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Art Basel 2012. 14-17 June

June 1, 2012

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 Art 43 Basel: Art Parcours

June 13–June 17, 2012

Claude Lévêque, "Ring of Fire," 2011. Caravan, star wood, lamps, cinderblock base. Caravan: 225 x 565 x 210 cm; base: 298 x 150 x 130 cm.© ADAGP Claude Lévêque. Photo Elie Morin. Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris.

Presented artists: Kathryn Andrews, Pawel Althamer, Eduardo Basualdo, Los Carpinteros, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Rodney Graham, Henrik Håkansson, Allan Kaprow, Claude Lévêque, Aleksandra Mir, Maria Nordman, Pedro Reyes, and Dieter Roth.

The Art Parcours sector at Art Basel presents site-specific artworks and performances in the historical quarters of Basel. In its third year, the 2012 edition of Art Parcours has moved to the St. Johann neighborhood of Basel. From Wednesday, June 13 to Sunday, June 17 thirteen locations will be transformed by renowned international artists.

The array of high-caliber works, again curated by Jens Hoffmann, Director of the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, will engage with Basel’s past and present, weaving artistic interventions into the fabric of the city. Venues in Basel’s St. Johann area include Druckerei Ackermannshof, which once was a medieval printing shop; Dieter Roth’s former studio; a hidden water-pumping station; Predigerkirche (Preacher’s Church), one of the first Gothic churches in the Upper Rhine region; Renaissance dining rooms at the Philosophicum; and the Restaurant Zur Mägd, where in 1538 a banquet was held in honor of the painter Hans Holbein the Younger, as well as various public sites throughout the area.

On Wednesday June 13, from 8pm to midnight, the Art Parcours Night presents an evening of performances conceived by Los Angeles based artist Kathryn Andrews. During Voix de Ville performances by clowns, acrobats, musicians, jugglers, and various Vaudevillian acts will take over the banks of the river Rhine.

Art Parcours Night

Wednesday, June 13, 8pm–12am

St. Johanns-Rheinweg, Basel and Art Parcours locations

Open to public, free of charge, bars and food vendors on-site

Art Parcours

 

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Filed Under: Art Fair, Art News World

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  1. steve kaos says

    June 15, 2012 at 12:09 AM

    It was a pleasure and an honour to be part of Kathryns Voix de Ville in Basel on Thursday, the reaction was fabulous! x

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