Por Joaquín Badajoz
Cuando de navegar una megaferia de arte como Art Basel Miami Beach se trata, ya seas de los que van a socializar siguiendo un recorrido aleatorio y paseando a tu ritmo o de los que aprovechan para cazar imágenes, husmear, tomar fotos de obras singulares y compartirlas en tus redes sociales, es aconsejable que te descargues el plano de planta para que tu recorrido sea más organizado y productivo o accedas al mapa interactivo online. Luego, comienza localizando algunas de las galerías que te recomendamos a continuación.
Una parada obligatoria es el stand de David Zwirner (Booth #A44), que se presenta con una batería de importantes artistas, algunos de ellos históricos como Josef Albers, Noah Davis, Alice Neel, Ad Reinhardt y Robert Ryman, junto a Marlene Dumas, la nonagenaria Yayoi Kusama y trabajos recientes de artistas de la galería como Tomma Abts, Marcel Dzama, Katherine Bernhardt, Barbara Kruger, Nate Lowman, Oscar Murillo, Chris Ofili, las maravillosas Dana Schutz y Elizabeth Peyton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jordan Wolfson y Lisa Yuskavage.
Cuando de obras espectaculares se trata, la brújula del sentido común nos guía al sector Meridians, no solo por la dimensión de sus propuestas, sino por su criterio de selección. Entre las recomendaciones que su curadora Magalí Arriola hizo en exclusiva a El País, están la videoinstalación monocanal “Quiet as It’s Kept” (2023) de Ja’Tovia Gary, representada por la galería Paula Cooper (#M2) que explora algunas de las claves de “The Bluest Eye” (1970), la primera novela de Toni Morrison, ganadora del premio nobel de Literatura 1993. Un collage fílmico que incluye animaciones de la artista junto con clips virales de redes sociales y metraje original documental y filmado en Super 8.
Una obra histórica que vale la pena ver en Meridians es el estudio para un segmento del mural Vendedoras de Flores (1945), conjunto de seis paneles situado en el Margaret Fowler Memorial Garden en Scripps College, Claremont, California, del muralista y pintor Alfredo Ramos Martínez, uno de los precursores del modernismo mexicano que se exhibe públicamente por primera vez, representado por la galería angelina Louis Stern Fine Arts.
Paula Cooper en su stand principal (#A53) incluye otras obras en diferente formato de Ja’Tovia Gary y de Eric N. Mack, quien también exhibe en Meridians (#M7), presentado por Paula Cooper en colaboración con la galería Franco Noero y Morán Morán. Otros artistas que trae Cooper a ABMB son Terry Adkins, Tauba Auerbach, Jennifer Bartlett, Sarah Charlesworth, Jay DeFeo, Mark di Suvero, Cynthia Hawkins, Sol LeWitt, Oldenburg & Van Bruggen, Veronica Ryan, Joel Shapiro, Kelley Walker y Meg Webster.
Hause & Wirth (#A40) regresa a ABMB con tres excelentes artistas que ha incluido este año en su portafolio, la dominicana-americana Firelei Báez, la británica Catherine Goodman, directora artística y cofundadora de the Royal Drawing School en Londres, quien era representada anteriormente por Marlborough, y la también británica Flora Yukhnovich, con una obra que llama la atención por su paleta, lirismo y gestualidad, creando composiciones abstractas cargadas de dramatismo y movimiento inspiradas por el ambiente de obras del rococó frances.
La muestra de Hause & Wirth también incluye obras de dos importantes artistas afroamericanos: Charles Gaines y Gary Simmons, quienes tienen retrospectivas en museos de Miami durante la feria —Gaines exhibe obras de 1992-2023 en el Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA Miami) y el Perez Art Museum Miami despliega treinta años de carrera en Gary Simmons: Public Enemy— así como obras de Philip Guston, Luchita Hurtado y Mike Kelley, entre otros.
