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Math Bass — Newz!
Math Bass

Newz!

2019

Newz! presents Math Bass's distinctive visual language at full force, combining the immediacy of headline culture with the artist's signature repertoire of abstracted, bodily, and architectural forms. Rendered as an archival pigment print and measuring just under a meter on each side, the work operates within a compact but commanding scale that rewards close attention. Bass constructs images that resist straightforward reading, layering coded symbols and graphic shapes into compositions that feel simultaneously familiar and elusive. The exclamation point embedded in the title is characteristically knowing, nodding to urgency and broadcast while the image itself holds meaning in productive suspension. Bass has built a practice widely recognized for its playful interrogation of how images and bodies communicate, blurring the boundaries between sign, form, and figure in ways that feel rooted in both art history and contemporary visual culture. Institutional recognition has followed accordingly, with solo and group presentations at the Hammer Museum, MoMA PS1, the Jewish Museum in New York, and the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, among others. Works by the artist are held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, and the Yuz Museum, affirming a critical standing that extends well beyond any single moment or venue. Offered in an edition of forty and hand signed by the artist, Newz! represents an accessible point of entry into a body of work that has proven both institutionally celebrated and conceptually generative. The absence of a frame leaves presentation to the collector's discretion, allowing the work to be integrated into varied contexts without predetermined framing choices. Produced through Cirrus Editions Ltd, the print carries the technical rigor and archival integrity that the medium demands.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Math Bass, Newz!, 2019

Newz! presents Math Bass's distinctive visual language at full force, combining the immediacy of headline culture with the artist's signature repertoire of abstracted, bodily, and architectural forms. Rendered as an archival pigment print and measuring just under a meter on each side, the work operates within a compact but commanding scale that rewards close attention. Bass constructs images that resist straightforward reading, layering coded symbols and graphic shapes into compositions that feel simultaneously familiar and elusive. The exclamation point embedded in the title is characteristically knowing, nodding to urgency and broadcast while the image itself holds meaning in productive suspension. Bass has built a practice widely recognized for its playful interrogation of how images and bodies communicate, blurring the boundaries between sign, form, and figure in ways that feel rooted in both art history and contemporary visual culture. Institutional recognition has followed accordingly, with solo and group presentations at the Hammer Museum, MoMA PS1, the Jewish Museum in New York, and the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, among others. Works by the artist are held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum, and the Yuz Museum, affirming a critical standing that extends well beyond any single moment or venue. Offered in an edition of forty and hand signed by the artist, Newz! represents an accessible point of entry into a body of work that has proven both institutionally celebrated and conceptually generative. The absence of a frame leaves presentation to the collector's discretion, allowing the work to be integrated into varied contexts without predetermined framing choices. Produced through Cirrus Editions Ltd, the print carries the technical rigor and archival integrity that the medium demands.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Dimensions
sheet: 91.8 x 84.1 cm
Year
2019
Edition
of 40
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Cirrus Gallery and Cirrus Editions Ltd

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