Upward
Date1999
MediumWelded bronze
Dimensions60 × 23 × 13 inches (152.4 × 58.4 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGiven by friends of Carolyn Luck.
Object number2006.30
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The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextStill active as an artist in his hometown of Chicago, Richard Hunt is one of the most significant and prolific contemporary sculptors living today. Upward is indicative of his expressive and abstract style that reconciles natural form and industrial materials. He has stated: “It is my intention to develop the kind of forms Nature might create if only heat and steel were available to her.” For much of his career, Hunt utilized found scrap metal to combine and transform through intensely physical feats of cutting, plating, burning, and beating the forms into sweeping, organic shapes. His works can be found in over 150 public art spaces and museum collections nationally.
