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Huma Bhabha by Tess Bilhartz

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By Huma Bhabha, B. Wurtz
| BOMB Magazine Verified
The figures are in congregation with each other. In the first room, they are my size or smaller; when I turn into the second room, I can feel my eyelids stretch to accommodate the monumental scale. Up close, I see the Frankenstein bits that coalesce to form a whole. It is impossible for me to understand if I am looking at something that has eroded or is coming into being. I’m a fan of Huma Bhabha’s work, and of course it’s dangerous to meet a hero and ask for answers.
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Ser Serpas by Sarah Moroz

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By B. Wurtz
| BOMB Magazine Verified
Gallery 3 of Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection in Paris comprises an eerie scene—I fear (J’ai peur)—conceived by Ser Serpas. The gallery is cleaved by a metal curtain rod on which oil-painted canvases are draped; their abstracted images are drawn from photographs of former relationships or images showing before and after plastic surgery.
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Daily Drawings: Week One

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By Maggie Lee, Jess Johnson, B. Wurtz, Maria Calandra, Frida Orupabo
| Artforum Verified
Slant April 20, 2020 As people around the world stay indoors to curb the spread of Covid-19, Artforum has invited artists to share a drawing—however they would like to define the word—made in self-isolation. Check back each day this week for a new work by a different artist. B. Wurtz, untitled (pan painting), 2020, acrylic paint on aluminum, 17 3/4” x 14 1/2” x 3 1/4.” ALL IMAGES
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Degrees of Mystery: B. Wurtz on Exhibitions Around New York -

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By B. Wurtz
| ARTnews Verified
John Houck, Unstable Figure, 2018, archival pigment print, 31⅝ x 37½ inches. Marianne Boesky Gallery. OBJECT STUDIES/©JOHN HOUCK/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY, NEW YORK AND ASPEN In December I spent a few days looking at gallery exhibitions in New York. I saw things on the Lower East Side and made a couple of trips to Chelsea. Of course I missed a lot too, as happens to so many of us in this city blessed with more art offerings than anywhere else in the world.
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