Hernan Bas Conceptual Artist #5 [version 1] (A budding gilder, his dying houseplants get the Midas touch) 2022
Ink and gold leaf transfer of paper
76.3 x 57.6 cm
30 x 22 5/8 in
About the artist
Hernan Bas, born in Miami, Florida in 1978, lives and works in Miami. Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at Space K, Seoul, Korea; CAC Málaga, Spain; Kunstverein Hannover, Germany; the Rubell Museum, Miami, USA and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA. A collection display of works by the artist was recently on view at the Rubell Museum.
His work has also been shown as part of significant exhibitions at the Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; the Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA; Busan Biennale, Korea; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; the Whitney Biennial; and the Venice Biennale as part of The Collectors, conceived by Elmgreen & Dragset for the Nordic and Danish Pavilions in 2009.
Works by the artist are included in the collections of MoMA; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Hirshhorn; MOCA Los Angeles; SFMoMA; MFA Houston; the Rubell Family Collection, among others.