Art Basel 2013: The Changing Worlds of Sculpture. Transportive and transformative, the following six sculptural pieces found at this year's Art Basel push the boundaries of the medium and its definition within art. Chaotic, thoughtful and sometimes even funny, each work manages to bring a new world into our own. In a striking display, Jaume Plensa's "Lilliput" series (2012) suspended painted bronze and steel sculptures from the ceiling with thin, clear wire.
Each ornate, almost human-form construct, appeared at times to float in air, while spinning slowly. This Galerie Lelong presentation masterfully matched sculptural aesthetics of the past with an entirely new energy. "The Last Wilderness for Patent Nr. PBR'RYN2008019" (2013) is a mixed media, miniature wonderland. Esther Kläs' "0/6 (rumba)" (2013), presented by Peter Blum Gallery as part of the Unlimited Series, rests a suspended metal halo just above a ceramic bed that's dressed in thin swipes of colored paint.
Photographs by Alexandre Corda. News / Underdogs. Joshua Liner Gallery. Ivory and Black. Artists. Adel Abdessemed. James Cohan Gallery.