Art Basel Miami Beach

A new work by Holly Hendry is one of several sculptures on display. Hendry’s practice is concerned with what lives beneath the surface, from hidden underground spaces to the interior workings of the body. Her allusions to the skin as the visible ‘container’ of the body is combined with cartoon-like illustrations of anatomy, food and detritus. The artist’s first US solo show will take place at Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, USA, in 2024.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA presents a new sculpture that questions the sustainability of industrialised food production, waste and distribution. The figure of a child is dressed in hand-painted batik patterns, carrying a large basket overflowing with colourful fresh fruit and vegetables. Shonibare’s sculpture highlights the importance of generating food sustainably to protect future generations. A major exhibition of the artist’s work opened at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in March 2022. A new wooden sculpture by Leilah Babirye continues the artist’s practice of transforming everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights. Babirye collects a plethora of debris from the streets of New York to create her sculptures. Her work is currently exhibited in ‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at Hayward Gallery, London, UK.

Andreas Eriksson’s meditative paintings draw on the landscape surrounding his home in rural Medelplana. Hovering between abstraction and figuration, Eriksson’s works can be interpreted as patchwork topographies or details of organic forms such as trees, earth and rock formations. Large new paintings by Wayne Gonzales are inspired by the documentation of major events from the twentieth century. These meticulously crosshatched works examine the American cultural landscape through the visual language of photography.

Jeffrey Gibson synthesises Native American iconography and late-capitalist aesthetics. The artist uses a psychedelic palette and fuses his heritage with references that span club culture, queer theory, fashion, politics, literature and art history. A new beaded sculpture and large painting employ the vibrant colour and rhythmic pattern Gibson is renowned for. A major solo survey opened at SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in May 2022. It will tour to Frist Art Museum, Nashville, USA, opening in February 2023. A site-specific commission, which marked the opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California, USA, is open until March 2023.

Using geometric forms, Luiz Zerbini’s paintings explore the relationship between colour, light and movement through references to the natural world. A solo exhibition of Zerbini’s paintings, ‘The Same Story is Never the Same’ opened at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2022. Tonico Lemos Auad investigates materiality, sensuality, process and how people negotiate the space around them in his practice. He explores physical manifestations of belief, specifically looking at the personal or cultural significance afforded objects in everyday life. Often encompassing notions of architecture and landscape, Auad’s unique way of working subverts traditional techniques associated with craft such as embroidery, woodcarving and stonemasonry.

Kabinet: Izumi Kato presents an exhibition of new works made exclusively for Kabinett, featuring three mixed-media sculptures and three vibrant paintings.