At 4 p.m. on Friday 3 July Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre was open the solo exhibition \u201cMagical World\u201d by internationally recognised American artist, Hunt Slonem.<\/p>\n
Hunt Slonem is an internationally recognised American painter, sculptor and printmaker. Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes.<\/p>\n
The artist describes his work in the following terms: \u201cMy paintings are neither narrative nor specific in detail, but are deeply rooted in the act of painting. The color choices, the spontaneous mark making, and scratched hatch marks are the result of an ongoing fascination with the manipulation and implementation of paint. Cross-hatching gives a feeling of tapestry, it\u2019s like weaving. I\u2019m making colors bleed into each other, I\u2019m revealing the underpainting. I\u2019m making these marks to allow the light to come through. You\u2019re seeing about five levels of paint, instead of one\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n His work has been exhibited in more than 350 galleries and museums worldwide, and is represented in over 100 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim and the Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City. He exhibits regularly at both public and private venues around the world, and has received numerous honours and awards, including a MacDowell Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts grant. He lives in New York City and Louisiana, where he has notably restored two important plantations to their original states.<\/p>\n