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CHOIR (art Installation)
''CHOIR'' is an art installation created by German artist Katharina Grosse for the 2025 Art Basel flagship fair. Up for only seven days, the work covered the walls and structures of the Messeplatz in Basel with white and magenta paint. The 53,000 square feet of the pedestrian area of the Messeplatz was the largest canvas for Grosse to date. It took Grosse and her team six days to create the work. When questioned about the short duration of the artwork's existence, Grosse said she found the ephemeral quality to be one of its strengths. In an interview with ARTNews she said, "You can't buy it, you can't own it. It defies the reality of the fair, which is mainly about transactions. There is beauty in that transience." The work was curated by Natalia Grabowska, of the Serpentine Gallery The Serpentine Galleries are two contemporary art galleries in Kensington Gardens, Westminster, Greater London. Recently rebranded to just Serpentine, the organisation is split across Serpentine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHOIR Installation By Katharina Grosse At Messeplatz At Art Basel 2025
A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words is the music performed by the ensemble. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the medieval era to the present, or popular music repertoire. Most choirs are led by a conductor, who leads the performances with arm, hand, and facial gestures. The term ''choir'' is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the quire), whereas a ''chorus'' performs in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is not rigid. Choirs may sing without instruments, or accompanied by a piano, accordion, pipe organ, a small ensemble, or an orchestra. A choir can be a subset of an ensemble; thus one speaks of the "woodwind choir" of an orchestra, or different "choirs" of v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
