The Pakistani-American sculptor Huma Bhabha creates what she calls “post-apocalyptic sculptures” out of found materials—cork, Styrofoam, chicken wire, rubber tires. Totemic and solemn, her figures draw on a wide range of influences: Ancient Egypt, African art, classicism, Cubism, even German Expressionism. There’s an affinity as well with the art of the Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti. His spectral figures—isolated, elongated, seemingly ravaged by time—suggest a world pared to its core. They, too, feel like survivors. This exhibition—the first in a series of pairings—offers a dialogue across time between Bhabha and Giacometti. —Elena Clavarino
The Arts Intel Report
Encounters: Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti holding Three Men Walking, 1940s.
When
Until May 24
Where
Etc
Photo: Archives Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti / Adagp, Paris 2024