Math Bass
{{Short description|American artist}}
Math Bass (b. 1981, New York, New York){{Cite web |title=Artst: Math Bass |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Math-Bass/86F4AF3E2C0CC637 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185312/https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Math-Bass/86F4AF3E2C0CC637 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021 |website=MutualArt.com |language=en}} is an artist known for fusing performance with paintings and sculptures using formal elements like solid colors, geometric imagery, raw materials, and visual symbols.{{Cite web |last=Ebner |first=Shannon |author-link=Shannon Ebner |date=21 July 2014 |title=Math Bass |url=http://artreview.com/features/2014_futuregreats_math_bass/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122452/http://artreview.com/features/2014_futuregreats_math_bass/ |archive-date=15 November 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=ArtReview}}{{Cite web |title=Artists: Math Bass |url=https://vielmetter.com/artists/math-bass/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413181947/https://vielmetter.com/web/20240413181947/https://vielmetter.com/artists/math-bass/ |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=7 July 2021 |website=Vielmetter Los Angeles}}{{Cite journal |last=Griffin |first=Jonathan |date=May 2014 |title=Math Bass |url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/math-bass/ |url-status=dead |journal=Frieze |issue=163 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901050427/http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/math-bass/ |archive-date=1 September 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014}} Bass has exhibited at Overduin & Kite, Human Resources,{{Cite web |last=Wagley |first=Catherine |date=13 June 2013 |title=A set that needs no actors |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2013-06-13/calendar/a-set-that-needs-no-actors/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929072154/https://www.laweekly.com/arts/a-set-that-needs-no-actors-2614367 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=LA Weekly}} and Vielmetter Los Angeles. The artist was featured in the 2012 Made in LA Biennial at the Hammer Museum and in May 2015, MoMA PS1 presented Bass's first solo museum show, Math Bass: Off the Clock, organized by Mia Locks.{{Cite news |last=Finkel |first=Jori |author-link=Jori Finkel |date=14 March 2012 |title=Hammer announces $100,000 prize for new biennial; 60 artists chosen |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/hammer-prize-new-biennial.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506070618/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/hammer-prize-new-biennial.html |archive-date=6 May 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Exhibitions: Math Bass: Off the Clock |url=http://www.momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/397 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024152554/http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/397 |archive-date=24 October 2016 |access-date=28 October 2016 |website=MoMA PS1}} Bass currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Early life and education
Bass received a BA from Hampshire College in 2003 and an MFA from the University of California Los Angeles in 2011.{{Cite web |last=Giovando |first=Chiara |date=2013 |title=Monte Cristo, Math Bass and Leidy Churchman |url=http://chiaragiovando.com/Curated/MonteCristo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814080604/http://chiaragiovando.com/Curated/MonteCristo/ |archive-date=14 August 2015 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=Chiara Giovando}}
Work
Bass's practice explores both representation and abstraction and recurring themes include anthropomorphic structures, architectural elements, and altered signage.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Math Bass |url=https://www.moca.org/program/math-bass |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711210152/https://www.moca.org/program/math-bass |archive-date=11 July 2021 |access-date=11 July 2021 |website=Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles}}
At Overduin & Co in 2014, the artist turned the gallery space into a geometric, visual playground.{{Cite journal |last=Hudson |first=Suzanne |date=Summer 2014 |title=Math Bass |url=https://www.artforum.com/events/math-bass-205833/ |url-status=live |journal=Artforum |volume=52 |issue=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114234847/https://www.artforum.com/events/math-bass-205833/ |archive-date=14 November 2023 |access-date=11 July 2021}} On the last day of the show, the artist along with fellow artists Eden Batki, Lauren Davis Fisher, and Lee Relvas staged a call-and-response recitation.
In 2018, Bass debuted a solo, site-specific mural for the Hammer Museum's lobby wall. The mural depicted several stylized forms such as bones-as- speech-bubbles as well as teeth that looked like a set of stairs leading into a crocodile’s mouth.{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Hammer Projects: Math Bass |url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/hammer-projects-math-bass |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605142147/https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2018/hammer-projects-math-bass |archive-date=5 June 2024 |access-date=11 July 2021 |website=Hammer Museum |language=en}}
Bass ventured into oil painting and figuration for their 2021 solo exhibition at Vielmetter titled, Desert Veins. Paintings in the exhibition included a snake curled around a nest of eggs, a camel skeleton, a brick wall, and a grave marker.{{Cite web |date=10 June 2021 |title=Math Bass Releases Abstract Editioned Print with Cultured and Vielmetter |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/math-bass-print/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922174735/https://www.culturedmag.com/math-bass-print/ |archive-date=22 September 2021 |access-date=11 July 2021 |website=Cultured |language=en-US}}
Selected exhibitions
References
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External links
- [http://maryboonegallery.com/artist/math-bass/biography Biography] at Mary Boone Gallery
- {{Cite web|url=http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/397|title=MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Math Bass: Off the Clock|website=momaps1.org|access-date=2018-03-03}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/artwork/math-bass-newz|title=Math Bass {{!}} NEWZ! (2014) {{!}} Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|language=en|access-date=2018-03-03}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/math-bass|title=Math Bass: Crowd Rehearsal|website=The Jewish Museum|access-date=2018-03-03}}
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Category:21st-century American artists
Category:21st-century American women artists
Category:Artists from Los Angeles
Category:Hampshire College alumni