Hunt Slonem Pink / Oil on wood / signed / unique

Year: 2021
Format: 20,3 x 25,4 cm / 7.9 x 9.8 inch
Material: Wood
Method: Oil painting
Edition: unique
Other: signed verso by Hunt Slonem, framed

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Hunt Slonem Pink / Oil on wood / signed / unique

Year: 2021
Format: 20,3 x 25,4 cm / 7.9 x 9.8 inch
Material: Wood
Method: Oil painting
Edition: unique
Other: signed verso by Hunt Slonem, framed

Hunt Slonem is best known for his neo-expressionist paintings of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds. The colorful paintings are usually set in extraordinary frames that complete the artwork.

Hunt Slonem – Bunny Pink.

Year: 2021
Format: 20,3 x 25,4 cm / 7.9 x 9.8 inch
Material: Wood
Method: Oil painting
Edition: unique
Other: signed verso by Hunt Slonem, framed

Hunt Slonem - Bunny Pink.

Pink is a painting by the American artist Hunt Slonem from his famous bunny series. Rabbits play a major role in his work and have been created in numerous colors. The white rabbit from Lewis Carrol’s book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is a recurring theme in Hunt Slonem’s work. There is the idea of altered states and alternative realities, and of course the concept of madness, which plays a major role in this book, is linked to this. It’s a wonderful, magical reference. It’s a reference that inspired all of us in our childhood.
The whole idea of alternate realities and alternatives to authority, a bit of rebellion. There’s the big and small, high and low. The whole tea party scene. Hunt Slonem always has a full set of old Parisian china dishes on the table in his house. People come and eat on paper plates placed on it, moving from seat to seat. The whole idea of the ongoing event…

The most famous rabbit painting in the world is probably the rabbit by the artist Albrecht Durer, who lived in Nuremberg.

Then there’s the movie Harvey. There’s Bugs Bunny. There’s a whole book about rabbits and art, and it’s pretty amazing. People have always been fascinated with painting rabbits, it goes back to the Middle Ages. Rats aren’t painted that often, even though they’re both rodents. There’s just something about rabbits that people love. There’s something charming about them. When Hunt Slonem was a child, people carried rabbit feet for good luck. They were a symbol of fertility and reproduction.

Hunt Slonem – Repetition as a homage to Warhol

Hunt Slonem was born in Maine, USA in 1951. His father was in the Navy, so the family moved often. Slonem has lived in Hawaii, Virginia, Connecticut, California, Washington State and Nicaragua, among other places.

He graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and Art History. He also took couses at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he studied and met influential artists from the New York area, such as Louise Nevelson, Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine and Al Held. Slonem refers to Alex Katz in particular as a big mentor and friend.

Another important artist for Slonem is Andy Warhol. He says that the repetition in Warhol’s work had a lasting influence on him, especially the Campbell’s soup cans and the portrait of Marilyn Monroe. With repeating a motif in his work again and again, such as the bunny, Slonem makes a reference to Andy Warhol. It’s like with prayer, so the artist. For him, repetition is a form of worship. In 1973 Slonem moved to New York, where he has lived and worked ever since. Learn more about Hunt Slonem…

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Hunt Slonem Pink / Oil on wood / signed / unique


Year: 2021
Format: 20,3 x 25,4 cm / 7.9 x 9.8 inch
Material:Wood
Method:Oil painting
Edition:unique
Other:signed verso by Hunt Slonem, framed
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