switzerland´s first international art fair
solely dedicated to photography.
 


 


 
 
june 15 - 19, 2016

 
 
Spotlight on the participating galleries of photo basel (part II of II).
 
Sali zämme (another Swiss word for „hello“),
 
photo basel is literally around the corner and we truly hope you are as excited as we are!
In this second spotlight on galleries, we firstly want to tell you some more about this year’s focus series:
 
photo basel is a “boutique art fair”, so the focus series are the logical step to implement only “ONE” of the photography’s finest in each discipline. This year’s focus publisher is Xavier Barral from France who will not only wow photobook lovers! As focus artist, photo basel is proud to feature Mr. Juergen Teller, the German enfant terrible. Furthermore, we are happy of welcoming back the Vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis (Switzerland’s acclaimed Award for newcomers) – which is by the way celebrating it’s 20th anniversary – happy birthday!
Rumors have it, that the acclaimed Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK )will be having a booth showcasing almunus Magdalena Baranya.
 
And here comes the awaited second part of our participating galleries: (watch your inbox for part one, it came 5 days ago)
 

Galerie Monika Wertheimer
Switzerland
 
www.galeriewertheimer.ch
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 9
Galerie Monika Wertheimer was officially founded in 2001. The gallery space has vastly improved since those early days and thinking back it is hard to imagine how the artists endured to exhibit in the tiny room that was the gallery space until 2005. ln 2005, the Galerie Monika Wertheimer moved to its present day location, a light filled space in a former brick factory in Oberwil, just outside the Baselcity Iimits. Sur-rounded by 60 creative ateliers of all kinds, it's the ideal place for a gal-lery representing ernerging photographic art.
The aim of the gallery remains to discover and support the work of promising young photographers (mostly Swiss, but not exclusively), of-ten giving them their first opportunity to exhibit their works profession-ally and to be introduced to a select audience of high-end collectors from the Basei/Zurich region.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Galerie Monika Wertheimer

 
 
 
Galerie SIT DOWN
France
 
www.sitdown.fr
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 03
Established in Le Marais area in Paris, close to the Picasso Museum, SIT DOWN gallery was founded by Françoise Bornstein in 2005 and is a member of Le Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art.
Since 2013 the gallery has been entirely devoted to photography, and its programming consists primarily of documentary and fine-art photography.
The gallery aims to showcase young emerging photographers (Alisa Resnik, Aurore Bagarry...) and support renowned international photographers such as Tom Wood, Yan Morvan, Jérôme Brézillon, and Sacha Van Dorssen. In addition to organizing personal exhibitions, Françoise Bornstein invites curators to participate in exhibition projects during special events or art fairs. Through artist representation, SIT DOWN gallery has established itself as a major figure in documentary photography and opens its doors to the creativity of young photographers who bring new vision to this medium.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Galerie SIT DOWN

 
 
 
Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève
France
 
www.suzanne-tarasieve.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 01
Created in 2003, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve opened in the 13th arrondissement of Paris with a 200 square meters space dedicated to the diffusion, production and publication of contemporary art.
The gallery supports young and international contemporary artists and runs an international exhibition program in collaboration with museums, art centres and curators.
In 2008, Suzanne Tarasieve opened LOFT 19, an additional space in the heart of Belleville in Paris. Managed as a project space, LOFT 19 holds temporary exhibitions and provides a residency program to support foreign artists.
In 2011, the gallery space relocated from the 13th arrondissement to the Marais. This prime location, in the historical heart of Paris, provides an international exposure to the gallery's established and emerging artists and sustains a dynamic relationship with the projects held in LOFT 1.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève

 
 
 
Galerija Fotografija
Slovenia
 
www.galerijafotografija.si
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 11
Since its founding in 2003 Galerija Fotografija gallery is dedicated exclusively to fine art photography, representing photographers from both Slovenia and around the world. As Slovenia’s first private gallery for fine art photography, we pride ourselves as being leaders in presenting the art of photography to a discerning audience. From the very beginning our gallery has been dedicated to the promotion of slovenian photography at home and abroad. We organize exhibitions and workshops, and sell fine art photography. In 2014 a bookshop where we sell various publications dedicated to the photographic arts joined the gallery.
We also collaborate with other museums and galleries in Slovenia and abroad in organization of the photographic exhibitions.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Galerija Fotografija

