Hernan Bas
05 Dec 2007 - 28 Nov 2008
© Hernan Bas
Sailing Under False Pretenses, 2001
Water-based oil on paper
7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (19.7 x 25.1 cm)
Sailing Under False Pretenses, 2001
Water-based oil on paper
7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (19.7 x 25.1 cm)
HERNAN BAS
A graduate of New World School of the Arts High School, Hernan Bas (b. 1978) has gone on to become one of Miami’s most celebrated artists. His work indulges in the production of romantic, melancholic and old world imagery, and makes reference to Wilde, Huysmans and other writers of the Aesthetic and Decadent period in literature. This exhibition consists of 38 works spanning a decade, and includes examples from each of his series completed thus far. Designed like the chapters of a book, the exhibition presents the development of this young artist in such a manner to allow for symbolic, literal and poetical readings.
The Rubell family has built its collection to show an artist’s oeuvre in significant depth, and here is no exception. The Rubell Family Collection has the largest holding of Bas’ work to date, encompassing all his media of choice: video, drawing, painting and installation. Drawing from these huge holdings, this exhibition—what could be called an early career overview— is installed in 10 galleries throughout the foundation.
Bound in the works’ romantic storytelling, art history references, grand gesture and melding of the conceptual, one still feels a strong sense of humanity. Humanism. Real stories told of real boys with deeply held feelings. An artist expressing his experience, his history, his desires, his world, and his place
in that world right now—both as artist and individual.
A graduate of New World School of the Arts High School, Hernan Bas (b. 1978) has gone on to become one of Miami’s most celebrated artists. His work indulges in the production of romantic, melancholic and old world imagery, and makes reference to Wilde, Huysmans and other writers of the Aesthetic and Decadent period in literature. This exhibition consists of 38 works spanning a decade, and includes examples from each of his series completed thus far. Designed like the chapters of a book, the exhibition presents the development of this young artist in such a manner to allow for symbolic, literal and poetical readings.
The Rubell family has built its collection to show an artist’s oeuvre in significant depth, and here is no exception. The Rubell Family Collection has the largest holding of Bas’ work to date, encompassing all his media of choice: video, drawing, painting and installation. Drawing from these huge holdings, this exhibition—what could be called an early career overview— is installed in 10 galleries throughout the foundation.
Bound in the works’ romantic storytelling, art history references, grand gesture and melding of the conceptual, one still feels a strong sense of humanity. Humanism. Real stories told of real boys with deeply held feelings. An artist expressing his experience, his history, his desires, his world, and his place
in that world right now—both as artist and individual.