Over a seven decade-long career, Richard Hunt (1935–2023) , staged over 150 solo shows, with more than 160 large-scale public sculpture commissions worldwide. In 1971, at the age of 35, he achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first African American sculptor to have a retrospective at MoMA, New York.
Honouring the life and legacy of American sculptor Richard Hunt , White Cube New York is pleased to present ‘Early Masterworks’, an exhibition bringing together 25 of the artist’s seminal sculptural works created between 1955 and 1969 – a fertile and critical period during which Hunt innovated the material techniques that would remain central to his prolific seven-decade-long career, immortalising him as one of the foremost sculptors of the 20th and 21st centuries.
‘Early Masterworks’ marks the largest gathering of Hunt’s works in New York since his landmark solo retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1971.
Sukanya Rajaratnam, Global Director of Strategic Market Initiatives, said:
“Richard has been a giant hiding in plain sight for decades and it is a privilege to have the opportunity to work with him at White Cube. He has more public monuments in the U.S. than any other sculptor, and his ability to thread the history of twentieth-century sculpture, with his own deeply personal experience as a Black man is nothing short of profound. His sculptures often appear to soar, and the metaphor speaks to his core belief as to what art means to him, an avenue and opportunity for freedom.”
The exhibition is on view until April 13, 2024 at White Cube gallery located at 1002 Madison Avenue in New York City
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