Huma Bhabha

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Huma Bhabha offers an extensive exploration of the artist's work spanning over two decades. Known for her distinctive sculptures created from diverse materials like clay, bronze, and found objects, Bhabha's art is influenced by horror films, science fiction, and ancient relics. This volume not only highlights her sculptures but also showcases her drawings, photography, and printmaking, delving into themes of war, colonialism, displacement, and the memory of home—described by Bhabha as "eternal concerns" across cultures. An insightful conversation with American artist Sterling Ruby further illuminates Bhabha's creative vision.
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This book is ideal for readers with an interest in contemporary art, sculpture, and multidisciplinary artistic practices, as well as those curious about cultural and historical influences in modern creative work.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, held at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston March 23-May 27, 2019.

Description

A comprehensive overview of more than two decades of Huma Bhabha’s prolific and multidisciplinary output in sculpture, drawing, and photography.

Huma Bhabha (b. 1962 in Karachi) is known for sculptures depicting the human figure fashioned from materials ranging from clay, brick, and wood to Styrofoam, bronze, found objects, and construction materials. Such works reveal her myriad influences, including horror films, science fiction, ancient artifacts, religious reliquaries, and Neo-Expressionism.

This handsome volume surveys over two decades of Bhabha’s innovative sculptures, as well as her lesser-known but essential work in drawing, photography, and printmaking, all while considering her singular engagement with the human figure. Illustrated essays investigate the artist’s prolific and multidisciplinary output, her historical and cultural reference points, and her frequent themes, such as war, colonialism, displacement, and the memory of home—in the artist’s words, these are “eternal concerns” found across all cultures.

A conversation between Bhabha and American artist Sterling Ruby offers an intimate point of entry into Bhabha’s perspectives and artistic practice.

Published in association with the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

Exhibition Schedule:

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
(03/23/19–05/27/19)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300244762

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 March 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 160 color illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Ed Halter
Edited by Eva Respini
Contributions by Carter E. Foster
Contributions by Jessica Hong
Contributions by Shanay Jhaveri
Contributions by Huma Bhabha
Contributions by Sterling Ruby

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 292.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Eva Respini is Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.