"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

Samson in Gaza (V1), 18”x21”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Samson in Gaza (V2), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

David and Goliath in the Valley of Elah (V1), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper, 2025

David and Goliath in the Valley of Elah (V2), 11”x15”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Expulsion of Adam and Eve at Fallujah (V1), 11”x15”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Expulsion of Adam and Eve at Haditha, 11”x15”, Gouache on paper, 2025

Expulsion of Adam and Eve at Fallujah (V2), 18”x24”, Gouache on paper ,2025

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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