H U N T S L O N E M : Fluffle Hutch AUGUST 18 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
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HUNT SLONEM: Fluffle Hutch AUGUST 18 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
HUNT SLONEM Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his
He also received an introduction to the Marlborough Gallery, which would
distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies,
represent him for 18 years.
butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant
New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans
in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships,
Museum of Art.
including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee
Since his first solo show at the Fischbach Gallery in 1977, Slonem’s work
Jofa for the Ronald McDonald House in Long Island.
has been showcased internationally hundreds of times, most recently at
Slonem continues to draw great inspiration from history, forging palpable
the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the State Russian Museum in
connections to the past through his art. His popular portraits of Abraham
St. Petersburg. In 2017 and 2018, he will be featured by the National
Lincoln reframe the historic figure as a pop-art icon, and he is currently
Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Gallery in Bulgaria,
working on a nine-foot-tall bronze sculpture of French explorer Robert De La
and in countless galleries across the United States, Germany and Dubai.
Salle, to be displayed publicly in Louisiana.
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his
Yet Slonem’s most ambitious project has been his mission to save America’s
life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his
often forgotten historic buildings. Realizing too many of the country’s
father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during
architectural gems have fallen into disrepair, Slonem has found himself drawn
Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style. After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in
to these national landmarks, inspired by the depth of their age and old-world beauty. Among his accomplishments are the restorations of Cordt’s Mansion in Kingston, New York; the Lakeside and Albania mansions of Louisiana; and the Scranton Armory and Charles Sumner Woolworth’s mansion in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His sixth and latest endeavor is Belle Terre, a storied property in South Kortright, New York. Numerous books and monographs have chronicled Slonem’s art, including Bunnies (Glitterari Inc., 2014), Birds (Glitterati Inc., 2017) and Hunt Slonem:
his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling
An Art Rich and Strange (Harry N. Abrams, 2002). His studios and homes
his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts
have been profiled in such books as When Art Meets Design (Assouline
scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s
Publishing, 2014) and Pleasure Palaces: The Art and Homes of Hunt Slonem
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the
(powerHouse Books, 2007), among others. His latest will be Gatekeeper
Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he
(Assouline Publishing), showcasing his reclamation of the Scranton Armory,
painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
and its transition “from arms to art.”
AU T UM N B U NNY blown glass 27” x 17” x 9”
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B RIG H TLY H EAR I NG Paint on an LED panel 54” x 45” x 4“
C IN C O C ON EJ OS Oil on wood 35.5” x 30.5”
D OU B L E S C OR E Oil on wood 27” x 20”
E ARLY F LI GH T Oil on canvas 30” x 40”
G AN E S A Neon on aluminum 72” x 36” x 7”
H AT C H Oil on canvas 30” x 40”
H E R M AJ ES TY ( B LU E) Oil on wood 20” x 16”
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Blown glass
Hand-blown glass
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LIN C O LN Oil on canvas 30” x 30”
M AT RIAR C H Paint on an LED panel 54” x 46” x 4”.
M OON S TON E H U TC H Oil, acrylic, and diamond dust on canvas 40” x 40”
N E W H U TC H AU S TI N Oil on canvas 48” x 48”
NEWSLIGHT HYBRID Oil on canvas 36” x 36”
QU E S T I ON M AR K & C OM MA Oil on canvas 42” x 68”
S WALLOWTAI L Oil on wood 27” x 19”
T H E B L U ES AND D I AM ONDS Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on canvas 30” x 30”
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