Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
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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2010s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil
2010s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil, Paint
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
LED Light, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1970s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Paper, Oil
2010s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil, Board
1960s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil
1990s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Gold Leaf
2010s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil
1990s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Gold Leaf
1970s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil, Board, Mixed Media
1960s Modern Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil, Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen
2010s Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Wood, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Mixed Media
Acrylic, Screen