Chakaia Booker
(b. 1953)
Make a Wish, 2012
rubber tires. aluminum, resin, steel
122 x 72 x 1 7/8 in (309.9 x 182.9 x 4.8 cm)
(CHB8946)
Chakaia Booker
(b. 1953)
Weighted Balance, 2023
rubber tires
32 x 78 x 10 in (81.3 x 198.1 x 25.4 cm)
(CHB8966)
David Hartt
(b. 1967)
The Histories (after Church), version with xenoformed atmosphere / Rayleigh scattering spectrum shift, 2022
tapestry
90 x 60 in (228.6 x 152.4 cm)
Edition of 3, with 1 AP (#2/3)
(DH8704)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8886)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8891)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
5 7/8 x 4 in (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
(PAP8910)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8888)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
5 7/8 x 4 in (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
(PAP8892)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
5 7/8 x 4 in (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
(PAP8918)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8895)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
5 7/8 x 4 in (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
(PAP8934)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8935)
Paulo Pasta
(b. 1959)
Untitled, 2023
signed and dated on verso
oil on canvas
4 x 5 7/8 in (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
(PAP8935)
Vian Sora
(b. 1976)
Fruition, 2023
oil on canvas with mixed media
60 x 60 x 2 in (152.4 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm)
(VS8843)
Jorinde Voigt
(b. 1977)
Immersion - Rush of Insight VII, 2023
signed
India ink, pastel, gold leaf, oil chalks and graphite on paper
40 1/2 x 26 1/8 in (103 x 66.5 cm)
(JV8971)
For this year's edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, David Nolan Gallery celebrates a large group of artists with widely varying global perspectives.
A woven tapestry by Canadian David Hartt responds to Hudson River School painter, Frederic Edwin Church and his explorations of the flora and fauna of Jamaica in the mid-19th century, a period when America and other world powers encroached upon and radically altered that foreign territory. Hartt’s lush and beautiful imagery belies his sharp political, social and economic critique of the lasting effects of imperialism and slavery. By focusing on the landscape Hartt is able to address something larger than the human condition.
In anticipation of our upcoming gallery exhibition Fort Marion and Beyond: Plains Indian Ledger Drawings, 1870-1910, two drawings on view were created by Cheyenne and Kiowa warrior artists Nokkoistand (Bear’s Heart) and Ohettoint during their 1875-1878 incarceration at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Graphic masterworks, the historical significance of these drawings is immense, standing at the very beginning of the widespread cultural assimilation efforts that shaped U.S. policies for almost one and a half centuries. A recent immigrant from war-torn Baghdad, Vian Sora reinvigorates with dynamic color and form her compositions. Sora’s visions fuse her own experiences with Iraqi history, cultural identity influences, and painterly abstraction. Though largely abstract, Sora’s paintings suggest figures and places, including gardens and warzones, landscapes of lush fertility and terrible decay, cycles of life and death. Two explosive paintings demonstrate Sora’s unique vocabulary of gestural abstraction through her deft handling of form and singular application of color.
New sculptures by American Chakaia Booker testify to the artist’s groundbreaking use of recycled rubber tires as a raw material for making abstract sculpture, often at a monumental scale. A delicate grace balances the power of Booker’s sculptures, which also evoke political and social aspects — from the patterns of the tires alluding to African scarification, to the exploitation tied to the collection of rubber, and the history of low wages African American workers received in the automobile industry. Booker’s works look back to the social upheaval of the 1960’s and the awakening of American society to the continuing plight of Black Americans 100 years after slavery had been abolished.
The Kabinett sector will celebrate one of the most influential contemporary Brazilian artists, Paulo Pasta, recognized for his abstract paintings which dialogue with the tradition of constructive art in Brazil and shift between reason and sensory perception. The exhibition will include his pocket-size oil paintings, a new format for the artist. Since the 1980’s, Pasta has created layer by layer an oeuvre of minimalist paintings where color reigns supreme, geometrical boundaries are subtle, and light is radiant and serene. A reference for generations of artists, historians, critics and collectors, Pasta’s work is featured in major Brazilian museums as well as international collections.
Located in the sprawling Miami Beach Convention Center, Art Basel Miami Beach has the luxury of being able to showcase a range of different sectors. One of the most exciting is the Meridians Sector, which allows for large-scale, immersive, and experimental projects that might not otherwise have the chance to be exhibited at an art fair. A highlight of this year’s Meridians Sector is “Abzu”, a new, monumental painting by Vian Sora presented with Los Angeles-based gallery Luis De Jesus. Inspired by her experiences of loss and displacement growing up in Iraq, Sora creates vibrant, abstract paintings with bursts of energy that intend to uplift the artist and the viewer. Now based in Louisville, Sora considers additional themes of body autonomy and women’s rights in her work, using her colorful hues and lively compositions to inspire hope.