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Article: A Quick Report From Art Basel; Mood is Subdued.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2008
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The two words coming out of this year's Art Basel Miami and its nineteen satellite fairs are 'sober' and 'subdued.' That's not mere arts and culture conjecture--one of those subliminal wisps of mood and tremolo that occasionally get the better of journalists and critics. (Think: This year is about less. This year artists are saying goodbye to beauty. Painting is back.)
The Observer had a chance to speak with Renaud Proch, director of The Project, the 57th street gallery. This year The Project (booth C21 in the Miami Beach Convention Center for those following from home) is showing the work of Glenn Kaino, Julie Mehretu, and Paul Pfeiffer. More accurately, the gallery ...