FIAC PARIS 2018: Publisher Steven Zevitas Selects His Favorite Paintings

 

FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain) returns to the Grand Palais for it's 45th edition this week.  The modern/contemporary art fair welcomes galleries from 25 different countries to participate in this year's iteration.  New American Paintings Publisher and Editor in Chief, Steven Zevitas, lets us know which works are on his radar and which works you just can't miss: 

 

FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain)

October 18 - October 21, 2018

GRAND PALAIS
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris

 

1.

 

Ambera Wellmann

Homologous 

2018 

oil and acrylic on linen

92 x 96 cm 

 

Courtesy of Lulu

 

 

2.

 

Derrick Adams

Figure in the Cityscape 

2017 

acrylic, pencil, and fabric on paper 

72 x 55 cm

 

Courtesy of Anne De Villepoix

 

 

3.

 

Etel Adnan

Sans titre 

2017 

huile sur toile 

33 x 24 cm 

 

Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

 

 

4.

 

Richard Aldrich

Untitled 

2018 
182.9 x 127 cm 

 

Courtesy of dépendance

 

 

5.

 

David Altmejd

The Island 

2018 

aqua-resin, fiberglass, resin, steel, aluminum, wood, epoxy dough, epoxy clay, quartz, coconut shell, glass eye, acrylic paint, glass paint, graphite, MSA varnish 

181,6 x 156,2 x 12,7 cm 

 

Courtesy of Xavier Hufkens

 

 

6.

 

Neil Beloufa

sustainable Finger 

2017 

299 x 190 x 12 cm 

 

Courtesy of galerie Balice Hertling

 

 

7.

 

Robert Colescott

Diana's Secret (The Orchid Corsage)

1976 

acrylic on canvas with wooden cutouts 
203.2 x 149.9 x 4.1 cm and 202.6 x 150.2 x 4.1 cm

 

Courtesy of Blum & Poe

 

 

8.

 

William N. Copley

Palladium 

1963 

acrylic on canvas 

80.6 x 116

 

Courtesy of Kasmin Gallery

 

9.

 

Ann Craven

Moon (Orange Full, Over Water, Cushing, 8-26-18, 8:10PM), 2018

2018 

oil on linen 

28 × 20 inches 

 

Courtesy Karma, New York

 

 

10.

 

Nicole Eisenman

Morning is Broken

2018 

oil on canvas 
208.28 x 165.1 cm 

 

Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery

 

 

11.

 

Tracey Emin

You destroyed my mind - You made me Feel like This

2018 

acrylic and Pencil on Canvas 

182,8 x 214,8 x 4 cm 

 

Courtesy of Xavier Hufkens

 

 

12.

 

Genieve Figgis

Family (after Goya)

2018 

acrylic on canvas 

100 x 120 cm 

 

Courtesy of Half Gallery

 

 

13.

 

Louisa Gagliardi

Exhale 

2017 

gel medium, ink on PVC 

160 x 115 cm 

 

Courtesy of rodolphe janssen

 

 

14.

 

Andrian Ghenie

Degenerate Art

2016 

oil on canvas 

47 x 39 cm 

 

Courtesy of Tim Van Laere Gallery

 

 

15.

 

Katharina Grosse

Ingres Wood

2018 

acrylic on tree and fabric 

255 x 555 x 2,360 cm 

 

KATHARINA GROSSE. Installation view, FIAC 2018 (booth 0.B33 Grand Palais, Paris)
© Katharina Grosse und VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, [2018] Photo: Zarko Vijatovic, Courtesy

 

 

 

16.

 

Richard Hawkins
Bee's Bumble

2018 

oil stick and collage on panel 

155 x 124.5 x 3.8 cm (in artist frame) 

 

Courtesy Galerie Buchholz

 

17.

Stefanie Heinze
Qì Matters

2018 

acrylic and oil on canvas 

240 x 180 cm 

 

Courtesy of Capitain Petzel

 

 

18.

 

Alex Hubbard

Untitled 

2018 

urethane, fiberglass, resin, and enamel paint in wood frame 

181.9 x 155.9 x 5.1 cm

 

Courtesy of Regen Projects

 

 

19.

 

Elliott Hundley

Bell Jar

2018 

paper, plastic, oil, photographs, pins and fabric on linen over panel 

123.2 x 123.2 x 10.8 cm

 

Courtesy of Regen Projects

 

 

20.

 

Paul Lee

Formative 

2018 

canvas, wood, stretcher bars, tambourine, glass, acrylic, spray paint 

55.9 x 55.9 x 10.2 cm 

 

Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art

 

 

21.

 

Glenn Ligon

Study for Debris Field #33

2018 

etching ink and ink marker on canvas 

101.6 x 81.3 cm

 

Courtesy of Regen Projects

 

 

22.

 

Rene Magritte

Le regard mental

1946 

oil on canvas 

54 x 65 cm 

 

Courtesy of Vedovi Gallery

 

 

23.

Roberto Matta

Les Fumoïsses

1973 

oil on canvas

240 x 171.5 x 2.5 cm

 

Courtesy of Galerie Gmurzynska

 

 

24.

 

Christina Quarles

Can Yew Feel? Tha Days Are Gettin’ Shorter 

2018 

acrylic on canvas 

152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm

 

Courtesy of Regen Projects

 

25.

 

Robert Rauschenberg

Helm (Spread) 

1980 

solvent transfer with acrylic, fabric and printed reproductions on wood panel 

245,1 x 188 cm 

 

Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

 

 

26.

 

Cordy Ryman

Jaws

 2017 

acrylic, enamel on wood 

91.4 x 91.4 x 4.4 cm

 

Courtesy of Konrad Fischer

 

 

27.

 

Ben Sledsens

Two Knights and a Lady

2018 

oil and acrylic on canvas 

230 x 210 cm 

 

Courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery

 

 

28.

 

Emily Mae Smith

Patience on the Rocks

2017 

oil on linen 
121.9 x 94 cm 

 

Courtesy of rodolphe janssen

 

29.

 

Vivian Springford

Untitled (Tanzania Series)

1972 

acrylic on canvas 

140,7 x 155,6 x 2,9 cm

 

Courtesy of Almine Rech

 

30.

 

Roger White

The Comnpost

2018 

oil on linen 

33 x 38.1 cm 

 

Courtesy of LABOR

 

31.

 

Sue Williams

The Green Room

2018 

oil on canvas 

177.8 x 203.2 cm

 

Courtesy of Regen Projects

 

 

32.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn

Courtesy of Almine Rech Gallery

 

33.

Katherine Bradford

Courtesy of CANADA