BOB HAOZOUS

Untitled

Circa 1990s

Dimensions: 17.5” H x 33” W x 15” D

Medium: Steel

Condition: Overall very good

Provenance: 

– Artist

– Trotta-Bono Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

Exhibited: Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, April 4 – November 30, 2025

Illustrated: Roche, David M., et al. Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View. Heard Museum, 2025. p. 140-141.

ON HOLD

With its curling tail, upraised nose, and playful stance, Untitled suggests a friendly pet ready for a game of fetch. The piece contrasts monumentality and fragility, constructed with steel and ornamented with chain links and a drill bit as a torso, the open form echoes the artist’s ongoing meditation on endurance, adaptation, and cultural continuity. Despite the literal weight of the piece, Haozous introduces lightness and animates the figure with personality and joy, while still commenting on how the human presence can disrupt nature.