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Huma Bhabha

Ghost, 2008

Now On View Recent Acquisition

Description

Maker

Huma Bhabha, b. 1962, American and Pakistani (b. Pakistan), (RISD BFA 1985, Printmaking)

Title

Ghost

Year

2008

Medium

Wood, Styrofoam, metal, acrylic, wire

Dimensions

210.8 x 38.1 x 72.4 cm (83 x 15 x 28 1/2 inches)

Type

Sculpture

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2019.55

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Simone Leigh

October 18, 2019 - December 12, 2020

This abstracted construction of the ghost described in the title bears a formal resemblance to the Roman statuary surrounding it. Bhabha’s manipulation of found and raw materials reflects her belief that “when you make something with the hand, people respond with the heart.” Her emphasis on the manual labor of making art evokes related meditations by Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, heard in Simone Leigh’s sound installation. Bhabha’s gesture of giving material form to a spirit-entity and the abject appearance of that figure also resonates with the recorded texts of Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and Saidiya Hartman.

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