During the most important art fair, when collectors from all over the world swarm through the city of Basel and the heavyweights of the gallery world are achieving record sales in the exhibition halls, the Broken Gallery, together with their Basel-based friends, presents works that were created at art academies-still far removed from the market: at a mobile exhibition booth, outdoors, and at changing locations. The booth looks exactly like a standard fair stand at Art Basel: a small white cube.

"Attacke der Retroavantgarde" is a statement, a pseudo-radical proclamation, and a sales pitch all at once. The booth itself is a sculptural gesture that brings art into the fresh air and exposes it to daylight. It can be read as both a symbol of exclusion and inclusion. This intervention is a gesture that explores the tension between avant-garde and commerce. In a subtle yet pointed way, it calls on viewers to reflect on the art market - and the role that artists do and could play within it.As part of the performative exhibition "Attacke der Retroavantgarde" | presented a monumental silver chain made of metallized balloons. Titled "Connecting to Reality," the work refers to its concrete anchoring in urban space. The booth, modeled after those at Art Basel, is chained to reality - like a bicycle - taken out of the air-conditioned fair halls and placed back into the real world.

The work was shown in front of the Kunstmuseum Basel on June 20, 2025.