2024
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 "Nan" painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Nan Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Un...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ofelia" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Ofelia" Black and White Bunny A rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 17 x 15 inches *Painting is framed - P...
Wood, Oil
$8,000
H 10 in W 8 in
Hunt Slonen Anthony Bunny Oil Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Framed, 2024, 10x8 in
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Anthony' 2024. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 12 x 10 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outlined in black over a white background. Includes a handpicked, antique wood frame. Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent. Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973. Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981; the Museo Diocesano d'arte sacra Sant'Apollonia in Venice, Italy, in 1986; the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, Georgia, in 2007; the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2007; Museo de Arte de El Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2010; the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2010; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana in 2011, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland...
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem "Old Lace" painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Old Lace Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood with acrylic & diamond dust Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signe...
Oil, Mixed Media
Violet Double Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) is an internationally celebrated American artist whose vibrant and instantly recognizable works have made him one of the most collectible contemporary painters ...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Delight" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Delight" Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fr...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Maxim" Single Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Maxim" Single Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 13.5 x 11.5 inches *Paint...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a light blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Pain...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Morgaya" Black and Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Morgaya" Black and Pink Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a pink background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is f...
Oil, Panel
Elmo Abstract Gestural Acrylic Painting, Modern, Framed, 2010-
Located in New York, NY
‘Elmo’ unique painting is a playful bright representation of the sesame street character. Rondinone warps his subject matter intentionally, bringing a new dimension to beloved charac...
Acrylic
'Pintor Español Con Hambre' Post-Impressionist Oil Painting, 2022
Located in New York, NY
'Pintor Español Con Hambre' is a unique oil painting, created in 2022 by Matías Sánchez. This work is full of color and texture, with vibrant swirls of three dimensional paint. This ...
Oil
Cherry Gun Painting, Contemporary Figurative, Oil & Acrylic, 2023
Located in New York, NY
'Cherry Gun', 2023 Bel Fullana Oil, spray paint and acrylic on canvas 72.8 x 59 in. / 184 x 150 cm. Unique work, Signed by the Artist Bel Fullana explores the culture of exhibitioni...
Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Red Rabbit, Iconic Balloon Sculpture, Limoges Porcelain, Signed
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
'Balloon Rabbit' (Red), 2017 Jeff Koons Limoges porcelain with chromatic coating 11.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 in. / 29 x 21 x 14 cm. Edition of 999, Signed and numbered The specific informatio...
Porcelain
'Kiku', Andy Warhol Original Print, Floral Abstract 1980s Pop Art
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
The specific information regarding edition will be provided at the time of sale. Please contact the seller for more details. 'Kiku' (FS II.309) by Andy Warhol draws on the artist’s ...
Paper, Color, Screen
Purple Balloon Rabbit Sculpture, Limoges Porcelain, Signed, 2017
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
'Balloon Rabbit' (Purple), 2017 Jeff Koons Limoges porcelain with chromatic coating 11.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 in. / 29 x 21 x 14 cm. Edition of 999, Signed and numbered The specific informa...
Porcelain
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