THEN THE DARKNESS FELL
Schroeder Romero + Shredder, New York City
Solo Exhibition, February 2012
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: With “Then the Darkness Fell,” Hunt skillfully uses the metaphor of nightfall to probe his own feelings about mortality, primordial fear, grief, and the current American sociopolitical landscape. With characteristic sardonic wit and a flair for the dramatic, Hunt gives us modern-day allegories that examine such topics as urban sprawl, the racism of the political right, the death of the American Dream, the dissolution of the middle class, and the aftermath of personal loss.
Loss is a leitmotif that runs through much of the work in this collection. The eponymously titled drawing, for example, is a lamentation on the death of Hunt’s older brother from pancreatic cancer in 2008. The work, mimicking the triptych form of an altarpiece, is an elegiac meditation on the limits of faith, the repercussions of familial tragedy, and the meaning of an individual human life.
All drawings are charcoal on rag paper unless otherwise indicated.
After Hours, 2010, 30 x 23.5"
Aurora, 2011, 36" square
Cat Fight, 2011, 26.5 x 18.5"
It’s Alive, 2011, 38 x 29.5"
Jeanie, 2011, 10 x 7.5"
Nocturne, 2011, 31 x 35"
Clarion Call, 2011, 30 x 31"
Man in the White Hat, 2011, 31 x 39.75"
The Dream’s End, 2011, 30 x 22.875"
Then The Darkness Fell, 2011, 36 x 15"
Talent Night, 2012, 10 x 7.375"
Swig, 2012, 10 x 6.375"