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Hunt Slonem

American, b. 1951

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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Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds Two red Cardinal birds sitting on a branch over a gold metallic and blue etched background. Framed in an antique frame. Unframed: 10 x 8 inche...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies Two black gestured black bunnies on a solid hot pink background. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame. Unframed: 14 x 10 inches Framed: ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Hunt Slonem "Totem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Toem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic Single gestured black bunny on a multicolored rainbow background with mixed metallics. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame. Unfr...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic Pink and orange butterflies on a metallic gold and silver etched background in a vintage frame. Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies Black outlined light pink and yellow butterflies on a pink etched background in a gold antique frame. Unframed: 15 x 12 inches Framed:...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Wood, Oil

Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Bunny Date: 2019 Medium: Lithograph Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Signature: Pencil signed & numbered verso Edition: 5/16 Publisher: Poligrafa...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem

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Lithograph

Red Bunny
Red Bunny
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Hunt Slonem "Flutter Ascension Blue" Blue Metallic Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Flutter Ascension in Blue" Butterflies Black outlined white and light blue butterflies on a gold and silver etched background in an antique frame. Unframed: 39.5 x 32.5...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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Wood, Oil

Classic Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Green Amazon Bird on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Green Amazon Bird on Gold A painted Green Amazon Bird on a Gold scored metallic background in Hunt Slonem's old style in an antique frame. Unframed: 10 x 8 in...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem

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