Hunt Slonem has mastered the art of repetition in his exuberant Neo-Expressionist paintings. Some of his favorite subjects are bunnies, butterflies and the tropical birds that live in the private aviary nestled within his 30,000-square-foot studio complex in Brooklyn, New York.
“I believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary,” Slonem told Introspective, referring to his artistic method. “I am slightly influenced by Pop art, like the repetition of soup cans, postage stamps and celebrities. It’s something I have been doing my whole life.”
Slonem’s depictions of birds — which are often rendered in thick, gestural brushstrokes and arranged in a loose grid — owe to a fascination with tropical avian life that he developed during a childhood spent in Hawaii and Nicaragua. Today, along with the aviary, his studio contains a personal garden, a collection of antiques and walls and walls of artworks.
“I am a collector of things. My primary focus is color and objects. I love to make them work in a space,” Slonem says. “Sometimes I define a space with color.”
Besides birds, Slonem has painted so many bunnies that they’ve become a signature. Limned in expressive, urgent strokes on flat, vibrantly colored backgrounds, these creatures fascinate through their subtle variations. “I have painted hundreds of rabbits, but each one is different,” the artist has explained. “Each has its own personality, and it just comes through me.”
The multitalented Slonem also sculpts, makes prints, creates installations and restores historic spaces. His work has achieved cult status among collectors and is represented in the permanent collections of such esteemed institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Slonem has even made an appearance on Real Housewives of New York.
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Chair Duet, Signed Expressionist Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chair Duet by Hunt Slonem, 1951 - Date: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175, AP 30 Image Size: 22 x 25 inches Size: 26 in. x 28 in. (66.04 cm x 71.12...
Pencil, Screen
Chez, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Chez Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 30 Image Size: 22 x 29 inches Size: 26 in. x 30 in....
Screen
Two Chairs, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Two Chairs Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 24 x 24 inches Size: 27 in. x 2...
Screen
Curtains, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Curtains Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: HC 10 Image Size: 22 x 26.5 inches Size: 26 ...
Screen
$7,800
H 35 in W 27.5 in
MORNING STILL LIFE Color Screenprint, Signed, 1976, Cat. Ref. (Nesbett L76-1)
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING STILL LIFE is a limited edition color serigraph/screen print by the renowned American artist Jacob Lawrence(1917-2000). MORNING STILL LIFE was hand printed using traditional ...
Screen
BERATUNG
By Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (German 1867 -1945) BERATUNG, 1895 (1945) (Klipstein vii/vii) Etching and aquatint, 1895 (Later Imp), Image 11 ½” x 7", sheet 19 x 13 ¾”. Unsigned, with the von de B...
Etching, Aquatint
$49,500
H 21.5 in W 30.5 in
After the Party FS II.183, Screen Print, Pop Art Style, Unsigned, 1979, 352/1000
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on Arches 88 wove paper. Unsigned edition, lacking the pencil signature, but with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,...
Paper, Screen
HAMBURGER KNIEPPE
By Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945) HAMBURGER KNIEPPE, 1901) (K.58 IIIb) Soft Ground Etching, Plate 9 ¾ x 8 ¼ sheet 10 ½ x 13 ¾. With the von de Becke blind stamp in the lower right. Prin...
Etching
$200
H 11 in W 13.25 in
Lillies and Bowls (still life of flowers and colorful bowls)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The moon, bowls, lillies and birds are featured in this 2002 mezzotint. It is #17 from an edition of 75 and is signed, titled, dated and edition by hand by this Korean artist born i...
Mezzotint
Interior: Red Couch and Landscape
By Mickalene Thomas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and art history, through a contemporary Black female gaze. As an openly gay Black woman,...
Varnish, Glitter, Archival Pigment, Screen
$540Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 18 in D 0.25 in
"Floating Pane" - Realistic Hand Painted Lithograph
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
"Floating Panel" - Realistic Hand Painted Lithograph Lithograph with hand-painted ribbons by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). In this composition, the pane with four bars is a l...
