Pioneers of Pop
- BASEL, Switzerland
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- November 04, 2016
In the heart of Basel, the city where Art Basel was founded by Basel Gallerist Ernst Beyeler, Mixed Art Basel showcases innovative new art in an elegant, gallery-style exhibition space of Art Basel Center, Hall 33.
There are several factors to make the 7th edition of Mixed Art Basel at Basel Art Center a key destination for contemporary art. These factors include Basel’s increasingly vibrant art scene and the well-established museums such as Foundation Beyeler, Art Museum Tinguely, Art Museum Basel and Vitra Design Museum.
The juried, contemporary charity art event, organized by Gallery Director and Chiefcurator Priska Medam, is featuring an international slate of artists – among them Beat Baumann, Hildegard Binkert-Vögeli, Oliver Fauser, Niklaus Fichtel, Cornelia Fischer, Laurence Gartel, Bruno Graf, Susann Graf, Stephan Korianski, Makeski Art, Markus Mesmer, Achilles Urs Widmer and YanYan.
Visitors can expect a wide range of cultural events such as the curated group show, the Live music solo concerts by Mario Stracuzzi (guitar) and special guest Laurence Gartel, the pioneer of the Digital Art Movement.
Born and raised in New York City, Laurence Gartel was working together with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. Gartel earned his BFA degree in Visual Arts at the New York Arts School. The artist, who is considered the father of the Paintbox Era in 1986, continued his digital arts electronic career realizing projects with Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, among others.
The 7th Mixed Art charity art exhibition opens on Thursday, December, 1, at 6.00 pm. A part of the proceeds of sold artworks will be donated to the Non-Profit Artists’ Association Künstlerkollekte. The Organization, established in 2016, is committed to support emerging young and mid-career artists. Don’t miss the Pioneers of Pop.
The 7. Mixed Art Basel invites culture lovers discovering this district, named it one of most vibrant cities for contemporary art in the world. It is an important event for all serious collectors, curators, museum directors and interior designers, providing an intimate look at some of the most important work at the forefront of the international contemporary art movement.
LOCATION
Basel Art Center, Hall 33
Riehentorstrasse 31
4058 Basel, Switzerland
office@baselartcenter.ch
CONTACT Art Management
Chiefcurator
Priska Medam
EVENT
7. MIXED ART BASEL
December, 1-4, 2016
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Represented by Galerie zum Harnisch:
Beat Baumann, Hildegard Binkert-Vögeli, Oliver Fauser, Niklaus Fichtel, Cornelia Fischer, Laurence Gartel, Bruno Graf, Susann Graf, Stephan Korianski, Makeski Art, Markus Mesmer, Achilles Urs Widmer, YanYan
OPENING PARTY
Thursday, December 1, 2016: 6pm - 9pm
EVENT PROGRAM
Thursday, December, 1, 2016: Live Music Concert by Mario Stracuzzi
Visitors get free entrance ticket to the charity live concert at Rhypark Basel, December 3, 2016
http://giveachance.ch/?page/events-projekte/the-music-show/music-show-2015/&lang=en
EXHIBITION HOURS
Friday, December, 2, 2016: 11am - 8pm
Saturday, December, 3, 2016: 11am - 8pm
Sunday, December, 4, 2016: 11am – 6 pm
CHARITY
The Non-Profit Artists’ Association KÜNSTLERKOLLEKTE
receives an amount of sales, which are realized
during the exhibition to support contemporary emerging artists.
