Sean Kelly is delighted to participate in Art Basel for the 19th consecutive year. Exemplifying our commitment to presenting important contemporary art, we will feature a compelling presentation of works highlighting the gallery artists’ commitment to pushing the boundaries of their various mediums. Our booth, R2, will feature work by Jose Dávila, Laurent Grasso, Ilse D’Hollander, Rebecca Horn, Callum Innes, Idris Khan, Joseph Kosuth, Kris Martin, Anthony McCall, Landon Metz, Mariko Mori, Sam Moyer, Shahzia Sikander, Janaina Tschäpe, and Kehinde Wiley. Spanning photography, painting, sculpture, neon and video, the selected works demonstrate the gallery’s intellectually driven program and highly regarded roster of international artists.
Unlimited – Laurent Grasso
Laurent Grasso’s film Otto was commissioned by the 21st Biennale of Sydney. Working in collaboration with the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Grasso visited four sacred sites surrounding the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory of Australia. To shoot the film Grasso used special hyperspectral cameras which captured and reproduced the electromagnetic waves radiating from these Sacred Sites. Combining science and sacred beliefs, the spheres depicted in the film represent both the radiation and Aboriginal 'Dreamings' of each location. The title of the film, Otto, refers to Otto Jungarrayi Sims, the original owner of the Northern Territory and Winfried Otto Schumann, the German physicist, who, in the 1950’s predicted the existence of electromagnetic frequencies.
Unlimited – Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall is widely recognised for his ‘solid-light’ installations, a series he began in 1973 with his ground-breaking work Line Describing a Cone, in which a volumetric form composed of projected light slowly evolves in three-dimensional space. McCall continues to expand the development of these works with Split Second, first exhibited in his solo exhibition at Sean Kelly, New York in December 2018. Consisting of two separate points of light projected at different heights, from one wall onto the opposing wall, the two projections, one elliptical, one flat, meet and combine to form a single slowly changing line-drawing. This uniquely atmospheric work creates an active and immersive experience, one in which the spectator completes the work.
Film – Short Film Program: Collective Mythologies
The short film program Collective Mythologies focuses on how a handful of contemporary female artists envision mythologies: as a collective artistic ritual grounded in group dynamics, that transmits the knowledge of previous generations through the body.
Venue
Messe Basel
Messeplatz 10 4058
Basel, Switzerland
Opening Hours
Private Days (by invitation only)
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 11am to 8pm
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 11am to 8pm
Vernissage (by invitation only)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 4pm to 8pm
Public Days
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Friday, June 14, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Saturday, June 15, 2019, 11am to 7pm
Sunday, June 16, 2019, 11am to 7pm