Aneta Grzeszykowska, Untitled Film Stills #15, 2006, 25 x 20 cm (Courtesy Raster, Warsaw)

BASEL.- This year the «Art Statements» sector is being expanded to include 26 one-person shows of young artists. Chosen by the Art Basel Committee from over 250 applications, the artists come from 16 different countries. For over 10 years now, «Art Statements» has been providing young artists with a special platform that brings them to the attention of an international audience of curators, collectors, and the media. The 26 projects promise art enthusiasts fascinating discoveries and intriguing encounters with the work of the latest generation of artists. In conjunction with «Art Statements», two artists will be awarded the Bâloise Art Prize, which is linked to a long-term encouragement program.
This year Art Basel's selection committee has focused above all on artists who are as yet little known or whose approach is not easily accessible. The projects on show are being created especially for Art 38 Basel. (A number of the artists are employing materials and techniques typical of the constructivist avant-garde of the 1920s, recasting them in contemporary form.) The participating artists come from China, France, Germany, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA. Lire la suite pour connaître la liste des artistes et des galeries http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19824

Andreas Eriksson, Almoso 113, 2003/04, 75 x 60 cm (Courtesy Galleri Riis, Oslo).