Otro stand que no puedes perderte es el de Pace (#D35) con obras del ganés Gideon Appah, esculturas de Lynda Benglis, Mary Corse, Latifa Echakhch, el dueto alemán Elmgreen & Dragset, con obras multimediáticas en la encrucijada entre el art y la arquitectura, la performance y la instalación, Sam Gilliam, el genio inglés David Hockney, Loie Hollowell, Matthew Day Jackson, JR, Alicja Kwade, Lee Kun-Yong, Lee Ufan, Li Songsong, Robert Longo, Kylie Manning, Beatriz Milhazes, Richard Misrach, Maysha Mohamedi, William Monk, Yoshitomo Nara, Robert Nava, Thomas Nozkowski, Michal Rovner, Joel Shapiro, Arlene Shechet, Marina Perez Simão, Mika Tajima, Hank Willis Thomas, Lawrence Weiner y Fred Wilson, junto a obras de maestros desaparecidos como Alexander Calder, Kiki Kogelnik, Roberto Matta, Kenneth Noland, Richard Pousette-Dart y John Wesley.
La galerista francesa Nathalie Obadia (#B24) también despliega fichas pesadas de su portafolio como la desparecida artista Shirley Jaffe; Roberth Kushner, fundador del movimiento Pattern and Decoration; Laure Prouvost, ganadora del Turner Prize 2013; Fiona Rae, David Reed, Andrés Serrano, Mickalene Thomas y Wang Keping.
En el stand de la galería neoyorquina Lehmann Maupin (#B26) se puede encontrar una selección de obras de los gemelos brasileños Otavio y Gustavo Pandolfo, conocidos como Osgemeos, McArthur Binion, Lee Bul y una pieza de gran formato en carbón sobre paneles cromados, misteriosa y sofisticada, de la artista cubanoamericana Teresita Fernández, ganadora del “genius grant” en 2005 y la primera latina elegida a la Comisión de Bellas Artes de los Estados Unidos.
La galería escocesa The Modern Institute (#B35) presenta obras de varios premios Turner como Martin Boyce y Richard Wright, así como obras de la mexicoamericana Lisa Alvarado, Julia Chiang, Anne Collier, Matt Connors, Andrew J. Greene, Mark Handforth, Yuichi Hirako, Thomas Houseago, Marc Hundley, Chris Johanson, Andrew Kerr, Jim Lambie, Adam McEwen, France-Lise McGurn, Lewis Miller, Toby Paterson, Andrew Sim, Tony Swain, Spencer Sweeney, Hayley Tompkins, Alberta Whittle, las singulares esculturas y ensamblajes de Cathy Wilkes, Michael Wilkinson, Rachel Eulena Williams, Jesse Wine y Gregor Wright. Obras de Urs Fischer también se exhiben en el sector Kabinett de la feria.
Quienes no pueden viajar al estado del sol, tienen la opción de convertirse en visitantes virtuales y a través de las salas de visualización en línea tener una panorámica bastante amplia de lo que ABMB 2023 ofrece.
By Joaquín Badajoz
When it comes to navigating a mega art fair like Art Basel Miami Beach, whether you are one of those who are going to socialize following a random route and walking at your own pace or those who take the opportunity to hunt for images, snoop around, take photos of unique works and share them on your social networks, it is advisable that you download the floor plan so that your tour is more organized and productive or access the interactive online map. Then, start by locating some of the galleries we recommend below.
An obligatory stop is the David Zwirner stand (Booth #A44), which is presented with a battery of important artists, some of them historical such as Josef Albers, Noah Davis, Alice Neel, Ad Reinhardt and Robert Ryman, along with Marlene Dumas , nonagenarian Yayoi Kusama and recent works by gallery artists such as Tomma Abts, Marcel Dzama , Katherine Bernhardt, Barbara Kruger, Nate Lowman, Oscar Murillo, Chris Ofili, the wonderful Dana Schutz and Elizabeth Peyton , Wolfgang Tillmans, Jordan Wolfson and Lisa Yuskavage.
When it comes to spectacular works, the compass of common sense guides us to the Meridians sector, not only because of the size of its proposals, but also because of its selection criteria. Among the recommendations that its curator Magalí Arriola made exclusively to El País, are the single-channel video installation “ Quiet as It's Kept ” (2023) by Ja'Tovia Gary, represented by the Paula Cooper gallery (#M2) that explores some of the key from “The Bluest Eye” (1970), the first novel by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. A film collage that includes animations by the artist along with viral clips from social networks and original documentary footage filmed in Super 8.
A historical work worth seeing at Meridians is the study for a segment of the mural Vendedoras de Flores (1945), a set of six panels located in the Margaret Fowler Memorial Garden at Scripps College, Claremont, California, by the muralist and painter Alfredo Ramos Martínez, one of the precursors of Mexican modernism who is exhibited publicly for the first time, represented by the Los Angeles gallery Louis Stern Fine Arts.
