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Art Unlimited also spotlighted 62 ambitious works and drew an enormous audience surpassing previous years. Many of the exhibited pieces were created especially for Art 42 Basel. Highlights included major works by legendary artists Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Daniel Buren, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Flavin, Anish Kapoor, Robert Rauschenberg, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Cerith Wyn Evans, joined by pieces from younger and emerging stars. (http://www.artbasel.com/ca/n/elj/^{Image Removed}).

I was particularly interested in researching more about Dan Falvin, as I have seen his work at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

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                                                                                                   Dan Flavin's Untitled to Barry, Mike, Chuck and Leonardo_ _(1972-1975) at the 42nd Art Basel in 2011. 

Although Flavin passed away in 1996, his fame and notoriety as a contemporary American minimalist is widely recognized today. For more than three decades, Flavin vigorously pursued the artistic possibilities of fluorescent light. The artist radically limited his materials to commercially available fluorescent tubing in standard sizes, shapes, and colors, extracting banal hardware from its utilitarian context and inserting it into the world of high art. The resulting body of work at once possesses a straightforward simplicity and a deep sophistication. Many of Flavin's works have been sold at auction. In 2004, Flavin's work Untitled ("monument" for V. Tatlin)' (1964--1965) was sold for $735,500 at Christie's, New York.

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Discussing his experience at Art 42 Basel, David Zwirner said: 'Collector confidence was definitely back this year, and there was a lot of positive energy all around. In addition to seeing our dedicated clients from Europe, we were excited to see that a number of the new collectors we met during recent travels to Asia also made their way to Basel. And we were especially grateful that our presentations at Art Unlimited that were so enthusiastically received.' 

                                                                                           
                                                                      This  This is one of my favourite works by Dan Flavin "Untitled to Piet Mondrian" (1985). Flavin has cited the Dutch painter as one of his biggest largest influences.