ARTmonday: Art Basel Miami 2014 Part II

Here’s my second batch of photos from Art Basel Miami 2014. (Here’s the link to Art Basel Miami 2014 Part I, in case you missed it last Monday.) I feel like a lot of the works were similar to last year’s Art Basel Miami 2013, though I didn’t see quite as many neon and textual pieces. I wonder if this year’s presentations were a little less edgy?

Nevertheless, I am always excited to see work by artists whose work I’m familiar with, like modern masters such as Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Kenneth Noland, and Josef Albers, or those just slightly less known, that I learned about in college art history class, like Louise Nevelson. Then there are the more contemporary artists that I learned about from exploring museums in New York, such as Nan Goldin and Damien Hirst, or more recently, Pinterest, such as Ed Ruscha.

Even if you don’t have the astronomical budget it would take to decorate your home with artwork from the top galleries that exhibit at Art Basel Miami, it is still incredible to attend. The central show at the Convention Center is really more like a museum exhibit. It’s interesting to see work by artists that form the foundation that inform today’s more contemporary artists, and our overall design aesthetic. It will help develop your eye for when you are shopping for more affordable artwork for your home.

Here are 35 pieces of modern and contemporary art from the Convention Center at Art Basel Miami 2014. If you happen to know any of the artwork I wasn’t able to identify, please share. (I actually wandered around on my own for an hour in hopes of carefully documenting everything I photographed, but I still missed a couple.) Thanks!

abstract-artwork-art-basel-miami

Unidentified artist, but how great is that backdrop?

anne-truitt-blue-field

Anne Truitt

bridget-riley-stripe-painting

Bridget Riley

ghader-amer-portrait-of-a-girl

Ghader Amer

gideon-rubin-portraits

Gideon Rubin

louise-bourgeoise-spider-sculpture

Louise Bourgeois

marina-abramovic-photograph-art-basel-miami

Marina Abramovic

nan-goldin-simon-and-jessica

Nan Goldin

alex-prager-untitled-parts-3

Alex Prager

robert-motherwell-art-basel-miami

Robert Motherwell

simmons-&-burke-horizontal-clouds

Simmons & Burke

terry-winters-clocks-and-clouds

Terry Winters

ed-ruscha-this-and-that

Ed Ruscha

liu-wei-sandwiches-no-12-detail

Liu Wei (detail)

adolph-gottlieb-caligraphy

Adolph Gottlieb

alexander-calder-appearing-orbs

Alexander Calder

keith-hering-dogs

Keith Haring

haegue-yang-sonic

Haegue Yang

ian-davenport-colourcade-string

Ian Davenport

kenneth-nolan-mysteries-moonlit

Kenneth Noland

IMG_5431

unidentified

josef-albers-2

Josef Albers

josef-albers-1

Josef Albers

IMG_5432

unidentified

anne-truitt-sculpture

Anne Truitt

david-hockney-ipad-drawing-2

David Hockney

gary-hume-california

Gary Hume

jean-dubuffet-giant-sculpture

Jean Dubuffet

louise-nevelson-sculpture

Louise Nevelson

peter-liversidge-mask-group

glen-rubsamen-yucca-video

Glen Rubsamen (video)

angelika-krinzinger-diptych

Angelika Krinzinger

roy-lichtenstein-art-basel

Roy Lichtenstein

martin-creed

Martin Creed

michele-abeles-chanel

Michele Abeles

orange-abstract-on-wallpaper-wall

Martin Creed

sheila-hicks-fiber-installation

Sheila Hicks

sheila-hicks-fiber-installation-detail

Sheila Hicks (detail)

thomas-ruff-photograph

Thomas Ruff

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Author: StyleCarrot

Marni Elyse Katz is a design writer and editor who lives in Boston and Cape Cod with her husband, two sons, and a cat. She blogs about design at www.stylecarrot.com

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