Francis Upritchard: Art Basel Unlimited

June 12 - 18, 2023

Overview

Francis Upritchard’s sculpture Swamp Creature is a hybrid, amorphous creature standing four meters high. Drawing on dinosaurs, mythic beings, and sea and land creatures, there is a sense of the uncanny, of folkloric creatures and unknown forms lurking beneath the surface. Upritchard has recently begun making sculptures at a larger scale, making the viewer diminutive in contrast. Sculpted out of natural rubber, she manipulates the material underwater and has to work at speed to create the forms.

Swamp Creature was first exhibited in the Salle Poma during Upritchard’s solo exhibition, A Loose Hold, in Switzerland at Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, 2022.

Francis Upritchard's Swamp Creature is co-presented with Kate MacGarry.

Opening Hours

Unlimited Opening (by invitation only)
Monday, June 12, 2023, 4pm to 8pm, First Choice VIP cardholders
Monday, June 12, 2023, 6pm to 8pm, Preview VIP cardholders

Parcours Opening
Monday, June 12, 2023, 1pm to 4pm (projects can be visited until 8pm)

VIP Days (by invitation only)
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 11am to 8pm, First Choice VIP cardholders
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 4pm to 8pm, Preview VIP cardholders
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 11am to 8pm

Vernissage (by invitation only)
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 5pm to 8pm

Public Days
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 11am to 7pm
Friday, June 16, 2023, 11am to 7pm
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11am to 7pm
Sunday, June 18, 2023, 11am to 7pm

Special Nights
Unlimited Night: Thursday, June 15, 2023, 7pm to 10pm
Parcours Night: Saturday, June 17, 2023, 4pm to 11pm

Venue

Messe Basel
Messeplatz 10

4058 Basel
Switzerland

Installation Views