| Composed of soft, deflated sculptures, and drawings of mechanical garments, my work forms a reconstructed body. The use of textiles is meant to tangibly induce material moments of synesthesia. Parallels of metal (cold and hard) with cloth (soft and warm) give memory to the temperature of the body. The structural assertion is metaphor for posture and self-determination, as the attitude of the body is liberated or hindered by the sculpture or “garment” produced.
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Rachel Hunt was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art (’05) BFA, and Cranbrook Academy of Art (’08) MFA. Her sculpture has been featured on the cover of FiberArts magazine (Nov/Dec 2007) and is currently part of the exhibition Focus Fiber 2008 at Ohio State University, juried by Sarah Quinton, senior curator of the Textile Museum of Canada. Recent solo exhibitions include reORGANized at the ArtWorks Gallery in New Bedford, Massachusetts (January-March 2008) and the Museum of New Art in Pontiac, Michigan (April 2008).
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untitled (Pelvis).
2007. recycled metal, nylon, thread, hide, cotton, elastic.
L 15" x W 9" x H 48". Photographed by Christopher Durocher.
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. untitled (Limb).
2007. recycled wire, nylon, thread, polyester banding.
L 7" x W 4" x H 16".
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Dialog of the Deaf Body.
2007. iron, nickel wire, assorted fabric, thread,
rope, dye. each structure
L 27" x W 25" x H 65", overall dimensions variable.
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Left:
untitled (Spine).
2007. dye, mulberry paper, thread, rag paper,
india ink, watercolor. dimensions variable.
Right:
untitled (Spine),
detail. 2007. rag paper, india ink, watercolor.
All images photographed by the artist,
except where noted as photographed by Christopher Durocher.
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