From June 11 to 16, Basel became the epicenter of photography and art at photo basel, along with Maurice de Mauriac, who presented the Maurice de Mauriac Award for the second year in a row.
MAURICE DE MAURIAC’S AWARD WINNER
The winner of this year is Hayley Eichenbaum, represented by Homecoming Gallery. Hayley Eichenbaum is an interdisciplinary artist and director based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA. Early performative and kinetic work analyzes Western social expectations of women: How they are expected to maintain and preserve themselves.
Current digital photography work expands on notions of the veneer. The focus now on exterior architecture and curated landscape.
“It is an incredible honor to be recognized by the Maurice de Mauriac Award. I look forward to using this momentum to push forward with a new series. “The Mother Road” is the original nickname for Route 66. It was the first cross-country highway in The United States: The Mother of all highways. A powerful and feminine reference.” says Hayley.
PHOTO BASEL 2024
In this year’s edition, photo basel has dedicate a special exhibition to Basel photographer Kurt Wyss. With “Eyewitness Kurt Wyss in Dialogue with Jean Dubuffet” presenting an insight into an important phase of his photographic work.
“Beyond Photography” features a curated selection of photographic positions that go far beyond photography by using various mixing techniques, special printing techniques, or shifting from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional. Numerous different approaches contribute to an expansion of the medium of photography, and this sector dedicates itself to these innovations.
Another key point, is in the newly “novum” sector, where photo basel specifically showcases works never shown before. The “novum” positions include either completely new works or bodies of work that have only now properly brought to light.
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Photos by ©Maurice de Mauriac and ©photo basel. Hayley’s quotes by ©photo basel.