Max Hooper Schneider, Maggie Lee and Beto Shwafaty are nominated for the BMW Art Journey announced during Art Basel in Miami Beach. Like a mobile studio, the BMW Art Journey can take artists almost anywhere in the world to develop new ideas and envision new creative projects.
During this year’s show in Miami Beach, Abigail Reynolds, latest winner of the BMW Art Journey, presents first works she has created from her travels. On display in the BMW Lounge are photographs documenting the first leg of her journey exploring lost libraries along the Silk Road.
The latest edition in the BMW Art Journey book series, ‘For whom the Bell Tolls’ is also presented at the fair. The book gives insights about Samson Young’s BMW Art Journey and contains the artist’s travel diary with personal reflections and descriptions of the locations he visited in twelve countries on five continents. Included in the volume is a suite of sound sketches evoking the acoustic landscape of the bells, along with a brochure for a multimedia walk Young staged during Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong in 2016.
In collaboration with the winning artist, the journey will be documented and shared with the public through various mediums. The nominated artists are now invited to develop and hand in their journey proposals. The winner will be announced in early 2017.
