September 30 – October 30, 2022 | Hunt Slonem: Lepus Cuniculus
Even though Hunt was born in the Chinese year of the rabbit, his work had a slow introduction to these animals. In the 1970s, rabbits began appearing at the feet of saints in devotional paintings. Over the decades, they, as rabbits do, multiplied to cover entire walls and eventually came to make up much of this distinguished painter’s life. These lagomorphs quickly grew to transcendent heights within Slonem’s world, with mystics and psychics telling him that these rabbits would take him places his other work never could.
Lepus Cuniculus is a manifestation of these predictions, and features entirely new media for Slonem. World-renowned for his oil paintings which are in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Academy of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art, this exhibition highlights bold new forays into glass, neon, large-scale sculpture, and back-lit glowboxes, along with his beloved works in oil.
Opening reception Friday, September 30, from 5-7 pm. View the work in the exhibition here!
September 24 – October 10, 2021 | Hunt Slonem: Totem Tondo
Work in the exhibition may be seen here.
Reiteration runs like a mantra through Hunt’s work. As in a prayer, the same words are uttered, but every time they are said the intention and meter are slightly different. As images, rabbits seem obvious as subject matter as we know them to multiply. A group of bunnies, known as a “fluffle,” find their way on to canvas. Quick and gestural, his rabbits are a sly nod to nature’s own direction to reproduce. Hunt’s birds are a more personal match for the act of repetition. He says they are obsessive like he is, and are celestial messengers in almost every faith. Birds chatter away, half-hidden but everywhere. Their obsession implying intention, just as the painter makes them real with color, and oil, and incised lines.
Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionistic style, and his desire is that people have their own experiences with his work. The mechanism of painting, and the item that is a painting, is the magic to Hunt.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Fundació Joan Miró, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art are among the prestigious museums worldwide that have shown Hunt Slonem’s work. Whether you choose one unique piece, a grouping, or a “fluffle” of works to hang salon-style, we are honored to present this curated selection of works for you to add to your collection!
Opening reception Friday, September 24, from 5-7 pm.
May 15 – June 14, 2020 | Hunt Slonem: Fluffle
To refer to Hunt Slonem as a “rara avis” is just about perfect. He is a rare chap with a collection of historic buildings, and a studio occupied by himself and 60 birds. Grids and lines and squares fill Hunt’s world, surrounded as he is by cages and walls and windows. His work is not unlike an interior Agnes Martin inside a building; no unambiguous or stark outside desert, but wet paint on wet paint inspired by being private and inside one’s own home.
Reiteration runs like a mantra through Hunt’s work. As in a prayer, the same words are uttered, but every time they are said the intention and meter are slightly different. As images, rabbits seem obvious as subject matter as we know them to multiply. A group of bunnies, known as a “fluffle,” find their way on to canvas. Quick and gestural, his rabbits are a sly nod to nature’s own direction to reproduce. Hunt’s birds are a more personal match for the act of repetition. He says they are obsessive like he is, and are celestial messengers in almost every faith. Birds chatter away, half-hidden but everywhere. Their obsession implying intention, just as the painter makes them real with color, and oil, and incised lines.
Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionistic style, and his desire is that people have their own experiences with his work. The mechanism of painting, and the item that is a painting, is the magic to Hunt.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Fundació Joan Miró, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art are among the prestigious museums worldwide that have shown Hunt Slonem’s work. Whether you choose one unique piece, a grouping, or a “fluffle” of works to hang salon-style, we are honored to present this curated selection of works for you to add to your collection!
View the works in the exhibition here.
Online Virtual Exhibition | Keep the Ball Rolling
Walk through our VR exhibition!
Adaptability is key to finding happiness, and Turner Carroll has adapted to a new way of hosting exhibitions to bring you happiness during this unusual, homebound time. We are thrilled to bring you our first 3-D, interactive, virtual exhibition. Our exhibition Keep the Ball Rolling takes its title from Judy Chicago’s Resolutions series work by the same name. The exhibition features vibrant works that inspire mind, body, and heart. Please enjoy our guided tour feature, which allows us to walk you through the exhibition as if we’re walking through the gallery together. You can also click on the View/Purchase on our Website button next to each artwork, to read our descriptive analysis of the specific artwork. Enjoy the exhibition and please send us your comments and suggestions on our new platform, at info@turnercarrollgallery.com.
View the works in the exhibition on our web page here.