Half of the participating galleries once again have exhibition spaces in Asia and Asia-Pacific.
These galleries are presenting a huge range of works from modern masterpieces to contemporary work by emerging and established artists at the event at Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, in Wan Chai, which opens to the public today and ends on March 31.
The title piece on display at the Lévy Gorvy exhibit is Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen’s Willem De Kooning’s Untitled XII, from 1975, which was sold for US$35 million at a private VIP viewing at the show on March 27.
Among the notable works is Raqib Shaw’s acrylic liner, enamel and rhinestones on birchwood in his Self Portrait in the Studio at Peckham (After Steenwyck the Younger) II from 2014-2015.
Founded in 1965, Germany, Galerie Gmurzynska is an international art gallery that specialises in modern and contemporary art, as well as Russian avant-garde.
It booth at Art Basel Hong Kong features artists such as Wifredo Lam, Robert Indiana, Jeff Koons and Francesco Vezzoli.
Of particular note is the long vertical wood and iron wheel piece, Four, from 1959 to 1962 by Indiana, which is signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse.
Emmanuel Perrotin founded Galerie Perrotin in 1989 and has since opened different spaces to offer increasingly vibrant and creative environments for experiencing artists’ works.
This vibrancy is echoed in the art pieces on display, such as the eclectic Japanese acrylic painting FML. Oh Hey, Let’s Eat. from 2017. Another dynamic acrylic work is Takashi Murakami’s Korin: Paired SalTrees (2016), showcasing the artist’s iconic colourful flowers.
Founded in 1996, ShanghArt has worked with artists such as Liu Weijian, Shen Fan and Zhang Enli, and was one of the first contemporary art galleries to be established in China.
At Art Basel Hong Kong, it features an interesting structural piece by Michael Dean, Liu Xiaohui’s oil painting Untitled – Opposition and Obstacles (2017) and an intriguing oil piece by Ouyang Chun, titled Rotten Flesh (2017).
At Art Basel Hong Kong, it is presenting works from artists who investigate the notion of size, mass and body.
Some of the compelling works displayed at its booth include Takesada Matsutani’s Elipse-15 (2014) – an interesting artistic exploration using vinyl adhesive on canvas – and Alexander Calder’s oil painting Onion Running Away (1960).
