Art Basel closed its doors the night before last, and Paris, LA happily saved a tiny selection of works that featured at Art Unlimited and Art Public. These are pieces that we like mostly for their aesthetic appearances but also the idea enclosed in each. We also love the resonance of their titles: Romance; Frontier; Pipeline Field; Solo; Fields; Dad. It somehow sums up the feelings that circulated in the air during the fair this year. Something close to a humble attitude mixed with a minimal look. Something that left plenty of space for the work to speak sharply, and finally took over the circus of a fair.

JACK PIERSON, Romance, 2009. Courtesy the artist and Galleria Christian Stein, Milano.

DOUG AITKEN, Frontier, 2009. Courtesy the artist and 303 Gallery, New York.

MICHAEL BEUTLER, Pipeline Field, 2010. Courstesy the artist and Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln.

MICHAEL BEUTLER, Pipeline Field, 2010 (detail). Courstesy the artist and Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln.

CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, Solo, 2008. Courtesy the artist and White Cube, London.

AI WEIWEI, Fields, 2010. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, Luzern.

AI WEIWEI, Fields, 2010 (detail). Courtesy the artist and Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, Luzern.

OSCAR TUAZON, Dad, 2010. Courtesy the artist, BaliceHertling, Paris; and Standard, Olso.

All photography © dp for PARIS, LA.