Perrotin is pleased to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 with a solo presentation of paintings by Los Angeles-based painter Emma Webster. Webster utilises a hybrid sketching-sculpting process to create landscape paintings that highlight our complex, often destructive, relationship with nature. For the last decade, Webster's practice has centred on fantastical scenery, constructed first as sculptures in virtual reality, and then painted as dramatic vistas. At Art Basel Miami Beach, Webster unveils a series inspired by rapturous phenomena, conflating terror and awe, amidst unknown climates. Currents of fluid, release valves for atmospheric spirit, and knots in ominous skies function as abstractions, interrogating nature as a fundamental expression of will: human, divine, other.
In addition to Emma Webster's presentation, on the front wall of Perrotin's booth is a large-scale painting by Emily Mae Smith. In Embrace, Smith depicts her signature anthropomorphic broomstick figure, in conversation with additional new works on the booths of Petzel and Rodolphe Janssen. This joint presentation precedes Smith's exhibition at the Magritte Museum in Brussels in 2024. The forthcoming exhibition places in conversation the two artists, underscoring Magritte's impact on Smith while bolstering Smith's examination of female representation within art history.
Additionally, the gallery will showcase work by artists with current and upcoming exhibitions at Perrotin New York. Jean-Michel Othoniel presents a Necklace sculpture, concurrent with his exhibition on view through December 22, and three artists on display will open their first exhibitions in New York this winter: Kathia St. Hilaire and Xiyao Wang in January, as well as Jason Boyd Kinsella in March. The booth marks the gallery's first collaboration with Alex Gardner, ahead of his exhibition at Perrotin New York in June 2024. Takashi Murakami also debuts a flower painting concurrent with his exhibition at Perrotin Shanghai.
Finally, Perrotin's booth presents work by other artists on the gallery's roster, including Iván Argote, Daniel Arsham, Johan Creten, Mathilde Denize, Nick Doyle, Zach Harris, Kara Joslyn, Lee Bae, Gabriel de la Mora, Danielle Orchard, Park Seo-Bo, Paola Pivi, Gabriel Rico, and Josh Sperling.
Private Days (by invitation only)
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11am to 7pm, First Choice VIP guests
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 4pm to 7pm, Preview VIP guests
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 11am to 7pm, First Choice and Preview VIP guests
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 4pm to 7pm, Vernissage VIP guests
Public Days
Friday, December 8, 2023, 11am to 6pm
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 11am to 6pm
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 11am to 6pm
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139