Went to Basel today to see the Jean-Frédéric Schnyder show at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst and on to the Art Basel.
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder's show is great, full of humour and brilliant work old and new. It's a must see.
The Art did not offer much new - although its a bit hard to tell as we didn't have so much time and there's loads of stuff... but there's one outstanding installation by Christoph Büchel in Art Unlimited - this alone is worth a trip to Basel. Büchel's installation «Chinese Recycling Area: including camper and Meth-Lab» is a heavy (and huge) piece on (what I guess) american soldiers in the Irak war and at home... a very clever work. Big.