Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Art Basel 2018 - 3






Damien Hirst.  "Blue Butterflies."  British.
These are real butterflies and glossy paint on glass.



Damien Hirst.  Close-up.



Andy Warhol.  "Last Supper."  U.S. Pop Art Print Silkscreen.
Warhol took an image everyone knew, and which has been reproduced endlessly in
cheap prints, and presents it factually bu differently.



Al Held.  "AR-17."  U.S.



Sean Scully Painting on left.  Al Held Painting on right.
Mark di Suvero Sculpture in center/



David Bates.  "Autumn Leaves."  U.S.



Fernando Botero.  "Still Life."  Colombia.



Joel Shapiro.  "Walking Figure."  Bronze  U.S.



Willem De Kooning.  "Untitled."  1983.  Netherlands/American.
This is one of the paintings DeKooning made after he fell victim
to Alzheimer's.



Franz Kline.  "Altro."  U.S.  Abstract Expressionism.



Lucio Fontana.  "Spatial Concept - Yellow."  Italy.



Leonora Carrington.  "Green Lion."  Surrealism.  British/Mexican.



Gunther Gerszo.  "White Orange."  German/Mexican.



Mel Bochner.  "HAHAHA."  Verbal Art.  Embossed Handmade Paper.



Keith Haring.  "Dancing Couple" and "Pink Triangle."



Frank Stella.  "Scarlatti Sonata 29."  U.S.  Assemblage.



Sarah Lucas.  "Giant Cement Boots."  Ugo Rondanine "Blue Yellow Mountain."



Sheila Hicks.  "Yellow Dauphine."  and  "Lifeline."  Colored Yarn.
Hicks is one of the founders of the modern textile movement, emphasizing an ancient
skill and material as equal to canvas and paint or a piece of marble.  Here she makes
use of off-loom techniques.



Sheila Hicks.  "Secret Chamber."  U.S.  Colored Yarn.



Maria Nepumoceno. "Little Delilah."  Plaited and Braided Fibers.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.



Kara Walker.  "The Root, The Demise of the Flesh . . . "  African-American.




 Resting Oasis, one of several at the Fair, for tired visitors.



Tony Cragg.  "Personage."  Sculpture on right.  British.  Bronze. 



Agostino Cardenas.  "Two Organic Abstract Sculptures."  Cuba.



Louise Bourgeois.  "Blind Man's Buff."  French.  Bronze.



Tracey Emin.  "I Told You . . . "  U.S.



Aaron Curry.  "Masculine Dominance."  Steel.  U.S.






Paul McCarhy.  "Western John Wayne."  U.S.



Jonah Wood.  "New Speaker."  U.S.  Sold for $2 Million.






Maria Izquierdo.  "Desert Cactus."  Mexico.



Max Ernst.  "Two Towers.  German.  Surrealism/Dada.
Ernst held the canvas in his hands, squeezed some pigment onto it, then
rubbed it together - a technique he called "Frottage," which was
completely spontaneous.  He was interested in the dream world
and the subconscious.



Gabriele Munter.  "Two Woman Reading."  German Expressionism.



Roy Lichtenstein.  "Expressionistic Head."  Laser-cut steel.  U.S. Pop Art.



Maria Elena Vieira.  "Fetes a Paris."  Abstract.  Portuguese.



Joaquin Torres-Garcia.  "Constructivist Composition."  Spain/Uruguay.



Joaquin Torres-Garcis.  "Constructivist Composition."  Spanish/Uruguay.



Lucio Fontana.  "Spatial Concept."  Italian.



Ms Njideka Crosby.  "Dining Room" and "Giant Flower."  Nigerian / British.



Barbara Morgan.  "Martha Graham."  Photo.



Ms Maha Malluh.  "Food for Thought."  Saudi Arabia.
Maha is one of the most famous artists in Saudi Arabia.  The column is made from
pans that Saudi women cook with, and the back wall left is made of cassette tapes
arranged in bakery bread trays.  She uses ordinary objects people use in life to
create art works.  She divides her time between Riyadh and London.



Haas Brothers.  "Tequila Sunrise."  Porcelain.  U.S.




Julio LeParc.  "Twisted."  Argentina.



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