Also on view in Encounters will be Auckland-based Starkwhite’s presentation of a site- specific installation ‘Yellow Structure’ (2016) by New Zealand artist Richard Maloy (b. 1977). Seen from a distance, ‘Yellow Structure’ will appear to be a solid, golden, rock-like structure that is minimal in nature. Closer inspection by visitors, however, will reveal its degradable and humble construction from common industrial materials such as cardboard, paint and tape. The audience will be invited to sit inside the work to explore the sculpture’s DIY-style interior, which will be built around a column. The interior of the sculpture will also provide a viewing point from which to observe other works in the sector. ShanghART, with spaces in Shanghai and Singapore, will present work by Chinese artist Zhang Ding (b. 1980).‘18 Cubes’ (2015/2016) will consist of 18 large, man-made, steel boxes plated with 24 karat gold. Art Basel visitors will be encouraged to leave their mark on the artwork with any methods, tools or personal belongings that are available to them, for example by scratching, scrawling and cutting the cubes. Each of the structures will measure 2.3m in height and 5m in width allowing total immersion for visitors who will be able to walk between them. Ingleby Gallery from Edinburgh has collaborated with Pilar Corrias in London to present ‘Tree No. 5 from the Jadindagadendar’ (2015) by Scottish artist Charles Avery (b. 1973), originally commissioned for the Edinburgh Art Festival 2015. Cast in bronze and five meters tall, the illuminated sculpture draws on mathematical equations for its design. The tree, ripe with strange fruit, sits in the municipal gardens of Onamatopeia, once a bustling port, but now a place in a state of extended decline, at the heart of Avery’s fictional island. The island is the subject of Avery’s lifelong, evolving project, ‘The Islanders’ which sees the artist dedicated to describing the inhabitants, flora and fauna of a fictional island, exploring in several mediums, and with precise detail, the geography, topography, customs, mythology and religion of this imaginary place. In addition, Ingleby Gallery will also present a forest of nineteen, skeletal trees of various sizes, crafted from American Black Walnut, by Peter Liversidge (b. 1973, United Kingdom). The artist has been developing this forest since 2010, and visitors to Art Basel will be able to walk through and around the trees, which represent the artist’s version of a forest in winter. The installation is based on a Pretzel Tree made by the artist for Art Basel in 2007.

Three sculptural works made of powder-coated steel and mirror-polished stainless steel created by Tel-Aviv-born and Paris-based Arik Levy (b. 1963, Israel) will be presented by Pékin Fine Arts, which has gallery spaces in Beijing and Hong Kong. The three works, ‘CraterBlue’ (2015), ‘StoneRed’ (2014) and ‘RockTripleFusionVertical’ (2015) are juxtaposed as the confrontation of the body and mind when encountering societal aspects of everyday life.
David Zwirner, with spaces in New York and London, will present a group of freestanding floor sculptures by German artist Isa Genzken (b. 1948), belonging to her ‘Schauspieler’ (Actors) series. ‘Schauspieler III, 1’ was created in 2015 and comprises elaborately outfitted mannequins holding an array of props and accessories.
Galerie Nathalie Obadia with spaces in Paris and Brussels will present, in collaboration with Melbourne’s Tolarno Galleries, the work of Australian artist Brook Andrew (b. 1970), which will be shown at Art Basel for the first time. Drawing on the heritage of his mother’s Aboriginal cultural ancestry, Andrew will create a stage-like installation in a black and white optical pattern, which consists of six mounted image components suspended by theatre rope from the ceiling that will reappear and disappear depending on the viewer’s stance in the space. Named ‘Building Empire’ (2016), the images within the installation are taken from known and unknown world histories, gathered by the artist from various sources in order to offer alternative historical narratives.

New work by Korean artist Kyungah Ham (b. 1966, South Korea) will be presented by Kukje Gallery of Seoul and Tina Kim Gallery of New York. ‘Chandeliers for Five Cities’ (2016) is an installation of five large embroidery paintings, from the artist’s ongoing series that she began in 2008. While the artist is based in Seoul, South Korea, the embroideries are manufactured by artisans based in North Korea, to whom the artist sends her designed, pixelated images via a mediator. The embroidery is grandiose and decorative, referencing political power and the split of North and South Korea as a result of World War II. By working with these artisans, Ham has established an alternative way of communicating with an isolated North Korea. Additionally, she reveals the stark economic differences between North and South Korea, by using both subject matter and manufacturing as a way of critiquing power structures.