Sneak Peek: Asian Galleries at Art Basel 2015

As the itinerant global art world contingent descends on the picturesque Swiss town next
week for Art Basel, BLOUIN ARTINFO’s Asia office presents a small sneak peek of what
Asian galleries will be bringing to the fair.

Beijing’s Long March Space will present a focused group exhibition of works by Ran Huang,
Hu Xiangqian, Wang Jianwei, Xu Zhen by MadeIn Company, Yu Hong, Zhang Hui, Zhan Wang, and
Zhu Yu among others.


Tokyo’s Take Ninagawa is presenting a three-person show of Shinro Ohtake, Ryoko Aoki, and
Taro Izumi. Best known for his ongoing Scrapbook series (1977-) of dense collages of found
imagery, magazine scraps, and product packaging, Ohtake presents
here new works from his Retina series (1989-91): abstract, mixed-media paintings combining
exposed Polaroid film with chemical emulsions that question
how we see in the digital era. Alongside Ohtake, the gallery will also show a drawing
installation incorporating sculptural objects within a selection of
diaristic sketches and abstract patterns, and "anti-social" abstract sculptures by Taro Izumi.

Also based out of Tokyo, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP will present a thematic showcase centered on
the Mono-ha movement, which started in the late 1960s. Mono-ha has seen resurgent market
interest in recent years, in tandem with increasing global visibility
for some of its most seminal figures, including Lee Ufan and Kishio Suga. On display at their
booth are works by Jiro Takamatsu, Nobuo Sekine, Kishio Suga,
Susumu Koshimizu and Koji Enokura.

Mumbai’s Chemould Prescott Road will showcase “the most important artists from our gallery with
works that signify their practice in a substantial way.” Jitish Kallat, returning to his own
art making after having curated the Kochi-Muziris Biennale,
presents new works, while Atul Dodiya, one of whose paintings was acquired by M+ at Art Basel
Hong Kong this year, will show a wooden cabinet installation
piece at Basel. Also on display at the booth will be works by Shilpa Gupta, Reena Saini
Kallat, and Mithu Sen, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious
Prix Canson.

Singapore’s STPI will be showcasing a unique selection of pieces by British conceptual
artist Ryan Gander that have all been made on-site at its state-of-the-art printing and
paper-making facilities — including “Seriously Retinal/Serious
Poke (morton arboretum)” (2014), a relief print made using French curve rulers on
handmade cotton paper.

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