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Ryoji Ikeda’s data-verse 3 (2021) will premiere as a standalone artwork as part of Art Basel's Unlimited sector, the unique platform for large-scale projects that transcend the limitations of a traditional art-fair stand. Presented by Almine Rech and commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, the third and final variation of the artist’s most complex project to date marks the conclusive chapter in his data-driven audio-visual research into nature that first began in the early 2000s.

Ryoji Ikeda is an electronic composer and visual artist who explores sound and light by means of mathematical precision and aesthetics. By experimenting with frequencies and scales difficult for the human ear and mind alone to comprehend, Ikeda renders the imperceptible through numerical systems and computer aesthetics. His long-term projects have taken a multiplicity of forms, from immersive live performances and audio-visual installations to books and CDs and have evolved over the years to encompass his data-driven research.

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Almine Rech is pleased to present Prado, Red, 1968, by American artist James Turrell. The historical 'Projection Piece' will be be on view on the occasion of Art Basel Unlimited.

The exhibition of Prado, Red presents the exciting opportunity to experience a historic ‘Projection Piece’ by James Turrell. In 1966, Turrell began creating his ‘Projection Pieces’ at his first studio and exhibition venue, the former ‘Mendota Hotel’ in Ocean Park, California. Using the ground floor commercial space, he blocked out all the windows in order to project artificial light in the corners of the room (‘Cross Corner Projections’) or onto individual walls (‘Single Wall Projections’). Turrell showed these ‘Projection Pieces’ shortly thereafter in 1967 at the Pasadena Art Museum.These early systematic investigations of the interaction of artificial/natural light and interior/exterior spaces paved the way for the magnanimous ‘Skyspaces.’

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On the occasion of Art Basel 2021, Almine Rech will present a group show including works by Karel Appel, John M Armleder, Ha Chong-Hyun, George Condo, Günther Förg, Rudolf Polanszky, Larry Poons, Peter Saul, Kenny Scharf, Vivian Springford, Kim Tschang-Yeul, James Turrell, De Wain Valentine and Tom Wesselmann.

Born in 1988 and raised in Accra, Ghana, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe now lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Quaicoe presents his subjects in the form of portraiture, where he engages with ideas of empowerment through his bright and luminous depictions of figurative portraits. This is embodied in the postures of his sitters, who appear set against vibrant monochromatic backgrounds.

As a young man, Quaicoe developed a fascination with stylized posters seen at the movie theatre in his hometown, Accra. It was there that, one day, he discovered a group of artists painting large canvases for the posters behind the main stage. This was a catalytic moment for Quaicoe, who then began drawing and painting incessantly from collected magazine clippings and ‘anything he could get his hands on’. After his studies at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design and during his photography studies, Quaicoe became deeply involved in the subject of figuration and portraiture, specifically Black portraiture.

Almine Rech Editions is pleased to present the first limited edition collaboration with artist Haley Josephs, titled Rise.

“I think it’s important that the colors and emotional tone of the painting invite the viewer in, uplifting them sensorially. For me painting is a way to encourage my inner child to feel hope. Some of the subject matter can be hard for me to approach, and I tackle this by trying to uplift the characters, to set them free from the inward ties that bind them.”

- Haley Josephs

On the occasion of The Armory Show 2021, Almine Rech will present works by Genesis Tramaine and Phyllis Stephens. The curated selection of new works highlights both artists' unique approach to bridging abstraction and figuration, altogether offering a dynamic visual narrative of contemporaneous ways to define and shape portraiture. Tramaine will present a group of paintings from her ongoing "Gleaning" series. These works will be shown alongside several new quilts by Stephens from her series "The Garden of Eve".  

On the occasion of Art Paris 2021, Almine Rech is pleased to highlight American artist Marcus Jansen with a special presentation of his paintings. Through his colorful and expressive brushwork, Jansen explores the human condition critically, socially, and while politically charged, invites the viewer to engage in the reflection. His work challenges the traditional stylized rules that have governed the genre and creates a new form of portraiture while investigating structures of power, anonymity and history.
Jansen will show a selection of four works. Three from his on-going series Faceless. The series started in 2012, a departure from Jansen’s post-apocalyptic dystopian urban environments one of which will also be showing, Behind Walls #4. 

Almine Rech Editions is pleased to present a first-time collaboration with Foundation and contemporary artist César Piette.

Four unique NFTs by the artist will launch through the Foundation platform on September 4, at 3 PM EST. Auctions start at 1 ETH - view the NFTs here.

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Almine Rech is pleased to present One by One: Wes Lang, featuring the painting This Is Happiness, 2019.

One by One is a series of exclusive online viewing rooms dedicated to extraordinary individual artworks. Established to further refine the experience of online exhibitions, One by One features works by artists from the gallery's program on a regular basis.

The painter Scott Kahn’s entrancing quasi-pastoral scenes and psychological portraiture traverse the boundaries between contemplative immersion and surrealist dissolution. Kahn was born in 1946 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and, in 1968, studied at the Art Students League with Theodoros Stamos. Spending most of his adult life in the Northeast, primarily in New York City and in small towns, the painter's practice reflects an abiding sense of solitude contemplating nature.