Huma Bhabha’s “Before The End” brings four towering bronze sculptures to Brooklyn Bridge Park, their haunting forms set against the Manhattan skyline. Presented by the Public Art Fund, the exhibition, running through March 2025, draws on Bhabha’s fascination with apocalyptic imagery, sci-fi and horror. The title comes from medieval writer Vincent of Beauvais, whose dark visions resonate with the artist’s own concerns about the state of the world.
The figures—cast from carved cork and skeletal fragments—serve as both warnings and witnesses. “I titled it Before The End. I didn’t even know what was coming,” said Bhabha to Artnet, who created the works in 2023.