Since the early 1990s, Huma Bhabha (born 1962 in Karachi) has developed a distinct visual vocabulary that draws upon a wide variety of influences, including horror movies, science fiction, ancient artifacts, religious reliquary, and modernist sculpture. The largest survey of the artist’s work to date, Huma Bhabha: They Live encompasses sculpture, drawing, and photography, with a special focus on Bhabha’s engagement with the human figure. Best known for her sculptures, Bhabha uses a diverse array of natural, industrial, and found materials to make compelling works that engage the arts and histories of diverse cultures. Her work transcends a singular time and place, instead creating an exploration of what she describes as the “eternal concerns” found across all cultures: war, colonialism, displacement, and memories of home. Huma Bhabha: They Live also includes drawings, photographs, and prints spanning the past two decades, as well as new works made on the occasion of this exhibition.
Huma Bhabha: They Live
- Institution
- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Grant Cycle
- Spring 2018
- Amount
- $100,000
- Type of Grant
- Exhibition Support
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Huma Bhabha, Benaam, 2018. Installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Painted and patinated bronze, overall: 55 × 58 × 180 in. (139.7 × 147.3 × 457.2 cm).
Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
![](https://warholfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HumaBhabha_TheyLive_0880-1172x781.jpg)
Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
![](https://warholfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/HumaBhabha_TheyLive_0885-1172x782.jpg)
Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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Installation view, Huma Bhabha: They Live, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2019. Photo by Charles Mayer Photography.
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