Survey: Huma Bhabha

Installation view, Huma Bhabha: Welcome…to the one who came, David Zwirner, New York, 2024

Huma Bhabha

What Should it Be, 2024

Painted and patinated bronze and concrete pedestal

44 3/4 x 31 x 31 inches (113.7 x 78.7 x 78.7 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Lodger, 2024

Cast iron and concrete pedestal

65 x 24 x 24 inches (165.1 x 61 x 61 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Even Stones Have Eyes, 2023

Patinated bronze

148 x 61 x 50 inches (375.9 x 154.9 x 127 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Maybe Nothing Maybe Everything, 2024

Patinated bronze

86 1/2 x 18 x 19 inches (219.7 x 45.7 x 48.3 cm)

Installation view, Huma Bhabha, The Kind One (2023), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2024. Photo by Marco Cappelletti

Huma Bhabha

I Even Dream of You Sometimes, 2023

Cork, skull, acrylic, oil stick, oil, and MDF

Overall: 61 5/8 x 21 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (156.5 x 53.7 x 53.7 cm)
Artwork: 32 1/2 x 12 x 8 inches (82.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm)
Pedestal: 29 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (74 x 53.7 x 53.7 cm)

Huma Bhabha

New Human, 2023

Cork, acrylic, oil, and MDF

Overall: 98 1/4 x 40 x 40 inches (249.5 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Artwork: 96 x 28 1/2 x 25 inches (243.8 x 72.4 x 63.5 cm)
Pedestal: 2 1/4 x 40 x 40 inches (5.7 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Tomorrow, 2023

Cork, Styrofoam, acrylic paint, oil stick, oil, and MDF

64 3/4 x 22 1/8 x 22 1/8 inches (164.5 x 56.2 x 56.2 cm)

Huma Bhabha

I'm A Friend, 2022

Cork, Styrofoam, wood, acrylic, oil, and oil stick

Overall: 77 1/4 x 28 x 28 inches (196.2 x 71.1 x 71.1 cm)
Artwork: 75 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (191.1 x 31.1 x 31.1 cm)
Pedestal: 2 x 28 x 28 inches (5.1 x 71.1 x 71.1 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2023

Ink, acrylic, pastel, and collage on paper

52 x 52 3/8 inches (132.1 x 133 cm)
Framed: 57 3/8 x 57 3/8 inches (145.7 x 145.7 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2023

Ink, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, and collage on paper

52 3/8 x 52 inches (133 x 132.1 cm)
Framed: 57 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches (146.1 x 146.1 cm)

Installation view of the exhibition, titled Huma Bhabha: A Fly Appeared, and Disappeared, at MO.CO. in Montpellier, dated 2023.

Installation view, Huma Bhabha: A Fly Appeared, and Disappeared, MO.CO., Montpellier, 2023. Photo by Marc Domage

Huma Bhabha

Lucky, 2022

Clay, plaster, iron, wood, Styrofoam, wire, acrylic, and oil

Overall: 65 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (165.7 x 49.9 x 49.9 cm)
Artwork: 36 x 17 x 16 1/4 inches (91.4 x 43.2 x 41.3 cm)
Pedestal: 29 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (74.3 x 49.9 x 49.9 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2022

Terracotta, acrylic, sand, plywood, and concrete

Overall: 16 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 40 1/4 inches (41.6 x 102.9 x 102.2 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2022

Terracotta, acrylic, sand, plywood, and concrete

Overall: 18 7/8 x 40 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches (47.9 x 101.9 x 101.9 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2022

Terracotta, acrylic, sand, plywood, and concrete

Overall: 43 x 24 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches (109.2 x 61.9 x 62.2 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Soft Touch, 2021

Wood, plaster, clay, wire, and acrylic

Overall: 60 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 25 7/8 inches (154.3 x 65.4 x 65.7 cm)
Artwork: 28 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (73 x 44.5 x 36.2 cm)
Pedestal: 32 x 25 3/4 x 25 7/8 inches (81.3 x 65.4 x 65.7 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Pathfinder, 2021

Cork, horseshoe crab, acrylic, and pastel

Overall: 51 3/4 x 20 x 20 inches (131.4 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Artwork: 19 7/8 x 8 x 6 inches (50.5 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm)
Pedestal: 31 7/8 x 12 x 14 inches (81 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Comeback, 2020

Cork, Styrofoam, acrylic, and oil stick

Artwork: 32 1/2 × 12 × 12 inches (82.6 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Pedestal: 30 × 20 × 20 inches (72.2 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall: 62 1/2 × 20 × 20 inches (158.8 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Huma Bhabha

