We're about halfway through the insane sensory overload that is Art Basel Miami Beach. Here are the 10 big art trends we've spotted at the fairs so far, from influential artists to popular fashions. These visions are shaping ABMB 2012, which means they will probably shape the coming year in art as well. Study up, and let us know your thoughts about the madness in the comments below.
Love/Hating Pop Culture
Whether placing a classical statue in a tanning bed ? la <strong>Allora & Calzadilla</strong> or an homage to vampires in the age of Twilight like <strong>Sterling Ruby,</strong> the reality TV shows being TiVoed during the fair were not forgotten by the artists involved.
Living (And Matching) Art
Artist duos like<strong> Gilbert & George</strong> and <strong>Eva & Adele</strong> have made their vibrant, strange and color-coordinated appearances into veritable works of art. The strategy seemed to rub off on fairgoers who often got more attention than the works on the walls.
iPads
The year's most popular Apple accessory made a splash at many of the art fairs this week. <strong>Parker Ito</strong>'s installation at Steven Turner Contemporary at Untitled Art Fair invited visitors to sit on beanbags and make their own iPad art on Photobooth. Other works at the main fair used the iPad as the frame, or incorporated in to a larger sculpture like <strong>Jon Kessler</strong> at Salon94.
Whimsical Works
Outside of craft fairs, "cute" is not generally an adjective applicable to many moving artworks. But this year, artists brought out the whimsy without shame, from <strong>Martin Roth</strong>'s grass spurting from a carpet to <strong>Patrick Jacobs</strong>' miniscule peepholes. It takes strength to be this sweet.
Namecalling
The art world decidedly deserves to be called out from time to time, but doing it at the most superfluously luxurious fair of the year can get awkward. <strong>Barbara Kruger</strong>'s condescension loomed over various ABMB locales, while at SEVEN fair <strong>William Powhida</strong> mocked art world lingo and conventions from the inside.
Marcel Duchamp
While New York has been experiencing a Warhol-centric year, it seems Duchamp has taken grip of Miami. Aside from the infinite number of appropriated works nodding to the OP (original prankster), <strong>Francis M. Nauman</strong>'s booth curated a thoughtful collection of Duchamp and his siblings' works. Also artists like Carrie Mae Weems?s ?The Broken, See Duchamp? made their <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Etant_donnes.jpg">references</a> clear. (Image: Marcel Duchamp <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/filip-noterdaeme/drama-of-gifted-duchamp_b_2003250.html">Boite-Alerte: Missives Lascives</a>, 1959 Imitated rectified readmade: two Potholders (male and female))
NSFW Naughtiness
Not to be a prude, but this year brought on an unwarranted amount of up-close-and-personal paintings from artists like <strong>Betty Tompkins</strong> and<strong> Joan Semmel</strong>.
Optical Illusions
While most of the optical illusions we deal with on the Internet lose their sparkle after the trick is revealed, ABMB was at its best when immobile artworks took on an inexplicable sense of momentum. <strong>Jesus Rafael Soto,</strong> <strong>Luis Tomasello</strong> and <strong>Cruz Diez</strong> really stole the show.
Is It Art? (No, But Really...)
Forget about the unanswerable question regarding the possibilities of an artwork, we just didn't want to step on anything worth millions! This sand installation at <strong>Thierry Goldberg</strong>'s booth at Untitled Art Fair was supposed to transform over the duration of the fair. This meant that a suspicious looking can on the ground of ABMB was being analyzed by fairgoers until an employee picked it up and tossed it out.
Mirrors
Artists know that fairgoers have put a lot of work into their Miami ensembles and want to check themselves out every now and then. From <strong>David Altmejd</strong>'s cracked mirrors at Andrea Rosen to <strong>Roni Horn</strong>'s reflective pools of glass, many artworks allowed viewers a moment of narcissism, or an available surface to pick something out of their teeth.
BONUS: Richard Prince's Lemon Fizz
We don't know how it happened but Richard Prince's lemon fizz is definitely trending at the fair. There were murmurings of who'd tried it and what alcohol worked best to mix in the fizzy concoction. While champagne is the unofficial trending drink of AMBM for obvious reasons, a bizarre dollar tall can got the job done for many fairgoers.
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