Hernan Bas
We may even see the wind together
Schmidt Center Gallery | March 4 - April 10, 2004
Hernan Bas, Courtesy of Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
Bas' installation fills the Schmidt Center Gallery. There is a projected two-channel video that fills one corner of the gallery, a sculptural tableau in the center of the gallery, two photographs and a single painting. The black and white images in the videos prominently feature a scene at the beach with several young men wading and swimming with makeshift shark fins strapped to their backs. These humorous images are interspersed with portrait-like images of the artist and other androgynous young men. The ocean theme of the video is referred to in the installation's single painting which features an octopus and sea shells.