Paula Cooper's main booth (#A53) includes other works in different formats by Ja'Tovia Gary and Eric N. Mack , who also exhibits at Meridians (#M7), presented by Paula Cooper in collaboration with the Franco Noero gallery and Morán Morán. Other artists Cooper brings to ABMB include Terry Adkins, Tauba Auerbach , Jennifer Bartlett, Sarah Charlesworth, Jay DeFeo, Mark di Suvero , Cynthia Hawkins, Sol LeWitt, Oldenburg & Van Bruggen , Veronica Ryan, Joel Shapiro, Kelley Walker and Meg Webster.
Hause & Wirth (#A40) returns to ABMB with three excellent artists that it has included this year in its portfolio, the Dominican-American Firelei Báez , the British Catherine Goodman, artistic director and co-founder of the Royal Drawing School in London, who was represented previously by Marlborough, and the also British Flora Yukhnovich, with a work that attracts attention for its palette, lyricism and gestures, creating abstract compositions full of drama and movement inspired by the atmosphere of French Rococo works.
The Hause & Wirth show also includes works by two important African-American artists: Charles Gaines and Gary Simmons, who have retrospectives in Miami museums during the fair — Gaines exhibits works from 1992-2023 at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA Miami) and the Perez Art Museum Miami displays thirty years of career in Gary Simmons: Public Enemy — as well as works by Philip Guston, Luchita Hurtado and Mike Kelley, among others.
Another stand that you cannot miss is Pace (#D35) with works by the Ghanaian Gideon Appah, sculptures by Lynda Benglis, Mary Corse , Latifa Echakhch, the German duet Elmgreen & Dragset, with multimedia works at the crossroads between art and architecture, performance and installation, Sam Gilliam, the English genius David Hockney , Loie Hollowell, Matthew Day Jackson, JR, Alicja Kwade, Lee Kun-Yong, Lee Ufan, Li Songsong, Robert Longo, Kylie Manning, Beatriz Milhazes, Richard Misrach, Maysha Mohamedi, William Monk, Yoshitomo Nara, Robert Nava, Thomas Nozkowski, Michal Rovner, Joel Shapiro, Arlene Shechet, Marina Perez Simão, Mika Tajima, Hank Willis Thomas, Lawrence Weiner and Fred Wilson, along with works by missing masters such as Alexander Calder, Kiki Kogelnik , Roberto Matta, Kenneth Noland, Richard Pousette-Dart and John Wesley.
The French gallerist Nathalie Obadia (#B24) also displays heavy pieces from her portfolio as the missing artist Shirley Jaffe; Roberth Kushner, founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement ; Laure Prouvost, winner of the 2013 Turner Prize; Fiona Rae , David Reed, Andrés Serrano, Mickalene Thomas and Wang Keping.
At the stand of the New York gallery Lehmann Maupin (#B26) you can find a selection of works by the Brazilian twins Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, known as Osgemeos, McArthur Binion, Lee Bul and a large-format piece in charcoal on chrome panels, mysterious and sophisticated, by the Cuban-American artist Teresita Fernández, winner of the “genius grant” in 2005 and the first Latina elected to the United States Commission of Fine Arts.
Scottish gallery The Modern Institute (#B35) features works by several Turner laureates such as Martin Boyce and Richard Wright, as well as works by Mexican-American Lisa Alvarado , Julia Chiang , Anne Collier, Matt Connors, Andrew J. Greene, Mark Handforth, Yuichi Hirako, Thomas Houseago, Marc Hundley, Chris Johanson, Andrew Kerr, Jim Lambie, Adam McEwen, France-Lise McGurn , Lewis Miller, Toby Paterson, Andrew Sim, Tony Swain, Spencer Sweeney, Hayley Tompkins, Alberta Whittle, the unique sculptures and assemblages by Cathy Wilkes , Michael Wilkinson, Rachel Eulena Williams, Jesse Wine and Gregor Wright. Works by Urs Fischer are also on display in the Kabinett sector of the fair.
Those who cannot travel to the Sunshine State have the option to become virtual visitors and through the online viewing rooms have a fairly comprehensive overview of what ABMB 2023 has to offer.