Huma Bhabha: Welcome . . . to the one who came

A significant catalogue of Huma Bhaba’s layered and nuanced sculptures and drawings that center on a reinvention of the figure and its expressive possibilities.

Through her fusion of materials and influences, Bhaba’s work bridges the ancient and the futuristic, evoking both familiarity and otherworldliness.

Her formally innovative practice pulls from a wide range of references, from those that span the history of art to quotidian influences such as science fiction and horror films and the makeshift structures and detritus of urban life.

Instinctive and rigorous, her work brings diverse aesthetic, cultural, and psychological touchstones into contact with matters of surface, materiality, and formal construction. Published on the occasion of her 2024 exhibition at David Zwirner in New York, this title includes a text by critic and writer Tausif Noor that explores themes of alienation and the sci-fi elements in her work.

Peter Ailey situates her within an art historical context, emphasizing how Huma considers herself a formal artist who constructs her work to invite projected meanings.