Ivana Bašić addresses the vulnerability and transformation of the body and human matter. By using different materials in her work (such as wax, glass, steel, alabaster, and oil paint) and combining these with technique and immaterial matters (like breath, pressure, and rigidity), the sculptures acquire a post­human quality. The colors she chooses refer strongly to the human body. Pink, white and natural combinations are reminiscent of blood, bone, and flesh. Residing in the space between life and death, these sculptural forms test the boundaries of “human minimality” while examining what constitutes the notion of “wholeness.” For the viewer, Bašić’s work evokes both the repulsion and the beauty inherent to the pain and fragility of bodily existence. Through the duality of her practice, Bašić negotiates the complex conditions of mortality and speculates on scenarios beyond death and singularity.

The artist has exhibited widely, mounting solo and group presentations at KUMU Museum, Tallinn, Estonia; The Whitney Museum, New York, New York; 6th Athens Biennial, Athens; Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York; 57.Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade, Serbia; Center for Contemporary Art Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia; La Panacee Museum of Contemporary Art, Montpellier, France; Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York; Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. Her work is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum, New York, New York. The artist lives and works in New York, New York.