BMP 7/08 Maker: Hunt Clark (American, born 1969)

2008

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Hunt Clark's wood sculptures owe something to the vessel-form tradition of wood turning, but they move far beyond that. They are, in fact, not turned but shaped with chainsaws, scrapers, and grinders. The techniques that Hunt Clark has developed enable him to create large-scale works with overall open curvilinear forms and with very thin, smooth walls parallel to one another on the interior and exterior, shapes that are otherwise impossible to achieve on a lathe. This approach to working wood is singular to Clark, whose lyrical forms celebrate fluidity and movement.

Medium

Bleached maple

Dimensions

20 × 19 × 26 in. (50.8 × 48.26 × 66 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery and Ruth and David Waterbury, B.A. 1958, Fund

Accession Number

2009.52.1

Geography

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

21st century

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Kevin Wallace, "Outside/Inside Continuum: The Convoluted Sculptures of Hunt Clark," Craft Arts International 75 (2009), 32, ill
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 134
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