 
 
 
GALLERY FIFTY ONE
Belgium
 
www.gallery51.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 16
Based in Antwerp (Bel) GALLERY FIFTY ONE is specialized in fine art photography: vintage, classic, fashion,African and contemporary photography.
Open in June 2000, the gallery is the only major art gallery in Belgium devoted exclusively to fine art photography. The gallery deals with young emerging photographers and established photographers of the 20th and 21st century.
Since 2009, the gallery also started a New York office to meet the growing demands of American clients.
Since 2011, the gallery started a dialogue between photography and works on paper. Regularly, these exhibitions are conducted to emphasize the artistic gaze of photography.
FIFTY ONE TOO
Since 2014 a new, additional gallery space is opened. It's program will focus on the dialogue between all the different art media, induced by photography. As the main gallery FIFTY ONE already incorporated this dialogue since 2011, here it will be in particular broaden up.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Gallery FIFTY ONE

 
 
 
Grundemark Nilsson Gallery
Germany / Sweden
 
www.grundemarknilsson.se
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 24
Grundemark Nilsson Gallery was established 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden, and 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The private owned gallery represents an international diverse portfolio with a particular focus on the new generation of contemporary photo-based artists from Northern Europe, complemented by renowned masters such as Christer Strömholm and Dawid.
Over the years we have established an international platform for our artists through regular gallery exhibitions, documented in an annual catalogue. We are aiming to realize projects in and outside our galleries to promote our artists career.
We do participate regularly in international art and photography fairs such as Aipad, New York, Paris Photo and other contemporary art fairs around the globe.
Apart from our exhibition program we are engaged in art-related activities such as book productions, panel discussions and artist talks.
In January, 2016, Greger Ulf Nilson, curator, graphic designer and art director, joined us as a partner. April 9, 2016, the gallery opens a new space in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. Grundemark Nilsson Gallery is a member of AIPAD since 2012 (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Grundemark Nilsson Gallery

 
 
 
Kahmann Gallery
The Netherlands
 
www.kahmanngallery.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 10
Kahmann Gallery embodies all that is photography. Founded in 2005 with a focus on Dutch vintage photography, the scope has broadened over time to include equal volumes of work of international and contemporary photographers. Kahmann Gallery will remain a specialist in the sale of unique photographs that has made history or will most likely do so.
Kahmann Gallery initiates about 6 exhibitions a year, cooperates with various international galleries and museums and participates in (inter)national art fairs. The gallery also acts as art dealer and advisor fort he acquisition of photography for private or corporate collections.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Kahmann Gallery

 
 
 
Kromus + Zink
Germany
 
www.kromus-zink.de
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 2
KROMUS + ZINK (known as Galerie Zink Berlin) was established in January 2007 in Berlin. In 2015 Florian Kromus joined the gallery as partner. From the beginning the gallery was dedicated to show international positions with the intention to introduce these artists to a public of curators, critics and collectors. We see the mission of our gallery in giving opportunity to artists for development and exposure of their artistic work. At this moment KROMUS + ZINK is representing 17 international, emerging and established artists. The gallery’s program is tied up to a strong obligation to communicate art through clear and intense visual ideas. It is not limited to certain media, but displays the whole bandwidth from drawing, painting and sculpture to photography and video installation. Many of the shows of the past years has been a site specific dialogue of the artists with the exhibition space.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Kromus + Zink

 
 
