These 31 projects promise art enthusiasts interesting discoveries and fascinating encounters with work from the rising generation of artists.
This year Art Basel’s selection committee has focused above all on artists who are little-known or represent less easily accessible artistic positions. The projects on show will all be created especially for Art 39 Basel. The participating artists come from Austria, Brazil, Britain, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Romania, Switzerland, the USA, and Vietnam.
Since 1999, the Bâloise Insurance Group has awarded its annual Bâloise Art Prize of CHF 25,000 per recipient to two outstanding Statements projects. The company also acquires works by the award-winning artists and donates them to such important institutions as the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation in Vienna.
The following artists have been selected for this year’s edition of Art Statements:
Julien Audebert, born in 1977, lives and works in Paris (Art: Concept, Paris)
Marc Bauer, born in 1975, lives and works in Berlin (Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich)
Duncan Campbell, born in 1972, lives and works in Glasgow (Hotel, London)
Martha Colburn, born in 1971, lives and works in New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam (Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam)
Jean-Pascal Flavien, born in 1971, lives and works in Berlin (Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels)
Michael Hakimi, born in 1968, lives and works in Berlin (Karin Guenther Galerie, Hamburg)
Gregor Hildebrandt, born in 1974, lives and works in Berlin (Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin)
Håvard Homstvedt, born in 1976, lives and works in New York (Galeri Riis, Oslo)
Taro Izumi, born in 1976, lives and works in Tokyo (Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo)
Emil Michael Klein, born in 1982, lives and works in Berlin (Nicolas Krupp, Basel)
Germaine Kruip, born in 1970, lives and works in Amsterdam (The Approach, London)
Dane Mitchell, born in 1976, lives and works in Auckland (Starkwhite, Auckland)
Ciprian Muresan, born in 1977, lives and works in Cluj, Romania (Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest)
Kelly Nipper, born in 1971, lives and works in Los Angeles (Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles)
Garrett Phelan, born in 1965, lives and works in Dublin (Mother’s Tankstation, Dublin)
Wilfredo Prieto, born in 1978, lives and works in Havana and Barcelona (Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona)
Adam Putnam, born in 1973, lives and works in New York (Taxter & Spengemann, New York)
Thiago Rocha Pitta, born in 1980, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro)
Eileen Quinlan, born in 1972, lives and works in Brooklyn (Sutton Lane, London)
Pietro Roccasalva, born in 1970, lives and works in Milan (Zero, Milan)
Annette Ruenzler, born in 1968, lives and works in Berlin (Galerie Kamm, Berlin)
Margaret Salmon, born in 1975, lives and works in Whitstable, England (Store, London)
Stefan Sandner, born in 1968, lives and works in Vienna (Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna)
Yorgos Sapountzis, born in 1975, lives and works in Berlin (Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge, Athens)
Matt Saunders, born in 1975, lives and works in Berlin (Harris Lieberman, New York)
Armando Andrade Tudela, born in 1975, lives and works in St. Etienne, France (Carl Freedman Gallery, London)
Danh Vo, born in 1975, lives and works in Berlin (Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin)
Tris Vonna-Michell, born in 1982, lives and works in Southend, England (T293, Naples)
Jennifer West, lives and works in Los Angeles (Vilma Gold, London)
Susanne M. Winterling, born in 1971, lives and works in Berlin (Daniel Reich Gallery, New York)
Yangjiang Group (Zheng Guogu, born in 1970; Chen Zaiyan, born in 1971; Sun Qinglin, born in 1974), live and work in Yangjiang, Guangdong province (Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou)