KATE HUNT

Kate Hunt’s new sculptures, constructed of steel, wax, and newspaper, are explorations of material, form and space. In this exhibition Hunt is presenting two new series, Flathead Grids and Pedestal Stacks. The Grids are made up of small cubes of newspaper, bound with twine and impaled by sawblades, formed into a patterned grid. The blades were initially an accident; they were meant to be a stabilizing armature to hold the paper as the wax dried but Hunt found their sinister beauty irresistible. They were the perfect foil for the sensuous encaustic and orderly composition. The Pedestals are intertwined columns of newspaper which are engulfed by deep red encaustic, charred black, or left untreated. They are set up on tapered pedestals, accentuating the height of the sculptures.

Pedestal Stack No. 2, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
34 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches
(plus 42 1/4 inch high pedestal) 
$6000

Pedestal Stack No. 1, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
34 1/2 x 10 x 10 inches
(plus 45 1/2 inch high pedestal) 
$6500

Flathead Grid No. 1, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, twine,
12 x 12 x 4 1/2 inches 
$1500

Flathead Grid No. 2, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, twine, 
12 x 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches 
SOLD

Flathead Grid No. 3, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, twine, 
13 x 9 1/2 x 4 inches 
$1200

Flathead Grid No. 4, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, twine, 
13 x 9 1/2 x 4 inches 
$1200

Flathead Grid No. 5, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, twine, 
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 4 inches 
$1200

Black and White No. 1, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
11 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 3 inches 
$850

Black and White No. 2, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic, 
12 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches 
$850

Encaustic Flag, 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
18 x 27 x 2 1/2 inches 
SOLD

Post No. 1
(detail, full image below left)

Post No. 1 (red), 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
72 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches 
$3500 A

Post No. 2 (black), 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
66 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches 
$3500 A

Post No. 3 (white), 2007,
newspaper, steel, encaustic,
82 x 3 3/4 x  4 3/4 inches 
$4000 A

Straight Trophy
2003. Newspaper, baling twine.
29 x 15 x 14 inches.
$1600.

Wax Trophy
2003. Newspaper, baling twine, wax.
27 x 15.5 x 11 inches.
$1600.

Flag
2005
newspaper, 18 x 30 x 2 inches
SOLD