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Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp
L.H.O.O.Q., 1919/1964
reproduction of the Mona Lisa
paper: 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 inches (30.2 x 23 cm)
framed: 18 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (47.6 x 37.8 cm)
edition of 35
MD-12.3

Jose Dávila Sean Kelly Gallery

Jose Dávila 
With these characteristic activities, 2016
acrylic and vinyl paint on loomstate linen
82 11/16 x 66 15/16 inches (210 x 170 cm)
JDa-16.166

David Claerbout Sean Kelly Gallery

David Claerbout Sean Kelly Gallery
Olympia (Simulation of late april snow (not yet permanent 1 day)), 2016
inkjet print, collage, tape, washed ink, acrylic paint, felt pen and pencil on cardboard
image: 15 15/16 x 23 3/8 inches (40.4 x 59.4 cm)
paper: 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (60 x 80 cm)
framed: 25 3/4 x 33 5/8 x 1 3/4 inches (65.4 x 85.4 x 4.4 cm)
DC-55

David Claerbout Sean Kelly Gallery

David Claerbout 
Olympia (Januari 2018 -4°), 2017
inkjet print, collage, tape, washed ink, acrylic paint, felt pen and pencil on cardboard
image: 16 1/2 x 22 7/16 inches (42 x 57 cm)
paper: 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 inches (60 x 80 cm)
framed: 25 3/4 x 33 5/8 x 1 3/4 inches (65.4 x 85.4 x 4.4 cm)
DC-66

Laurent Grasso Sean Kelly Gallery

Laurent Grasso
Studies into the Past
oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 18 5/16 inches (30.1 x 46.5 cm)
LG-P.17.1533

Jose Dávila Sean Kelly Gallery

Jose Dávila
Symphonic Splendors Vary With the Passing Hours (Duchamp), 2016
vinyl paint on loomstate linen
86 5/8 x 63 inches (220 x 160 cm)
JDa-16.259

 

Ilse D'Hollander Sean Kelly Gallery

Ilse D'Hollander
Untitled, 1996
oil on canvas
painting: 20 7/8 x 17 5/16 inches (53 x 44 cm)
framed: 22 x 18 5/16 x 1 3/4 inches (55.9 x 46.5 x 4.4 cm)
IDH-P.013

Ilse D'Hollander Sean Kelly Gallery

Ilse D'Hollander
Untitled, 1996
oil on canvas
painting: 18 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (47 x 40 cm)
framed: 19 9/16 x 16 13/16 x 1 3/4 inches (49.7 x 42.7 x 4.4 cm)
IDH-P.098

Ilse D'Hollander Sean Kelly Gallery

Ilse D'Hollander
Untitled, 1995
gouache on paper
image: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches (16.4 x 12 cm)
framed: 17 7/8 x 15 5/16 x 1 3/4 inches (45.4 x 38.9 x 4.4 cm) 
IDH-WP.G671

Ilse D'Hollander Sean Kelly Gallery

Ilse D'Hollander
Untitled, 1995
gouache on paper
image: 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 inches (13 x 11 cm)
framed: 16 3/4 x 14 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches (42.5 x 37.8 x 4.4 cm)
IDH-WP.G665

Laurent Grasso Sean Kelly Gallery

Laurent Grasso
Studies into the Past
oil and Palladium leaf on wood
8 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 2 inches (22.2 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm)
LG-P.16.1472

Rebecca Horn Sean Kelly Gallery

Rebecca Horn
Schwarzer Flügelschlag, 2004
pencil, colored pencil, acrylic, ink and Carmigniano on paper
paper: 71 1/4 x 59 1/16 inches (181 x 150 cm)
framed: 81 1/2 x 68 7/8 inches (207 x 175 cm)
RH-BL-1037

Rebecca Horn Sean Kelly Gallery

Rebecca Horn
Schreib Frucht II, 2015
pencil and acrylic on paper
paper: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 inches (40 x 30 cm) 
framed: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 inches (64 x 52 cm)
RH-1170

Rebecca Horn Sean Kelly Gallery

Rebecca Horn
Schreib Frucht III, 2015
pencil and acrylic on paper
paper: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 inches (40 x 30 cm) 
framed: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 inches (64 x 52 cm)
RH-1171

Rebecca Horn Sean Kelly Gallery

Rebecca Horn
Schreib Frucht IV, 2015
pencil and acrylic on paper
paper: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 inches (40 x 30 cm) 
framed: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 inches (64 x 52 cm)
RH-1172

Rebecca Horn Sean Kelly Gallery

Rebecca Horn
Schreib Frucht V, 2015
pencil and acrylic on paper
paper: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 inches (40 x 30 cm) 
framed: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 inches (64 x 52 cm)
RH-1173

Callum Innes Sean Kelly Gallery

Callum Innes
Untitled Lamp Black No. 10, 2016
oil on linen
76 3/4 x 74 13/16 inches (195 x 190 cm)
CI-32.16

Callum Innes Sean Kelly Gallery

Callum Innes 
Exposed Painting Prussian Blue, 2017
oil on linen
92 1/2 x 90 1/2 inches (235 x 230 cm)
CI-15.17

