part I - Pietro Roccasalva
Alessandro Rabottini, Barry Schwabsky e Hans Ulrich Obrist conversano con gli artisti Pietro Roccasalva e Victor Man
Ad Art Basel – la più importante fiera dell’arte internazionale che ha avuto luogo dal 4 all’8 giugno – Giovedì 5 giugno 2008 alle ore 16.00 e' stata ospitata la presentazione delle prime monografie d’artista dedicate a Pietro Roccasalva e
Need to know? What to do? Where to go? Basel and the satellite fairs get bigger and bigger every year. Finally, there is an website which debuted last week to help guide you through the parties, the scene and oh yeah, THE ART.
WWW.MA2DWEEK.COM
WWW.MA2DWEEK.COM is a sassy guide to the week, from distress offerings of last-minute hotel rooms, to invitations to a Basel Schmazel party in New York (for those unfortunates who didn’t make it to Miami). It tells you what private parties are on, and where, so you can say, “Oh, I knew that,” when someone says Bentley is going to throw a party on a “private island” for its 50 VIP clients. (Hint, the island may be exclusive, but it’s not really “private.”) It even has a link to Plum TV so you can pretend you’ve already seen the Scholl’s new installation at their home. And it’s smart. On its printable daily schedule, it highlights the strategic plan for the day. Wednes
play was so kind to put some photos of some nice people from art basel on her blog. These are the ones I like the most. Actually I've also seen some of them in person. But - as usual - I was too shy to ask if I could take their photos.The first girl works at mary mary gallery (what a cool name!). I've seen her at the Liste. I can remeber her Diesel high waisted skinny jeans. They looked better on her than in the commercials!I've spotted the last femme at art basel with her girlfriend a couple of times and really liked her styling... Actually I got filmed. If you see me somewhere please tell me.Credit: playlust.net
I pretty much enjoyed Art Unlimited although we were kind of late and just had an hour left to look at everything (which was kind of sad, since there'd been a lot of nice video installations which we couldn't see). Art Unlimited is the place fot the art and not so much for the selling, so it felt kind of relaxing (although we didn't intend to buy anything anyway) ;-) The «Art Unlimited» exhibition features some 70 artists from 28 countries presenting exciting art projects as can be seen at no other art fair in the world. The line-up of exhibiting artists at this prestigious exhibition of contemporary art reads like a Who’s Who of the cutting-edge international art scene. Many of the pieces on show have been created especially for «Art Unlimited». [...] (pressrelease).
I was really happy to meet a lot of people I knew. Katharina is currently working at meyer-riegger gallery in Karlsruhe (I've posted about them a couple of months ago here) and used to study with me at the hfg (well I'm currently graduating...).Katharina has a really great style and I was always pleased to see what she'd pulled together. High fashion inspired styles - some H&M combined with lesser known designs always resulted in something great. Well art basel is not just about art it's also about style and expressing oneselves. Sometimes I really love the art world.
The first floor was much better than the ground floor. I really enjoyed Jeffrey Deitch's gallery. It's pure rock'n'roll! At art basel he showed works by assume vivid astro focus, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Os Gemeos, Keith Haring, Chris Johanson, Brad Kahlhamer, Barry McGee, Steve Powers, Clare Rojas, Raqib Shaw, Swoon, Nari Ward and Kehinde Wiley.His booth was huge and had two floors. It was really great - a mixture of fun, depth, party, whatever.Did you know that he's also representing Fischerspooner??? Well I knew that they did this performance at art basel miami beach in 2002, but...!? How actually does an art gallery represent musicians, well thats what they basically are! That's so great! Jeffrey Deitch must be crazy!Check out the "galleries" website. I still don't know if I like it or not - it's just so...Kehinde Wiley | booth view | Barry McGee, Installation view, Meatmarket, 2004
Carmine Caputo di Roccanova is searching a wife. Well Kate is already engaged, but probably YOU aren't yet? He looked kind of wealthy, and italianate chique wearing a polo shirt, blue jeans and slippers. Couldn't find anything about him on the internet or can you read italian?
I'll be in Basel for the art fair this year (The Sartorialist aswell!!!). I'm already thinking about what to wear. Since this fair isn't not only about art! In addition I'm going to meet my future "boss" from New York (or well at least the person who is going to pay my salaray in parts...). So a neat pair of skinny jeans and some flats won't be enough to leave a mark. Since I don't have the money to simply buy the things I'd need for some fabulous outfits I'll have to be creative.June's German InStyle (my favourite trash magazine!) already brought a special on the art events with some dressing advice (maybe EVERY magazine is going to bring or has already written something about it!). Since it's going to be hot, I'll go for light summer dresses and some fabulous sandals. I definitely won't be able to walk around Basel in heels (as adviced)!!! Some accessories, a neat bag - done!I'll post pictures on my clothes sorting progress the next couple of days (I'll be in Stuttg
