THAT STICKY CANDY
Goff + Rosenthal, New York City
Solo Exhibition, October 2008
With his third solo exhibition at Goff + Rosenthal, Hunt embarks on a personal survey of his identity as a gay man in America.
Hunt’s usual surrealistic approach to his subject matter takes a bit of a backseat to allegory in this series of drawings. Much of what’s being addressed in these works is the commonly-held belief that gay men are little more than their sexual desires and attractions.
Hunt says, “The sticky candy metaphor speaks to me of how something that one might crave and be pleasured by can become messy and constricting. Gay men have been yoked to this idea that we are hypersexual beings and I'm trying to point out how limiting that is—a gay identity is infinitely more complex and broad than that.”
All drawings are charcoal on rag paper unless otherwise indicated.
Anatomy Class (‘Dem Bones), 2008, 38 x 25"
Jacob’s Pillow, 2008, 25.5 x 50"
Jade, 2008, 34 x 29"
Madame XY, 2008, 61 x 28"
Nature vs. Industry, 2008, 33.5 x 50"
Nude Sailor, 2008, 44 x 25"
O Pioneers!, 2008, 30 x 49.5"
So Dawn Goes Down to Day, 2008, 24.25 x 34"
Laundry Day in a Blue State, 2005, 15 x 17"