Huma Bhabha Met Roof

Bhabha s work addresses themes of colonialism war displacement and memories of place.

Huma bhabha met roof. Gerald cantor roof garden has recently featured work by adrián villar rojas 2017 huma bhabha 2018 and most recently alicja kwade 2019. How to visit safely. Lauder chairman of. Huma bhabha is primarily known for her figurative and often monumental sculptures in striking combinations of materials.

Known for her uniquely grotesque figurative forms that often appear dissected or dismembered bhabha often uses found materials in her sculptures including styrofoam cork rubber paper wire and clay. Gerald cantor roof garden in new york. Courtesy of the artist and salon 94 new york. The artist huma bhabha s installation for the metropolitan museum of art s roof garden opening tuesday is we come in peace.

Share print the roof garden commission 2018. Gerald cantor roof garden the sixth in a series of commissions for the outdoor space. The roof garden commission series was established in 2013 by the department of modern and contemporary art. Huma bhabha we come in peace 2018 roof garden commission metropolitan museum of art new york.

Huma bhabha born 1962 is a pakistani american sculptor based in poughkeepsie new york. The 2018 roof garden commission huma bhabha we come in peace will be on view from april 17 to october 28 2018. Your health is our top priority. Drama on the deck.

The met cloisters opens september 12. Accompanied by a catalogue. Gerald cantor roof garden of the metropolitan museum of art the installation was planned to be on display from april 17 2018 to october 28 2018. Using salvaged objects such as fragments of furniture and industrial polystyrene boxes and a wide range of media including clay wood cork paper plastic rubber and metal bhabha creates sculptures that hover between the recognisably human and the otherworldly.

05 10 posted on april 13th 2018. The series of site specific commissions on the iris and b. The commission was conceived by the artist in consultation with sheena wagstaff leonard a. Pakistani artist huma bhabha has been selected as the sixth artist to create a site specific installation for the met s iris and b.

The pakistani born artist huma bhabha has installed two monumental sculptures on the roof of the metropolitan museum of art the taller of the figures an ambiguously sexed 12 foot tall body titled. The met fifth ave is open. In this video artist huma bhabha and.