Paper, Gouache, Pencil, Lithograph
$79,950
H 38.625 in W 37.438 in
Still Life with Lobster, Lithograph and Screen Print on Paper, Signed, 1974
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. From the Six Still Lifes Series. Lithograph and screenprint on rives BFK paper. Co-published by Multiples, Inc. and Castelli Graphics, ...
Lithograph, Screen, Paper
$2,400
H 19.5 in W 19.5 in
"Alice Tully Hall" by Guillermo Kuitca (Abstract, Red, Architecture, Design)
By Guillermo Kuitca
Located in New York, NY
One screen print on wove paper titled, Alice Tully Hall by Guillermo Kuitca, 2009. It is hand signed in pencil, dated and numbered from the edition of 117 (total edition includes 18 ...
Screen
The Family, Alice Neel
By Alice Neel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alice Neel (1900-1984) Title: The Family Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 170/175, plus proofs Size: 31.25 x 27 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
Lithograph
Margaritas
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
“Margaritas” is a lithograph created by Emilio Sanchez in 1997. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed "12/50" - the 12 print from an edition of 50 impressions. The printed image size is 12.50 x 14.25 inches (31.3 x 35.7 cm) and the paper size is 18 x 20.13 inches - all four paper edges are decked adding a nice option when framed. This print came to us directly from the Emilio Sanchez Estate (circular estate stamp is on verso). Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
Lithograph
Banksquiat (Grey)
By Banksy
Located in Manchester, GB
Banksy, Banksquiat (Grey), 2019 Screenprint on grey card, hand-signed in white crayon 70 x 75 cm (27.6 x 29.5 in) Edition 52 of 300 Mint condition, accompanied with a COA from Pes...
Screen
$395
H 17 in W 20.25 in
SPANISH STILL LIFE WITH GARLIC Signed Lithograph 1974, Contemporary Abstract
Located in Union City, NJ
SPANISH STILL LIFE WITH GARLIC by the Spanish artist Carlos Pradal, is an original hand drawn, stone lithograph printed by hand in Paris France using traditional hand lithography techniques on buff color archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. SPANISH STILL LIFE WITH GARLIC presents a modern still life portrait depicting abstract vegetables - three round onions with a head of garlic positioned toward the center. A broad sweeping charcoal black wash dominates the background creating a dramatic staging for the red and orange vegetable shapes; the off white color of the paper forms the garlic bulb creating contrast for this expressive, energetic Spanish still life composition. Print size - 17 x 20.25 inches, unframed, very good condition, pencil signed by Pradal, inscribed E.A.(Epreuve Artiste) with personal dedication to the master printer Image size - 13 x 16.25 inches Year - c. 1974 About the artist: Carlos Pradal(1923-1988) Spanish ceramist, painter and illustrator was the son of Republican deputy Gabriel Pradal from Almeria, Andalusia. In 1939, his family was forced into exile and settled in France, in Toulouse. In 1956 he obtained a Spanish license and became an auxiliary teacher. He practiced drawing and painting at the same time, following the lessons of Raoul Bergougnan. In 1972, he moved to Paris, where he became a friend of the painters Peinado and Orlando Pelayo. When Franco died...
Lithograph
Black of the Sun
By Jordy Kerwick
Located in London, GB
23 layer silkscreen print on Somerset Velvet 300gsm paper 84 x 68 cm - sheet size edition of 95 + 1 AP hand-signed and dated by the artist Jordy Kerwick is a self-taught contemporar...
Screen
Singer 10101, Mezzotint Print, Signed Edition 15 of 40, 2000s
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer 10101", is an image of Singer I as seen through a drafting template. It was issued as an edition of 40 and was printed at the Indiana University print...
Mezzotint
Vanda, signed screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful print by American Neo-Expressionist artist Hunt Slonem in his two-dimensional style. As an artist, Slonem is best known for incorporating mysticism, animal motifs, and mul...
Screen
Chair Duet, Silkscreen by Hunt Slonem, 1981
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
This serigraph was created by contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem. Slonem is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings and bright tropical palette, and his subject matter o...
Screen
Two Chairs, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Two Chairs Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 24...
Screen
Chair Duet
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Chair Duet Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 22 x 25 inches Size: 26 in...
Screen