Hunt Rettig

Untitled

2016

3-D Mixed Media Assemblage Hunt Rettig is known for his analog 3D assemblages that produce the illusion of 2D, backlit, digital illustrations. Rettig’s process-based discipline is a continual quest to transform quotidian material into the sublime. In Rettig’s hands, moldable synthetics and reflective acrylics become encapsulated sculptures implying kinetic movement if not actuating it. He has been drawn to the op and kinetic art movement since adolescence. "If I come to a fork in the road, my inclination is to continue going straight." An explorer of both geographic and psychological terrain, Rettig is most at home on a dirt path or body of water observing “familiar patterns that connect us as one, like source code.” Biomorphic shapes seen in Rettig’s work suggest sensual elements omnipresent in nature. How connected are we? “If it didn’t exist, if it didn’t resonate, we wouldn’t be here.” Inspiration: "When I was twelve I stepped into Jesus Soto...

Hunt Rettig is a mixed-media artist based in Aspen, Colorado. His three-dimensional wall sculptures often consist of polyester film, thermoplastic rubber and acrylics that he molds t...

Hunt Rettig is a mixed-media artist based in Aspen, Colorado. His three-dimensional wall sculptures often consist of polyester film, thermoplastic rubber and acrylics that he molds to create organic shapes full of light and dimension placed under frosted plexiglass to instill a soft glow. The three-dimensional inner loops absorb and reflect light within each shape and plays with both natural and overhead...

"Raise By Lowering", mixed media on panel — 34 x 26 x 2 inches — 2017. Hunt Rettig is a mixed-media artist based in Aspen, Colorado. His three-dimensional wall sculptures often con...

Hunt Rettig Unfolding World, 2021 polyester film, synthetic rubber, acrylics 50" x 43" framed Hunt Rettig’s elegant compositions of curves and loops give the illusion of being fla...

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