Idris Khan Sean Kelly Gallery

Idris Khan
A Kind of Light, 2017
3 stamped glass sheets, aluminum and steel dress panel
mounted: 65 x 55 x 7 inches (164.9 x 140 x 18 cm)
IK-257

Idris Khan Sean Kelly Gallery

Idris Khan
Everything Turns to Grey, 2015
ink on white gesso and aluminum
painting: 92 1/2 x 90 1/2 inches (235 x 229.9 cm) 
framed: 93 1/4 x 91 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (236.9 x 231.8 x 6.4 cm) 
IK-35

Joseph Kosuth Sean Kelly Gallery

Joseph Kosuth
'Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)' [medium] - [Webster New Pract.], 1968
form of presentation: photograph mounted to sintra
mounted photograph: 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
certificate: 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (10.44 x 9.46 cm)
JK-231

Joseph Kosuth Sean Kelly Gallery

Joseph Kosuth
'Mondrian's Work XII', 2016
silkscreen on glass, white neon mounted directly on the wall
70 7/8 x 70 7/8 inches (180 x 180 cm)
JK-229

Hugo McCloud Sean Kelly Gallery

Hugo McCloud
in between moments, 2017
aluminum foil, oil paint mounted on wood panel
78 x 72 inches (198.1 x 182.9 cm)
HM-161

Hugo McCloud Sean Kelly Gallery

Hugo McCloud
deliverance from what lies beneath, 2017
aluminum foil, oil paint mounted on wood panel
97 x 76 1/2 inches (246.4 x 194.3 cm
HM-163

Hugo McCloud Sean Kelly Gallery

Hugo McCloud
green fields no yields #2, 2017
aluminum foil, oil paint mounted on wood panel
67 x 60 inches (170.2 x 152.4 cm)
HM-162

Sam Moyer Sean Kelly Gallery

Sam Moyer
Charlie, 2017
stone, canvas mounted to MDF panel
80 3/4 x 43 3/4 x 3/4 inches (205.1 x 111.1 x 1.9 cm)
SM-45

Sam Moyer Sean Kelly Gallery

Sam Moyer
sound side, 2017
marble, dyed canvas mounted to MDF panel
75 3/4 x 40 x 3/4 inches (192.4 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm)
SM-47

Sam Moyer Sean Kelly Gallery

Sam Moyer 
gentle reminder, 2017
stone, canvas mounted to MDF panel
56 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 3/4 inches (143.5 x 85.1 x 1.9 cm)
SM-46

Sam Moyer Sean Kelly Gallery

Sam Moyer
Untitled, 2017
glass paint, glass, plexiglas, brass frame
framed: 48 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (122.2 x 91.8 cm)
SM-36

Sam Moyer Sean Kelly Gallery

Sam Moyer
Untitled, 2017
glass paint, glass, plexiglas, canvas, brass frame
framed: 48 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (122.2 x 91.8 cm)
SM-37

James White Sean Kelly Gallery

James White
And Another (Hotel), 2015
oil and varnish on acrylic panel in perspex box frame
painting: 33 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (85.1 x 85.1 cm) 
framed: 34 7/8 x 34 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches (88.5 x 88.5 x 5.5 cm)
JWh-31

James White Sean Kelly Gallery

James White
STILL #4, 2015
oil and varnish on acrylic sheet in Perspex box frame
painting: 21 5/8 x 17 11/16 inches (54.9 x 44.9 cm)
framed: 23 x 19 x 2 3/8 inches (58.4 x 48.3 x 6 cm)
JWh-48

Press Release

Sean Kelly is delighted to participate in Art Basel 2017, where we will present After Painting. Our carefully curated presentation conjoins two important, historical works by Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Kosuth, which independently marked a sea change in the development of art and painting as a medium. In 1964 Duchamp reproduced his iconic 1919 work L.H.O.O.Q., which signified a symbolic, radical break with the past.  Shortly thereafter Kosuth created his iconic Definition works, including ‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [medium] - [Webster New Pract.], 1968, and declared painting to be dead. For Kosuth, it was Duchamp that initiated the shift in art from appearance to conception, writing that, “The function of art, as a question, was first raised by Marcel Duchamp. In fact, it is Marcel Duchamp whom we can credit with giving art its own identity.”

Ironically, decades’ later, painting continues to thrive through constant reinterpretation and reinvention. After Painting looks at the myriad ways in which artists continue to push the conceptual and aesthetic boundaries of the medium, keeping it vibrant and vital. David Claerbout’s paintings on paper are fundamental to his film practice; Ilse D’Hollander’s intimate canvases are sensual explorations of the physical act of painting; Jose Dávila interrogates how the modernist movement has been translated, appropriated, and reinvented; Laurent Grasso’s meticulous appropriations of classical paintings integrate impossible phenomena, blurring the line between the historical and contemporary; Rebecca Horn’s large-scale gestural paintings evoke her early performance work, their dimensions being determined by the artist’s physical reach; Callum Innes’ Exposed Paintings are concerned with both making and unmaking the work; Idris Khan utilizes language, melding thousands of lines of stamped text into singular abstract images; Hugo McClouds work fuses industrial and fine art materials; Sam Moyer combines found textures into a fresh, expanded, artistic palette; and James White’s oil paintings reimagine the still life as a chance freeze-frame.

For more information on the fair, including opening hours, directions and ticketing information, please visit artbasel.com