Art Basel Miami Beach Features Galerie Lelong

Galerie Lelong is pleased to present a selection of work by internationally renowned modern and contemporary artists for the 2016 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. Works by Etel Adnan, McArthur Binion, Günther Förg, Andy Goldsworthy, Alfredo Jaar, Konrad Klapheck, Jannis Kounellis, Samuel LeVi Jones, Ana Mendieta, Hélio Oiticica, Jaume Plensa, Zilia Sánchez, Sean Scully, Nancy Spero, Antoni Tàpies, Barthélémy Toguo, and Ursula von Rydingsvard will be on view.

Included in the presentation are two large-scale sculptures by Jaume Plensa and Ursula von Rydingsvard, highlighting the gallery's internationally respected sculpture program. Jaume Plensa's Ainsa IV (2015), a ten-foot-high figure comprised of stainless steel letters from nine different alphabets that sits on a base of stone, continues the Spanish artist's search for a universal language. Plensa's Looking Into My Dreams, Awilda - a 44-foot-high sculpture - will be unveiled during the fair at the Pérez Art Museum. Awilda was initially created to stand in the tides of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, overlooking the beach with poised serenity. Standing with dramatic verticality is Ursula von Rydingsvard's luminous Elegantka II (2016), cast in urethane and resin from a full-scale wood model. The translucent quality of the sculpture's material emits soft light of the surrounding environment, starkly contrasting its rigid abstract form.

Works in a range of mediums, including painting, photography, and drawing, will be presented by a group of geographically and generationally diverse artists. Historical works by Jannis Kounellis, Hélio Oiticica, Sean Scully, Nancy Spero, and Antoni Tàpies will be on view, pointing towards the gallery's work with both modernist icons and artists at the forefront of contemporary art. New work by Etel Adnan, McArthur Binion, Samuel LeVi Jones, and Barthélémy Toguo will also be on view, exploring each artist's socially engaged practice, along with a new lightbox work by Alfredo Jaar and a performative photography piece by Ana Mendieta.