTA 11

credit missing (sorry)

SLAG NY. Tim Kent

SLAG NY. Tim Kent (detail)

VOLTA 11

Click here for VOLTA 11 PART I.

VOLTA 11, Art Fair 2015 (part 1). Basel

From the outside looking in, it still feels that VOLTA (11) is the satellite fair to beat for location, organization, gallery selection and work presented (still not crazy about the catalogue though). This year, I made it my first stop and have cut the post in two to avoid any loading issues.