 
MAGNIN-A
France
 
www.magnin-a.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 6
MAGNIN-A is a gallery founded in 2009 in Paris by André Magnin, acknowledged expert in Contemporary and Modern African Art and directed by Philippe Boutté. MAGNIN-A gallery represents established and emerging artists with a mission to promote Contemporary African Art on the international art market.
MAGNIN-A is a project both esthetic and politic, committed in the defense and the promotion of African contemporary artists. Among those artists are : Joël Andrianomearisoa, Nathalie Boutté, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Omar Victor Diop, Romuald Hazoumé, Seydou Keïta, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Gonçalo Mabunda, Abu Bakarr Mansaray, JP Mika, Marcel Miracle, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Chéri Samba, Malick Sidibé, Kura Shomali...
MAGNIN-A gallery is involved in numerous exhibition in Europe, Africa and United – States : Musée du Louvre, Fondation Zinsou, Centre Pompidou, Fondation Cartier, Art Institute Chicago, Vitra Design Museum, Aperture Foundation and so on. MAGNIN-A participates at several Art Fairs such as: Paris-Photo, Paris 1:54, London and New York, Drawing Now, FIAC (OFF)ICIELLE, Paris and many more. Most of the artists represented have joined private and public collections in Europe and in the U.S.A.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von MAGNIN-A

 
 
 
Podbielski Contemporary
Germany
 
www.podbielskicontemporary.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 19
Pierre Andre Podbielski established Podbielski Contemporary in January 2011 in the heart of Berlin, Mitte.
The emphasis of Podbielski Contemporary’s program is to represent a wide range of artists who narrate the geopolitics of the Balkans, the Middle East, Italy and Germany through transcultural perspectives. In the last five years since its inception, Podbielski Contemporary has held 5 exhibitions per year and attended a number of international art fairs, including Rome Road to Contemporary, London Art 13, Artissima 2013/2014/2015, MIA Fair Milan 2011-2015, MIA Singapore 2014, Art Paris 2015 and Context Art Miami 2015. Its main focus is to document geopolitical issues seen from an artistic perspective. Podbielski Contemporary seeks to promote, besides exhibitions, catalogues designed and published for each show and to address its work to international private and museum collections. Its founder strongly believes that a gallery, besides representing artists and promoting their works in the optimal way, should serve as a platform for the exchange of ideas about art and culture.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Podbielski Contemporary

 
 
 
Raffaella de Chirico Arte Contemporanea
Italy
 
www.dechiricogalleriadarte.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 8
The Raffaella De Chirico Contemporary Art gallery was founded in 2011 by Raffaella De Chirico who focused her program of exhibits production and realization of previously unseen projects in Italy for the most part, centering on artists under the age of 40 who had already distinguished themselves for their studies and artistic work outside Italy.
The same principle is applied to the historicized artists represented in the gallery, with particular regard to those whose studies stood out in 70s and 80s. A constant search for the “then/now” is the common thread that characterizes the attention to semantics and conceptual minimalism, looking for a kind of photography with a social and current events impression or for photojournalism and for new production materials. The end result is the search for a dialogue with the past, devoid of a nostalgic or caricature-like approach, but determined to unravel the peculiarities of the present in an attempt to stimulate discussion and dialogue.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Raffaella de Chirico Arte Contemporanea

 
 
 
School Gallery / Olivier Castaing
France
 
www.schoolgallery.fr
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 21
The photography occupies a quite particular place in the programming of the gallery, with personalities as Gilles CARON, the biggest French war photo reporter disappeared in 1970 or the british James HILL who join the team this spring. Many young talented photographers as the french Sacha GOLDBERGER with his legendary super heroes portraits, treated as Flemish portraits or Nicolas DHERVILLERS well known with is american night light in landscape photographies.Also two photographers from nordic school Joakim ENEROTH (Tate collection) or Susanna HESSELBERG and the australian Vee SPEERS with the Happy Days and Bulletproof series presented over the world. Finally the French duet BACHELOR CARON recognized for their photos of crimes and delicatessen.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von School Gallery / Olivier Castaing

 
 
