What's the Weirdest Sculpture at Art Basel? | Insta of the Week

@artbasel #unlimited Paul McCarthy Tomato Head (Green),1994 @hauserwirth #loveart #sculpture #paulmccarthy #pumuckl #art #basel #f4f #collectorsagenda

A photo posted by Collectors Agenda (@collectors_agenda) on Jun 17, 2016 at 5:09am PDT

Art Basel kicked off in Switzerland this week, and the internet is overflowing with the most memorable—and marketable—modern art in the world. As an art lover today, the trick to winning at art fairs is to find all the most Instagram-friendly art as fast as possible, and then grab selfies with it before your friends do. Only then can you spend the rest of your time sifting through the rest for the real gems.

Here, we've done both. We've gathered Basel's biggest installations from art stars like James Turrell, Anish Kapoor, and Ai Weiwei. We've collected this year's showstoppers, like Chiaru Shiota's forest of hanging suitcases, Donald Moffett's hyperrealistic donkeys, and Davide Balula's mimed renditions of famous sculptures. Then, we round it out with a few strange and obscure pieces we think you'll enjoy.

Our personal award for "strangest sculpture" goes to Paul MacCarthy's Tomato Head (Green), a 1994 work featuring a veggie-headed man wearing no pants on a field of geometric objects, one of which appears to be covering his extra-long schlong. Enjoy our Art Basel curation in the Instagrams below, and if you make an art discovery worth sharing, tag @Creators_Project on Instagram to share it with us.

#artbasel2016 #untitled

A photo posted by ChaikovskyArtGallery (@sasviola) on Jun 17, 2016 at 8:37am PDT

Installation shot of Tracy Emin's mirrored neon piece at #basel2016 #tracyemin #artbasel #artunlimited #neonspecialists #neon

A photo posted by Mark (@markccroxford) on Jun 14, 2016 at 12:22am PDT

Pamela Rosenkranz, "Blue Runs", 2016 @artbasel #art #artlover #artbasel #artcyclopaedia #installation #pamelarosenkranz #blueruns #water #contemporaryart #artfair

A photo posted by @artcyclopaedia on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:07am PDT

Группа мимов воспроизводит иконические скульптурные произведения Альберто Джакометти, Луиз Буржуа, Тони Смита, Генри Мура, Эвы Гессе и Барбары Хепуорт. Зритель приглашается к сотворчеству - мимы лишь намечают контур, все остальное дорисовывает в памяти зритель #davidebalula#mimes#artunlimited#performanceart#artbasel#artbasel2016#mimedsculptures

A video posted by Margarita Morozova (@brandangel) on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:54am PDT

Luxembourg & Dayan. 

A photo posted by margodgh (@margodgh) on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:46am PDT

Ariel Schlesinger, Two Good Reasons, 2015. (Art Basel)

A video posted by Artist, Apps (@davidkounovsky) on Jun 16, 2016 at 7:17am PDT

Highlights from the Art Basel 2016 Unlimited sector. "Out of Ousia" by Alicja Kwade #artbasel #artbasel2016 #alicjakwade

A photo posted by Bräuning Contemporary (@braeuningcontemporary) on Jun 17, 2016 at 2:27am PDT

Сегодня в программе нашего #enjoyhome_travel - ярмарка искусства Art Basel, начали с крупноформатных инсталляций, ходим удивляемся На фото - работа Pedro Cabrita Reis "South Wing" #artbasel #artbasel2016

A photo posted by Enjoy Home (@enjoy_home) on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:56am PDT

Amazing Art|Basel #basel #artbasel #tbt #art

A photo posted by Markus.Z (@m.z87) on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:58am PDT

Tony Oursler artwork. #slightlycreepy

A video posted by Louisa Guinness (Brown) (@louisaguinness) on Jun 16, 2016 at 7:20am PDT

The incredible #JamesTurrell #ArtBasel #Unlimited #Wedgework

A photo posted by TingTing Chen (@ting.ting.c) on Jun 16, 2016 at 7:09am PDT

Сегодня проведем весь день на Art Basel, постараюсь показать вам какие-то работы. Драконы Аниша Капура - камни весят несколько тонн, покрытые синим пигментом, выглядят невесомыми и парят над полом #artbasel #artbasel2016 #enjoy_home_design_travel #enjoyhome_travel #anishkapoor

A photo posted by Nadya Zotova (@nadyazotova) on Jun 17, 2016 at 3:33am PDT

Необычная интерпретация традиционного китайского дома от Ай Вэйвэй - настоящий исторический дом покрашен толстым слоем белой краски и поставлен на стеклянные шары  #enjoyhome_travel #enjoy_home_design_travel #artbasel2016 #artbasel #aiweiwei

A photo posted by Nadya Zotova (@nadyazotova) on Jun 17, 2016 at 4:22am PDT

Installation view of @buchmann_galerie featuring a sculpture by #TonyCragg | Galleries 2016 #artbasel

A photo posted by Art Basel (@artbasel) on Jun 16, 2016 at 9:45am PDT

Great pride!! Brilliant Israeli and international artist #yaelbartana at #artbasel2016 What if a women ruled the world, neon, 2016 #annetgelinkgallery #neon #baselartfair #artbasel #artbasel2016 #artwork #artadvisor #artfair #artshow #lovely #women #yellow

A photo posted by @nuritzalsman on Jun 17, 2016 at 3:20am PDT

#DonaldMoffet's donkeys shoulder the weight of @artbasel Vernissage by @ldegunzburg #CulturedTravels #artbasel

A photo posted by Cultured Magazine (@cultured_mag) on Jun 14, 2016 at 7:15am PDT

On the occasion of #ArtBasel, #Sennheiser has commissioned #Zimoun to create a new immersive installation enclosed within an old shipping container at Ostquai. Lined with hundreds of paper bags—placed on the walls, floor + ceiling of the container— each bag contains an engine, which moves it independently. Completely surrounded by a large number of small sound generation systems, the viewer is immersed in a three-dimensional sound composition. The installation opens today, and remains open to the public through Monday, June 20, 2–7pm. 317 prepared dc-motors, paper bags, shipping container Zimoun 2016

A photo posted by Sennheiser (@sennheiser) on Jun 16, 2016 at 10:30am PDT

#artbasel #artbasel2016 #pierreklossowski

A photo posted by @nat__urlich on Jun 16, 2016 at 1:19am PDT

Laura Lima, Ascenseur, Art Basel Unlimited.

A video posted by Tanya Bonakdar (@tanyabonakdar) on Jun 17, 2016 at 5:33am PDT

Video rules @artbasel #FrankHeath @simonesubalgallery #statements #artbaselstatements #nadamember 

A video posted by @newartdealers on Jun 16, 2016 at 5:10pm PDT

#artbasel #baselartfair #artbasel2016 #art #contemporaryart #dinosaur #shadow #basel #switzerland #vernissage #projection

A photo posted by Sven Straumann (@svenstraumann) on Jun 17, 2016 at 2:02am PDT

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