Felipe Baeza

The self must create its own reason for being

2022

A masked torso with crossed arms grows multiple thorny root-like limbs reaching down into cracked ground.

A masked torso with crossed arms grows multiple thorny root-like limbs reaching down into cracked ground.

On view
Floor 6

Date
2022

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Ink, acrylic, varnish, glitter, graphite, and cut paper on panel

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/16 × 18 in. (61.1 × 45.7 cm)

Accession number
2023.43

Credit line
Gift of Noel E.D. Kirnon

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/67645

Exhibitions

Shifting Landscapes

On view

Installation photography

Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 25, 2026). From left to right: Felipe Baeza, The self must create its own reason for being, 2022; Mundo Meza, Merman with Mandolin, 1984; Chuck Ramirez, Candy Tray: Godiva 3, 2002, printed 2021. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Shifting Landscapes

Felipe Baeza
1 work in the collection, 1 exhibition

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