 
Van der Mieden Gallery
Belgium
 
www.vandermieden.com
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 5
Van der Mieden Gallery was founded in Antwerp in 2004 by Diederik van der Mieden. As of December 2015 the gallery relocated to the centre of Antwerp where a former bakery was transformed with the help of architect Paul Wauters. Van der Mieden Gallery represents national and international artists who explore the space between reality and abstraction, and does this without excluding any medium. The gallery program is dedicated to different fields of contemporary art with a clear focus on the represented artists and the development of their artistic work.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Van der Mieden Gallery

 
 
 
widmertheodoridis
Switzerland
 
www.0010.ch
 
@ photo basel:
Booth 17
Beyond photography widmertheodoridis pursues artistic positions from the broader regional periphery, that have the potential to compete in a national and international environment. Young and established artists from the fields of photography, drawing, sculpture and video present peaceful and provocative works that also receive broad attention at the fairs.
The motivation of widmertheodoridis to show exciting and extraordinary positions far away from the urban centres takes on an unusual yet no less interesting relevance. This solitary location emphasizes on the one hand the original profile of the gallery and on the other hand it underlines the uniqueness of the represented artistic works.
The new gallery premises consist of a contemporary designed building, an outdoor space for installations and the newly renovated hay barn for installations and video projections.
The booth concept for photo-basel 2016 comprises three artists who sound out the medium of photography in their own unique way:
Simon Kappeler explores the limits of expired and infrared films.
Lydia Wilhelm uses photography to create object-like images of landscapes.
Kolja Linowitzki has designed a machine that creates unique images without a camera.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von widmertheodoridis

 
 
 
Éditions Xavier Barral
France
 
www.exb.fr
 
@ photo basel:
Foyer
Since 2002, the Éditions Xavier Barral publish books taking a visual approach to the new shapes of photography, contemporary art and sciences. Each book is a singular object whose aesthetic and design choices take pride of place. Different points of views meet between artists and authors from around the world such as Jane Evelyn Atwood, Quentin Bajac, Daniel Buren, Clément Chéroux, Sophie Calle, Raphaël Dallaporta, Raymond Depardon, Rinko Kawauchi, William Kentridge, Josef Koudelka, Erik Orsenna, Martin Parr, Stephen Shore, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall. The catalogue lists over 100 critically acclaimed titles including D’après nature by Jean Gaumy (2010) and Vers l’Orient by Marc Riboud (2012), recipients of The Prix Nadar, as well as Anticorps by Antoine d’Agata, winner of the Rencontres d'Arles 2013 Author Book Award. More recently, Sergio Larrain, recipient of the 2015 Krasna-Krausz Book Award and Images of Conviction as Catalogue of the Year for the 2015 Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards.
Beispiel der ausgestellten Bilder von Xavier Barral

 
 
 

 
 
Oohh and by the way, you might have heard it, Arthur is coming to town. Who is Arthur? Find out for yourself at the official closing party of photo basel on Saturday, June 18th from 10 p.m. @ the Volkshaus – entry only for VIP card holders or subscribers http://www.arthur-is-coming.ch/
 
 
photo basel 2016 at a glance:
 
Date: June 15 – 19, 2016 (Wednesday-Sunday)
 
Vernissage: June 14, 2016 / from 6 p.m. (on invitation only)
 
Opening Hours: 12 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Sunday - 6 p.m.)
 
Venue: Volkshaus Basel – Rebgasse 12-14, 4058 Basel
 
Public Transport: Tramstation "Claraplatz"
 
Car Parkings: "Parkhaus Rebgasse" / Rebgasse 20 (250 lots)
"Claramatte" Klingentalstrasse 25(100 lots)
 
Entry Fee: Adults CHF 15.– / 20.- with catalogue
Students up to the age of 25: free entrance with valid student ID
 
Organizer: photo basel GmbH, Im Davidsboden 12, 4056 Basel
 
Website: www.photo-basel.com / info@photo-basel.com
 
Press material: http://photo-basel.com/2016/e16_62_logos.htm
 
  
 
best regards from Basel, your Directors
Sven Eisenhut and Samuel Riggenbach,
and the whole photo basel team.



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