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| Géza Szöllősi Cow II |
We know Art Basel wrapped up five days ago, which translates to approximately two decades in "blog time," but that's one of the problems with covering an event like Art Basel for a blog isn't it? The pressures of a non-stop deadline doesn't give you the luxury of digesting what you've seen, and there's so much to be seen that there's no way, unless you forgo sleep and adopt some serious stimulant habit, that you're going to be able to blog about it all.
The other problem with covering an art fair for a blog is that your mindset more often than not makes you gravitate to the big, exciting, "blog worthy" works, which doesn't necessarily mean they are the most worthy in the eyes of, say, critics, curators or collectors.
Though, at Scope Art Fair this year we're pretty sure that the best works were the blog worthiest works. In fact, if you think of Basel as a hastily-put-together textbook on the state of contemporary art, than Scope might be the blog equivalent. Most of the work is colorful, pop culture-obsessed and brash. Like a blog, it's responding to the moment. Who knows how some of these pieces will hold up, but for right now, it's exciting.
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| AJ Fosik The Third Way Out, 2009 at Jonathan LeVine Gallery |
Ironically enough, we first came across AJ Fosik's work on the blog
FFFFound and it was practically the first thing we saw as we entered. He cross references taxidermy, folk art (most notably Mexican) and a distinctly modern color palette.
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| Works by Nadin Ospina |
Speaking of distinctly modern mixed with Latin American folk art...
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| Dylan Graham Relic at Waterhouse and Dodd |
Placing a battleship in the context of antique handcraft attempts to illustrate how war has (d)evolved from giant weapons to high-tech weaponry and crude suicide bombers.
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| Daniel Canogar Enredos 1, 2008 |
This is actually photography.
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| Local Favorite Jen Stark |
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| Yigal Ozerr Untitled; Adam and Jessica in the Park, 2009 at Mike Weiss Gallery |
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| Works by Augusto Ferrer at ArteFoundation, a gallery out of Puerto Rico |
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| Works from the Justin Quinn show Kepp Out This Frost at Cain Schulte |
On first look we thought this was transcripts of what a dolphins would say. EEEE EE EEEEE! Sorry!
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| Franceska Kirke Miraculous Transformations at Galler Bastejs |
You know, this is exactly what would have happened to Mona Lisa should she ever have actually moved to Miami.
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| Jörg Lohse Communist Moon, 2009 and American Apparel, 2009 |
The new disco pant is apparently a leopard spot, barely cooch-covering panty. Also: American Apparel iconography has now influenced the art world.
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| Christian Awe Brennen Für Deutschland, 2007 |
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| Ryan Martin Blasphemous Rumours, 2008 |
Blasphemous Rumours, featuring Christ and naked boys is a nice break from the usual coverage on this blog: Political rumours, featuring Crist and naked boys. (We should point out we don't highlight work for the sake of a joke, we can't help ourselves though.)
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| Chan Yu Kurt Cobain with Treble Meanings No.1, 2009 |
Art Asia, Scope's annex which features Asian galleries, featured a lot of the same work as they had last year. Which was weird, but there were some stand-out works.
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| Work by Ran Hwang |
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| Liu Xiaodong Bathed in Sunlight |
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| Whang In-Kie Pia Cezanne 002-1920 |
Yes, this is made of legos.
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