Juneart.io launches its second online NFT exhibition: Westbam Earthdixie, curated by Jared Madere
Launching on June 13 at June Art Fair, Basel, Westbam Earthdixie is the second online exhibition by NFT platform Juneart.io. Curated by American artist Jared Madere, the exhibition gathers 10 visual artists spanning various mediums and backgrounds, each presenting a series of NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Madere’s artwork will also be presented physically at the fair by Juneart.io.
Guided by a vague title coincidently referencing a legendary German DJ and an obscure TikTok fan account for American singer Dixie D'Amelio, Westbam Earthdixie attempts to oppose particular resolutions and occupy a space of relative ambiguity. This ambiguity is guided by the various subjective attitudes of the presented artists.
The exhibition proposes to investigate how these attitudes take form as artistic propositions or signs, and consequently how their meaning shifts and is transformed in various social, cultural, and historical contexts. Much like its title, Westbam Earthdixie behaves as an experiential springboard for the interpretive act itself.
Participating artists: Sam Anderson, Darja Bajagić, Jake Cruzen, Jared Madere, Joanne Robertson, Ben Schumacher, Alake Shilling, Jasper Spicero, Amalia Ulman, Wretched Worm.
Westbam Earthdixie launches on Juneart.io June 13 at 1 pm June Art Fair, Basel
13–19 June
Reichenstrasse 90B
4058 Basel
Switzerland
About Jarad Madere
Jared Madere (b. 1986, New York) lives and works in Berlin. Madere works across various media with collage, performance, sculpture, and installation, often as a result of collaborative processes involving craftsmen, technicians, tattoo artists, scientists, chefs, and children. His practice calls attention to affective experiences of everyday life, working with a broad spectrum of valued materials, in an attempt to annul hierarchical orders of the material and symbolic realm. In recent years Madere has worked extensively with AI technology and its accompanying potentials and problematics.
Recent solo exhibitions include Kammer, Berlin (2022); Cucina, Copenhagen (2021); Galleria Federico Vavassori, Milan (2020); Mother Culture, Istanbul / Berlin (2019); Liberty, London (2017); David Lewis, New York (2016); White Flag Projects (with Jake Cruzen), Saint Louis (2016); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2015). Previous group exhibitions include Mother Culture, Berlin (2020); 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019); La Panacée, Montpellier (2018); The Watermill Center, New York (2017) Altman Siegel, San Francisco (2017); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2015); Bortolami, New York (2014); Momentum – 7th Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art, Moss (2013); White Columns, New York (2010). Madere is the co-founder of Mother Culture, Los Angeles (2017-) and Bed-Stuy Love Affair, New York (2013-). His work is included in the collections of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Watermill Center, New York.
About Juneart.io
Juneart.io is an initiative of June Art Fair aimed to give artists and collectors within the contemporary art scene the opportunity to explore NFTs in a space that is considered, curated and cared for. Throughout the year, Juneart.io hosts exclusive exhibitions concurrently with the world’s most prestigious art fairs and exhibitions like Art Basel, the Venice Biennale, Frieze London etc., curated by people they admire for their contributions.
Founded in 2019 by galleries VI, VII (Oslo) and Christian Andersen (Copenhagen), June Art Fair was conceived to re-imagine the conventional art fair viewing experience. June Art Fair has distinguished itself not only with its unconventional location but with its highly-selective, intergenerational group of participating galleries and artists. The physical fair takes place during Basel Art Week in close proximity to Art Basel and Liste Art Fair.
Contact
Michael Jeppesen, CEO
Michael.Jeppesen@mu.st - +45 2721 1313
Svava Kristinsdóttir, Project Manager
svkr@immortalprojects.io - +45 2062 4883
