A few days in Hong Kong is never really enough, especially when Art Basel is on. The event itself is pretty exciting, with international exhibitors, launch parties, talks, satellite events and art nights in creative precincts making it a great destination for antipodean round eyes wanting to soak up as much international art as possible.
The VIP program was outstanding, and I particularly enjoyed the wonderful talk at Duddell’s on 20th Century Chinese brush paintings, an area which I have no scholarship, but a new found interest in a very beautiful art form. Fiona Hall’s talk was a wonderful insight into her practice, and upcoming 2015 Venice Biennial installation in the new Australian Pavilion in the Giardini.
In a sea of works under super bright lights on site, many highlights are worth mentioning… in pictures. Funny I can see some biases emerging! If you missed the show, check out some of the work online here.
What’s not to love about Neo Rauch?
Harland Miller
I Can Can I, 2014
watercolour on paper
152 x 121.5 cm
Ingleby Gallery – Edinburgh
Jonathan Owen
Untitled, 2014
carved 19th century marble bust with further carving
80 x 60 x 13.7 cm
Ingleby Gallery – Edinburgh
If you have to ask the price, you cant afford it.
Fascinator?
Crystal studded antlers mmmmm
Morandi magic
Pony fetish
Vibha Galhotra – thousands of tiny bells and encaustic works of sediment in water
Tony Oursler – a brilliant use of micro projector
Cash Brown 