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A two-page magazine spread titled Not of this World: A Conversation between Hernan Bas and Isabelle Graw. The left page features two artworks: at the top, a painting by Hernan Bas of a person lying down while another figure looks on, and at the bottom, a painting by Andy Warhol of the Paramount Pictures logo. The spread is filled with columns of text from the conversation.
A two-panel image of paintings. The left panel shows a red-haired man in a cluttered, warm-toned room with a peacock and several fans. The right panel shows the same man standing in the snow, outlined in red, with a red snow angel and jugs of red liquid on the ground. Each panel includes a caption identifying it as a work by a conceptual artist.
A two-page spread showing two expressionist paintings of young men, labeled Conceptual Artist #14 and #15. On the left, a man in a striped shirt holds a rosary in a dark waiting room. On the right, a man in a suit sits on a cluttered porch with hanging keys, animal statues, and a face peering from a window, creating a scene of staged occult activity. Each painting has a short, descriptive caption below it.
A two-page spread from an art book or catalog. The left page features a large color photograph showing an installation view of the Hernan Bas exhibition at The Bass, Miami Beach. The photo depicts a long, white gallery with a light wood floor, with colorful paintings hanging on the walls. The right page is filled with two columns of black text.
A two-page spread from an academic book or journal. The left page features two columns of black text on a white background. The right page displays a grid of six images of artworks at the top, including a corner filled with pink powder and another with a large pile of colorful candies. Below the images are captions and a section of numbered footnotes that continue from the left page. The page numbers 56 and 57 are at the bottom.
Hernan Bas: The Conceptualists
Queer Aesthetics and Eccentric Practices; Latinx Culture and Conceptual Art; Portraits of Imagination and Identity
€ 40.00
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By (artist): Hernan Bas
Designed by: Hannes Drißner, Elias Erkan
Edited by: James Voorhies
December 2024, 108 Pages, 119 colored photos
Hardcover
241mm x 327mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5894-9

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Hernan Bas is known for complex paintings in which he interweaves a wide variety of cultural references from literature, fashion, cinema and queer history in a virtuoso technique. The Conceptualists, his latest series of works, portrays imaginary conceptual artists who engage in eccentric activities-from mixing paint with water from the Niagara Falls to gilding the leaves of dying houseplants. His large-format, detailed portraits invite the viewer to take a closer look. This monograph accompanied the exhibition of this new series of around 30 paintings at The Bass, Miami Beach. Contributions by Kevin Brazil, Isabelle Graw, Liz Munsell, Blake Oetting and the curator of the exhibition, James Voorhies, deal with Bas' queer aesthetic, Latinx influences in his work and his painterly view of conceptual art practices.

HERNAN BAS (b. 1978, Miami, FL) creates paintings that weave adolescent adventures with mythology, the paranormal, and literature. His recent work explores LGBTQIA+ activism, desire, and the occult, offering insight into today's political concerns.
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