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The Conceptualists: Vol. II

New York

5月17日–2023年6月17日

Painting by Hernan Bas

501 West 24th Street

New York, NY 10011

Lehmann Maupin presents The Conceptualists: Vol. II, an exhibition of new work by Hernan Bas. Marking the artist’s sixth solo presentation with the gallery, the exhibition is a continuation of Bas’s Conceptualists series started in 2021.

Bas is best known for his narratively rich scenes that feature a wide-range of references spanning art and literature, popular culture, kitsch, the occult, religion, and mythology. Across his works, Bas seeks to defamiliarize everyday experience through humor, revealing the surreal and absurd lurking beneath the mundane. In the Conceptualists series, Bas marries his personal appreciation of conceptual artists with his ongoing exploration of eccentricity. Whereas a number of prior works by the artist depict figures known as “enthusiasts” engaged in esoteric habits, this body of work reimagines absurdity and obsession as foundations of artistic practice. 

Installation view of Hernan Bas at Lehmann Maupin New York
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Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #18 (Spirited by a passion for urban legends, he fabricates roadside memorials from which to hitchhike), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #22 (The sole source for his prized homemade pulp paper is vintage Pulp Fiction), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #21 (His formative work “prom night”, marked the beginning of a career of works based on acts of disappointment), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #19 (A child of the 80’s, he places his Polaroid self portraits in a familiar spot whenever he’s feeling lost), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #20 (Performance based; acting as his own receiver, He’s been seeking a signal from the airwaves for over a decade), 2023

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Conceptual artist #24 (His multi-disciplinary works are cultivated from the periodic table) , 2023

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Conceptual artist #17 (With the aid of scissors, paper doilies and origami he elevates lily ponds to attract potential princes), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #16 (Performance based; the founder and reigning champion of a weekly pillow fight tournament), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #26 (His coveted 'sea-fan- fans' bring a calming ocean breeze to any interior), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #25 (Rooted in an interest in crop circles, his self-portrait pumpkin molds cause a stir at harvest), 2023

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Conceptual artist #23 (Popsicle stick sculptor; a purist, he consumes his materials in devotion to his craft, leading to his inevitable last work), 2023

Painting by Hernan Bas

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Conceptual artist #27 (His 'snow devils' tinted with stage blood leave a conspicuous silhouette long after they're covered), 2023

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Portrait of Hernan Bas

赫爾南·巴斯(1978年生於美國佛羅裏達州邁阿密;目前定居於美國邁阿密及密切根州的底特律市)的作品充滿文學暗示,並帶有虛無的浪漫主義色彩與舊世界的意象。受到19世紀的唯美和頹廢派作家,尤其是王爾德和於斯曼的影響,巴斯把少年的冒險故事、超常現象與古典詩詞、宗教故事、神話和文學共冶一爐。於2014年出版的巴斯專題著作,是目前為其藝術作品作最詳細介紹的著作。

巴斯在1996年於美國邁阿密新世界藝術學院獲得學位。他曾在眾多美術館及博物館舉行個人展覽,包括中國上海余德耀美術館(2021年)、韓國首爾Space K畫廊(2021年)、美國邁阿密魯貝爾博物館(2020年)、西班牙馬拉加當代藝術中心(2018年)、美國沃特維爾科爾比學院藝術館(2018年)、美國喬治亞州薩凡納藝術館(2017年)、美國邁阿密巴斯藝術博物館(2013年)、及德國漢諾威藝術協會(2012年)。他亦曾參與多個群體展覽,包括美國邁阿密魯貝爾博物館的「What's Going On」(2022年)、美國邁阿密當代藝術學院博物館的「Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection」(2022年)、美國北邁阿密當代藝術博物館的「Collection Focus: Our Beginnings Never Know Our Ends」(2021年)、韓國仁川天堂藝術空間的「Eternal Forest」(2020年)、美國紐約哈德遜河谷當代藝術館的「Where is the Madness You Promised Me: Dystopian Paintings from the Marc & Livia Straus Collection」(2019年)、德國杜塞爾多夫朱莉婭·斯托切克藏館的「Generation Loss」(2017年)、美國邁阿密佩雷斯藝術館的「On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection」(2017年)、韓國首爾三星美術館的「Tracing Shadows」(2015年)、西班牙大加那利島大西洋現代藝術中心的「On Painting」(2013年)、美國匹茲堡安迪·沃荷博物館的「Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project」(2011年)、第53屆威尼斯雙年展北歐及丹麥展館由Elmgreen & Dragset策劃的「The Collectors」(2009年)、英國倫敦薩奇畫廊的「Triumph of Painting: Part III」(2005年)、法國法蘭克福錫恩美術館的「New Romanticism in Contemporary Art」(2005年)、和美國惠特尼雙年展(2014年)。

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