Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
For the 2023 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, Lisson Gallery highlights a selection of important historical and new works by its artists. Featuring painting and sculpture by established names including Carmen Herrera, Anish Kapoor, Lee Ufan and Hélio Oiticica, Lisson’s presentation at booth A57 also showcases works by those newer to the gallery’s roster, including Dexter Dalwood, Li Ran, Otobong Nkanga, Jack Pierson and Zhao Gang.
Coinciding with a dual-site presentation across Lisson’s New York spaces (until 16 December), the gallery presents new sculpture and painting by Anish Kapoor. Although the artist has only recently debuted his canvases, Kapoor is a self-proclaimed ‘painter who makes sculptures,’ underlining his extensive relationship with the medium. His paintings do not display a departure from his recognizable void works and mirrored sculptures, but instead an extension of this practice, with works such as Untitled (2021) delving deep into his interest in the object in space and the inner workings of our mind and body.
Hélio Oiticica’s Spatial Relief Amarelo 22 (1959/2002) will also be on view in Maimi. Suspended above the booth in a vibrant yellow that the artist felt best resembled “physical, terrestrial light”, the work is part of a series marking a moment in which the ideas explored in Oiticica’s paintings and drawings expanded into physical space. Similarly, Carmen Herrera’s Borealis (1966/2016) stands out as the singular example of a dichromatic work from her Estructuras series. Related to the artist’s panelled Blanco y Verde paintings, its white acrylic and aluminium
forms are dissected and bordered with a bold green.
Works on view
Leon Polk Smith Foundation
