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Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Rosemary Mayer, Hypsipyle, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Rosemary Mayer, Hypsipyle, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (f.l.t.r.) Ketty La Rocca, Comma with 3 dots, 1970; Ketty La Rocca, J, 1970; Rosemary Mayer, Hypsipyle, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (f.l.t.r.) Ketty La Rocca, Comma with 3 dots, 1970; Ketty La Rocca, J, 1970; Rosemary Mayer, Hypsipyle, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on video documentation of Ray Johnson’s artist book Ray Gives a Party, ca. 1955, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on video documentation of Ray Johnson’s artist book Ray Gives a Party, ca. 1955, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Rosemary Mayer, Galla Placidia, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Rosemary Mayer, Galla Placidia, 1973, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Georgia Sagri, Deep Cut, 2018, and (back) Ketty La Rocca, Comma with 3 dots, 1970, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Georgia Sagri, Deep Cut, 2018, and (back) Ketty La Rocca, Comma with 3 dots, 1970, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Konrad Klapheck, Liberté, amour, art, 1964, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Konrad Klapheck, Liberté, amour, art, 1964, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (f.l.t.r.) Konrad Klapheck, Liberté, amour, art, 1964; Georgia Sagri, Open Wound, 2018; Georgia Sagri, Fresh Bruise, 2018, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (f.l.t.r.) Konrad Klapheck, Liberté, amour, art, 1964; Georgia Sagri, Open Wound, 2018; Georgia Sagri, Fresh Bruise, 2018, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Edward Owens, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, 1968–70, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Edward Owens, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, 1968–70, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Hannah Höch, Ich bin ein armes Tier, 1959, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Hannah Höch, Ich bin ein armes Tier, 1959, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Robert Morris in Zusammenarbeit mit The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Restless Sleepers/Atomic Shroud, 1981; (back left) Megan Francis Sullivan, Baigneur aux brax écartés, 1883, Collection Jasper Johns (Inverted), 2016; (back right) Megan Francis Sullivan, Cing Baigneuses, 1885–1887, Kunstmuseum Basel (Inverted), 2015, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Robert Morris in Zusammenarbeit mit The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, Restless Sleepers/Atomic Shroud, 1981; (back left) Megan Francis Sullivan, Baigneur aux brax écartés, 1883, Collection Jasper Johns (Inverted), 2016; (back right) Megan Francis Sullivan, Cing Baigneuses, 1885–1887, Kunstmuseum Basel (Inverted), 2015, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Megan Francis Sullivan, Study of Bathers, 1902, Private Collection (Inverted), 2017, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Megan Francis Sullivan, Study of Bathers, 1902, Private Collection (Inverted), 2017, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Gretchen Bender, TV Text and Image (PEOPLE WITH AIDS), 1986–1993, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on Gretchen Bender, TV Text and Image (PEOPLE WITH AIDS), 1986–1993, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, and (back) Nick Mauss, Tresholds, 2020, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, and (back) Nick Mauss, Tresholds, 2020, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (left) Ken Okiishi, Untitled, 2016, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (left) Ken Okiishi, Untitled, 2016, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Nick Mauss, Tresholds, 2020, and (back) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Nick Mauss, Tresholds, 2020, and (back) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, and (back) Anton Perich, Victor Hugo Rojas, 1978, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., an exhibition by Nick Mauss, view on (front) Rosemary Mayer, “reenactment” by Nick Mauss in collaboration with the Estate of Rosemary Mayer, February Ghosts (Monoceros, Auriga, and Orion), 1981/2020, and (back) Anton Perich, Victor Hugo Rojas, 1978, Kunsthalle Basel, 2020. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel