Joseph Kosuth, J.J.(F.W.#49), 2012. Courtesy Vistamare
 

By PAUL LASTER, Nov. 2017

Perusing the offerings at Artissima, we have filled our shopping cart with fascinating works of contemporary art in a variety of media. The 24th edition of the Italy’s most prestigious art fair, which takes place at the Oval in Torino through November 5th, features 206 galleries from 31 countries. 

Highlights include solo presentations of Marion Baruch’s domestic abstractions at Geneva’s Galerie Laurence Bernard, Eliza Douglas’ mix of body parts and everyday objects with planes of color and expressive brushstrokes in canvases that blur the boundary between abstraction and figuration at Air de Paris, Salvatore Arancio’s intriguingly altered illustrations of crystals and ceramic sculptures at Milan’s Federica Schiavo Gallery, Jorge Ferré quirky abstractions on wood at Barcelona’s Galeria Senda and Camilo Restrepo poster-like portrayals referencing Colombian drug wars at Steve Turner, from Los Angeles. 

Scroll through the images below to see some of the works that we want to have hanging on our walls. WM

 Giulio Paolini, Studio per promenade, 2012-2013. Courtesy Alfonso Artiaco

Richard Nonas, WP/MF,SD, 1979. Courtesy Galerie Hubert Winter
 

Gabriel de la Mora, 4 Archivo V.V. 1948-49, 2012. Courtesy PROYECTOSMONCLOVA
 

Eliza Douglas, Music and Mathematics, 2017. Courtesy Air de Paris
 

 Christo, The Gates Project for Central Park, 2004. Courtesy Galleria Tega
 

Banz & Bowinkel, Substance I 09, 2017. Courtesy Roehrs & Boetsch
 

Domenico Mangano & Marieke van Rooy, Homestead of Dilution, 2016. Courtesy Magazzino
 

Beverly Pepper, Aquila Messenger, 1983. Courtesy Kayne Griffin Corcoran
 

Adomas Danusevicius, Thou Art That I, 2016. Courtesy The Rooster Gallery
 

Marion Baruch, Superart, ca. 1988. Courtesy Galerie Laurence Bernard
 

Georgina Gratrix, Puppy Basket, 2017. Courtesy SMAC
 

Cally Spooner, Notes on Humiliation (detail), 2017. Courtesy gb agency
 

 Rafał Dominik, Sneaker 2-1, 2017. Courtesy Kasia Michalski Gallery
 

Camilo Restrepo, Tight Rope #6 (El Burro), 2015. Courtesy Steve Turner
 

Ayana V. Jackson, Aina - Dear Sarah Series, 2016. Courtesy Mariane Ibrahim Gallery
 

Fausto Melotti, Untitled, 1975. Courtesy Repetto Gallery
 

Laura Lancaster, Untitled, 2017. Courtesy WORKPLACE
 

 Jason Matthew Lee, Untitled, 2017. Courtesy Mazzoli
 

Chantal Joffe, Yellow Sweater and Knee Socks, 2016. Courtesy Victoria Miro
 

Riccardo De Marchi, Untitled, 2017. Courtesy Piero Atchugarry Gallery
 

Jorge Ferré, Untitled, 1985. Courtesy Galeria Senda
 

Roman Signer, Fahrrad mit Kajakspitze, 2008. Courtesy Häusler Contemporary
 

 Salvatore Arancio, Mineral Being 7, 2017. Courtesy Federica Schiavo Gallery