Huma Bhabha
Dénoue, boucle à boucle, les cheveux d’une idole – avant que tes articulations se détachent...
6 February—24 May 2026
Institut Giacometti, Paris, France
The Giacometti Institute presents a new exhibition devoted to the Pakistani-American artist Huma Bhabha (Karachi, 1962) in dialogue with the work of Alberto Giacometti.
Curated by Emilie Bouvard, its title Dénoue, boucle à boucle, les cheveux d’une idole – avant que tes articulations se détachent... which in English translates to “And loose the loved one’s tresses knot by knot”) is taken from a quatrain by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) and is infused with a caustic, dark, biting sense of humor.
Designed specifically for the Giacometti Institute, the exhibition highlights the two artist's 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).