The Hood Maker, 2019

Cork, Styrofoam, acrylic, and oil stick

Artwork: 73 1/2 × 12 × 12 (186.7 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Overall: 75 3/4 × 24 × 24 inches (192.4 × 61 × 61 cm)

Huma Bhabha

The Ancient and Arcane, 2021

Patinated bronze

Artwork: 34 × 17 1/2 × 14 inches (86.4 × 44.5 × 35.6 cm)
Pedestal: 34 × 22 × 22 inches (86.4 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm)
Overall: 68 × 22 × 22 inches (172.7 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Number One, 2021

Painted bronze

Artwork: 32 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 12 inches (83.2 × 31.8 × 30.5 cm)
Pedestal: 34 × 20 × 20 inches (86.4 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall: 66 3/4 × 20 × 20 inches (169.5 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Everything is True, 2021

Cork, bone, acrylic, and paste

Artwork: 19 1/4 × 4 × 6 inches (48.9 × 10.2 × 15.2 cm)
Pedestal: 29 1/4 × 21 7/8 × 21 7/8 inches (74.3 × 55.6 × 55.6 cm)
Overall: 48 1/4 × 22 × 22 inches (122.5 × 55.9 × 55.9 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Shadow Gang, 2021

Painted bronze with concrete pedestal

69 x 20 x 20 inches (175.3 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2021

Ink, acrylic, gouache, pastel, and collage on paper

30 1/8 × 23 inches (76.5 × 58.4 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2020

Ink, acrylic, pastel, and collage on paper

30 1/8 × 22 inches (76.5 × 55.9 cm)

Installation view of the exhibition, Huma Bhabha, Against Time at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, dated 2020.

Installation view of the exhibition, Huma Bhabha: They Live, at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston in Boston, dated 2019.

Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2019

Huma Bhabha

Chanhu-Daro, 2019

Patinated bronze

Artwork: 34 × 12 × 12 inches (86.4 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Pedestal: 34 × 20 × 20 inches (86.4 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall: 68 × 20 × 20 inches (172.7 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Receiver, 2019

Bronze

98 3/4 × 18 × 25 inches (250.8 × 45.7 × 63.5 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Four Nights of a Dreamer, 2018

Cork, Styrofoam, acrylic, and oil stick with lacquered wood pedestal

74 1/2 × 36 × 36 inches (189.2 × 91.4 × 91.4 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Untitled, 2017

Ink, collage, and acrylic paint on color photograph

60 × 40 inches (152.4 × 101.6 cm)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

Installation view of Huma Bhabha: We Come in Peace at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, dated 2018.

Installation view, The Roof Garden Commission: Huma Bhabha, We Come in Peace, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2018. Photo by Hyla Skopitz. Image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Huma Bhabha

We Come in Peace, 2018

Painted and patinated bronze

153 × 48 × 48 inches (388.6 × 121.9 × 121.9 cm)
Installation view, The Roof Garden Commission: Huma Bhabha, We Come in Peace, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2018

Huma Bhabha

Benaam, 2018

Painted and patinated bronze

55 × 180 × 58 inches (139.7 × 457.2 × 147.3 cm)
Installation view, The Roof Garden Commission: Huma Bhabha, We Come in Peace, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2018

Huma Bhabha

Alfonso, 2013

Wood, Styrofoam, clay, wire, paper, acrylic paint, and palm

29 1/2 × 24 × 7 1/4 inches (74.9 × 61 × 18.4 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Ghost of Humankindness, 2011

Painted bronze

103 1/2 × 32 × 38 inches (262.9 × 81.3 × 96.5 cm)

Installation view of the exhibition, Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories, at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, NY, dated 2013.

Installation view, Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2013

Huma Bhabha

God of Some Things, 2011

Bronze with patina

94 × 35 1/2 × 23 5/8 inches (238.8 × 90.2 × 60 cm)
Installation view, The Contemporary Austin — Laguna Gloria, Texas, 2018
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Huma Bhabha

Centaur, 2000

Wood, Styrofoam, and jacket

48 × 16 × 24 inches (121.9 × 40.6 × 61 cm)

Huma Bhabha

The Orientalist, 2007

Cast bronze

70 × 41 × 33 inches (177.8 × 104.1 × 83.8 cm)

Huma Bhabha

Bumps in the Road, 2008

Clay, wood, wire, styrofoam, metal studs, acrylic paint, cast iron, burlap, newsprint, sand, and ash

66 1/4 × 60 1/2 × 80 1/4 inches (168 × 154 × 204 cm)
Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates