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Huma Bhabha — A.b.
Huma Bhabha

A.b.

A.b. is a painted bronze sculpture by Huma Bhabha that bears the hallmarks of her distinctive approach to the human figure—raw, fragmented, and deeply expressive. The work's surface is marked by a sense of ancient ruin and ritual, evoking arcane relics or totemic presences drawn from cross-cultural mythologies. Through her layering of paint onto cast bronze, Bhabha creates a tension between material permanence and physical decay, inviting contemplation of mortality, identity, and the enduring weight of history.

Medium
painted bronze

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 11, 2014

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Huma Bhabha, A.b.

A.b. is a painted bronze sculpture by Huma Bhabha that bears the hallmarks of her distinctive approach to the human figure—raw, fragmented, and deeply expressive. The work's surface is marked by a sense of ancient ruin and ritual, evoking arcane relics or totemic presences drawn from cross-cultural mythologies. Through her layering of paint onto cast bronze, Bhabha creates a tension between material permanence and physical decay, inviting contemplation of mortality, identity, and the enduring weight of history.

Medium
painted bronze
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Bronze, Minimal, American, Sculptural, Expressive, Painted, Abstract, Figurative, Contemporary

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