Steve McQueen's 'Bass' Strips Down Cinema and Lays Its Bones Bare

SummaryAward-winning director and artist Steve McQueen has opened Bass (2024) at Schaulager Basel, which is now on view through November 16.Originally presented at Dia Beacon, the piece expands on McQueen's well-known cinematic oeuvre, using light and sound to create an immersive sensory field.When Steve McQueen unveiled Bass last year, more than a few were thrown for a loop - unlike Deadpan (1997) which earned him a Turner Prizer or his Academy Award-winning 12 Years a Slave (2013), this work w...