From 06 Feb To 24 May 2026
Huma Bhabha / Alberto Giacometti
And loose the loved one's tresses knot by knot. Or e'er the knots your limbs bind, rend apart...
Paris, France
At the Institut Giacometti
The Institut Giacometti presents a new exhibition devoted to the Pakistani-American artist Huma Bhabha (Karachi, 1962) in dialogue with the work of Alberto Giacometti.
Designed specifically for the Institut Giacometti, the exhibition highlights their shared exploration of representing the human figure somewhere between strength and fragility. Two standing figures created by Huma Bhabha especially for the exhibition, along with heads, sculptures resembling bodily fragments, drawings, and photographs, are brought into confrontation with Giacometti’s iconic works such as Walking Man (1960), Leg (1958), Women of Venice (1956), and Large Head (1960).
The exhibition is infused with a caustic, dark, biting sense of humor. Its title is taken from a quatrain by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam (1048–1131).
Exhibition Curator: Emilie Bouvard
Images : Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2022 © Huma Bhabha, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
Alberto Giacometti, Femme debout, c. 1961 © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2026
Exhibition presented from 6 February to 24 May 2026 at the Institut Giacometti
Images
Publications
Alberto Giacometti/ Huma Bhabha. Dénoue, boucle à boucle, les cheveux d’une idole avant que tes articulations se détachent…
Éditions Fage, Lyon et Fondation Giacometti, Paris
Langues : bilingue français/anglais
Format : 23,5 x 17 cm
Prix de vente : 24€
112 pages
ISBN : 978-2-84975-833-7