Hasta La Ideas

Did you miss artist Hernan Bas‘s standout Cecily Brown-meets-Where’s Waldo canvas at the Armory Show? No worries. The fractured fairytale world of the Miami-based artist is now featured in a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum. On view through May 24, “Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection,” includes 38 works in various media that have been snapped up by the Rubells over the past decade. Search for references ranging from Oscar Wilde to the Hardy Boys, or just enjoy the pictures in the decadent spirit that inspired many of them. “While I study obscure objects and references, I want the work to have a sort of pop bounce to it,” said Bas at the exhibit’s opening. “If I’m looking at Victorian mourning rites, I want to make it look like something Warhol might have been able to get away with too: an easy understanding of something that comes from a place that doesn’t have to be super-schooled…you don’t have to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica to grasp my obscure references.” But hey, it never hurts.

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