Math Bass
Mirror
Lot Closed
June 7, 03:14:11 AM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Math Bass
b. 1981
Mirror
Executed in 2025.
Oil on linen
38 x 40 in. (96.5 x 101.6 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Math Bass (b. 1981, New York, NY; lives in Los Angeles, CA) has established an abstract visual lexicon centered on the body, symbols, and language. Working across painting and other media, Bass uses colorful, recognizable iconography—abstracted images of animals, cigarettes, and clouds, for instance—to examine the slippages between sign and meaning, leaving their work open to interpretation. Solo exhibitions of their work have been presented by the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Jewish Museum, New York; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China; and MoMA PS1, New York.