"The 39 Forbidden Tasks" is….

On view at Working Assumptions, Berkeley, CA, August 21st, 2025.

THE 39 FORBIDDEN TASKS

Installation view, Working Assumptions

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych), 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

The 39 Forbidden Tasks (diptych) 60”x42” each panel, Gouache on paper, 2025

#26 of the Forbidden Tasks, 9”x12” Gouache on paper, 2025

SACRED COORDINATES

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Jacob’s Dream in Beth El 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of Jacob’s Dream in Beth El 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

The Binding on Temple Mt. (V3), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Detail of The Binding on Temple Mt. (V3), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

The Binding on Temple Mt. (V2), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

The Binding on Temple Mt. (V1), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

The Self Knowledge of Noa (after Giovanni Bellini), 18”x32”, oil on canvas, 2023

Fragment of Orgasm Stele of Inanna (“Holy Loins”), 10”x14”, oil on linen, 2023

Fragment of Orgasm Stele of Inanna (after Matisse), 24”x32”, oil on canvas, 2023

Sacred Orgasm of Inanna (after Rembrandt), 24”x32”, oil on linen, 2023

Sacred Prostitute, 9”x12”, oil on linen, 2022

The Provider (after Rodin), 18”x24”, oil on canvas, 2023

Detail of The Provider (after Rodin), 18”x24”, oil on canvas, 2023

Annunciation (after Zanobi Strozzi), 24”x30”, oil on linen, 2023

Anatomy of Pleasure, 9”x12”, oil on linen, 2023

Selected Press for Canon in Drag:

ARTNews, Canon in Drag: Female Artists Reimagine Famous Works by Men, Karen Chernick, December 26, 2023

The Brooklyn Rail, Tirtzah Bassel: Canon in Drag, Christopher T. Richards, November 2022

StirWorld, Brooklyn-based artist Tirtzah Bassel presents her new series 'Canon in Drag', Shraddha Nair, November 30th, 2022

Perfil, Clásicos de la pintura contra el patriarcado, Omar Genovese, December 3rd, 2022

BBC Radio 4: Front Row, Artist Tirtzah Bassel's Canon in Drag reimagines art history without the patriachy, July 20th, 2021

The Art Newspaper, Canon in drag: Tirtzah Bassel reimagines art history without the patriarchy, Chernick, Karen, July 7th, 2021

BBC Radio 4: Front Row, Artist Tirtzah Bassel's Canon in Drag reimagines art history without the patriachy, July 20th, 2021

Lilith Magazine, When Women Paint the Truth: Artist Tirtzah Bassel’s Female Gaze, Susan Schnur, November 15th, 2021

Installation view, Galerie RX, Paris (Photo credit Théo Pitout)

Pieta(from the Madonna Life Cycle), 11”x15”, gouache on paper, 2024⁠ ⁠ Part of The Madonna Life Cycle. #canonindrag #tirtzahbassel #painting ⁠ ⁠
Afterbirth (from the Madonna Life Cycle), 11”x15”, gouache on paper, 2024⁠ Third in my new series, The Madonna Life Cycle. #canonindrag #tirtzahbassel #painting
Crowning (from the Madonna Life Cycle), 11”x15”, gouache on paper, 2024⁠. Part of my new series, The Madonna Life Cycle. #canonindrag #tirtzahbassel #painting
Annunciation, 11”x15”, gouache on paper, 2024. I see you with your pen poised, listening with your whole being, feeling the message move inside you hear the voices from beyond—clear and inevitable. Terrified yet ready for what you&r
On view at @601_artspace. The Afterbirth (after Petrus Christus), 60”x72”, oil on canvas, 2022. What if offering skin-to-skin contact was the ultimate expression of masculinity? 🤔⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡⁠ Tirtzah B
Opening today @rxslaggallery Paris! SACRÉ L. BAE, T. BASSEL, J-B. BOYER, P. CONVERT, E. ESSER, V. GICQUEL, A. KIRILI, C. LAPIE, H. NITSCH Ouverture le Samedi 14 Septembre 2024, de 15h à 19h Opening on Saturday 14 September 2024, f
Opening tonight: Rule of Five at Slag&RX, New York ⁠ Artists: @chellisbaird @tirtzahbassel @luizagottschalk @tamara_kostianovsky @naomisafranhon @rxslaggallery 

Opening Reception: Friday September 6th, 6-8 PM
522 West 19th Street, New York
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