Sam Falls
ART BASEL UNLIMITED 2024
Opening June 10, 2024
Preview Days June 10 – 12, 2024
Public Days June 13 – 16, 2024
Galerie Eva Presenhuber is delighted to participate at Art Basel Unlimited 2024, presenting the following monumental installations and sculptures:
UGO RONDINONE
luminous light (2023)
Booth U39
Often employing natural forms and materials in his work, Ugo Rondinone’s examination of nature through the monumental sculpture luminous light alludes to deep, conceptual conversations surrounding the ways in which humans connect to their environments and the elements therein. Lightning bolts, typically experienced as flashes of light in a storm, also resonate with Rondinone’s interest in the earthly realm and the sublime, drawing inspiration from German Romanticism and the works of Caspar David Friedrich. Lightning forms a bridge between the earthly realm and the divine, suggesting the possibility of transcending the physical world and everyday life. luminous light further recalls other natural forms in our everyday life, including inverted branches or the roots of a tree, elevating the quotidian to nothing short of the extraordinary.
KAREN KILIMNIK
The Joker Episode of The Avengers (1991)
Booth U50
This environment from the 1990s illustrates the breadth of Kilimnik’s approach to sculpture, as well as her early, inventive use of space and stage setting. Part of a group of works based on the popular 1960s British television series The Avengers, Kilimnik’s The Joker Episode of the Avengers (1991) re-presents one of the show’s particularly surreal and tense episodes. Mrs. Peel (played famously by actress Diana Rigg) is lured to a bridge champion’s home, only to find he is an escaped vicious criminal she had helped to capture, and who now enacts his revenge by putting her through a series of deadly trials and tricks. Each facet of Kilimnik’s sculptural environment—giant playing cards, cut-up images of Emma Peel, packs of Pall Mall cigarettes, dozens of strewn silk and paper roses, and a soundtrack edited from the episode and its signature song, Mein Liebling, Mein Rose— reflects not only specific elements taken directly from the narrative, but also alludes to the style of the sixties and our impressions of that era. Immersive and playful, The Joker Episode of the Avengers demonstrates Kilimnik’s evocative manipulation of space, as well as her admiration for the work of Rigg, actor Patrick Macnee, and screenwriter and producer Brian Clemens. Co-presented with Sprüth Magers.
SAM FALLS
Spring to Fall (2023-2024)
Booth U25
The painting Spring to Fall – which measures 45.7 meters in length – evolved over several seasons, outdoors. Falls, who works in the Hudson Valley, spread the canvas across a field, laying plants from the early fall and late summer on top. He then sprinkled a water-reactive pigment across the plants which left their silhouettes visible, and repeated the process again in the spring. The final image constitutes a searing, intellectual consideration of the earth’s clock as well as nature’s priceless importance. Co-presented with Galleria Franco Noero and 303 Gallery.
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The Joker Episode of the Avengers
1991
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
© Karen Kilimnik
luminous light
2023
Painted bronze
Edition 1/3 + 1 AP
651 x 232 x 204 cm / 256 1/4 x 91 3/8 x 80 3/8 in
© Ugo Rondinone
Spring to Fall
2023-2024
Pigment on canvas
4572 x 366 cm / 1800 x 144 in
© Sam Falls
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Karen Kilimnik, The Joker Episode of The Avengers, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Ugo Rondinone, luminous light, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
Installation view, Sam Falls, Spring to Fall, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, 2024
