Research Catalog

Title

Huma Bhabha : they live / edited by Eva Respini ; with contributions by Carter E. Foster [and 4 others] ; and a conversation between Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby.

Publication

• Boston : The Institute of Contemporary Art ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bhabha, Huma, 1962-
• Ruby, Sterling, 1972-
• Respini, Eva
• Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), host institution.

Description

207 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

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. Exhibition: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA (20.03-27.05.2019).

Alternative Title

They live

Subjects

• Art, Pakistani > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Bhabha, Huma, 1962- > Interviews
• Interviews
• Bhabha, Huma, 1962- > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, Pakistani > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Interviews.

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202).

Contents

Instant ruins / Eva Respini -- From beyond / Ed Halter -- Drawing raw / Carter E. Foster -- Bearing witness / Shanay Jhaveri -- Artworks -- Huma Bhabha in conversation with Sterling Ruby.

Call Number

JQF 19-954

ISBN

• 0300244762
• 9780300244762

LCCN

2018954794

OCLC

1052875620

Title

Huma Bhabha : they live / edited by Eva Respini ; with contributions by Carter E. Foster [and 4 others] ; and a conversation between Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby.

Publisher

Boston : The Institute of Contemporary Art ; New Haven : in association with Yale University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202).

Added Author

Bhabha, Huma, 1962- artist, interviewee.

Ruby, Sterling, 1972- interviewer.

Respini, Eva, editor.

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-954