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 "Lemonade" Handblown Glass Bunny Sculpture, Edition 1/25, 2020
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem "Lemonade" Handblown Glass Bunny Sculpture, Edition 1/25, 2020. This item was purchased from a prominent NYC estate and is in excellent original condition. Signed on l...
Blown Glass
$600
H 5.75 in W 2 in D 3.25 in
Murano Seguso Opalescent White Caramel Italian Art Glass Bunny Rabbit Sculpture
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very cute, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white over a caramel color Italian art glass bunny rabbit sculpture / figurine. The piece is documented to designer Arch...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$650
H 4.63 in W 2.25 in D 4 in
Seguso Murano Italian Art Glass Sommerso Green Bunny Rabbit Figurine Sculpture
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Summers emerald tree and golden honey color Italian art glass bunny rabbit figurine sculpture. The piece is attributed to designer Archimede Segus...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
"Gourd" Handblown Glass Inhabitants Lighting
By Nana Spears and Noah Spencer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fort Makers handblown glass "Inhabitants" lighting collection is inspired by shapes found in nature and ancient art. Designed by Nana Spears and Noah Spencer, these light sculptures ...
Blown Glass
Large Stoneware Pottery Rabbit Bunny Animal Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite heavy and solid, large hand-crafted stoneware rabbit sculpture done in a modern abstract, almost brutalist or Japanese Mingei Folk Art style. The work is appar...
Pottery, Stoneware
$1,401 / item
H 26.78 in W 7.09 in D 18.9 in
Bug Bunny Ceramic Sculpture by Massimo Giacon for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions, Massimo Giacon
Located in Asti, Piemonte
Limited edition ceramic part of "The Pop Will Eat Himself" designed by Massimo Giacon and produced by superego Editions. Signed and numbered. Biography Massimo Giacon was born in P...
Ceramic
"White Worm" Handblown Glass Inhabitants Lighting
By Nana Spears and Noah Spencer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fort Makers handblown glass Inhabitants lighting collection is inspired by shapes found in nature and ancient art. Designed by Nana Spears and Noah Spencer, these light sculptures re...
Blown Glass
$1,397
H 23.63 in W 9.06 in D 11.82 in
Ceramic Sculpture Bunny by Jeremy Fish for Superego Editions, Italy
By Superego Editions, Jeremy Fish 1
Located in Asti, Piemonte
A ceramic sculpture Bunny model designed by Jeremy Fish and produced by Superego Editions. Limited edition of 50 pieces. Signed and numbered. Biography Je...
Ceramic
San Pacific 13" Handblown Glass Parrot
Located in Pasadena, TX
A vintage Murano style art glass by San Pacific. The figure depicted is a parrot that has an applied beak. Very Good Vintage- Near Excellent
Glass
$2,003
H 4.33 in W 12.2 in D 0.78 in
Mapie Belgary Moods Abstract Sculpture, Limited Edition Bronze, 2020
Located in Paris, FR
Moods by Mapie Belgary Limited edition of 8 pieces Bronze Measures: 12.20" x 4.33".
Bronze
Small John Bingham Handblown Glass Sculpture Centrepiece
By John Bingham
Located in South Charleston, WV
John Bingham, glassblower, artist, circa 1980 Handblown glass Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Measures: 6 tall x 10 wide and 11 inches deep. One of 2 pieces by this artist we have li...
Glass
Handblown Colorless Glass Sculpture of a Nude Female
Located in Toledo, OH
Handblown Colorless Glass Sculpture of a Nude Female. 18.5" Sculpture of a Nude Female full figure with hands to the face. Polished bottom with a diameter base of 4.25". Great condit...
Blown Glass
Michela Cattai, Contemporary Handblown Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy, 2024
By Michela Cattai
Located in New York, NY
Naturalia consists of one-off pieces in amber, gold, dark burgundy, and hydrangea, expressing Michela Cattai’s fascination with nature in all of its unpredictable forms and manifesta...
Murano Glass