Kenny Hunter

If I Stand Fast They will Dig my Grave

About this artwork

Made during a 3-month residency at Location 1, Manhattan, this print is part of a series inspired by early Modernist thinkers. In this series, Hunter uses bright, graphic colours and crisp texts which echo designs from the Modernist era. The letters have a sculptural quality, bunched up together like a stack of solid shapes. Hunter notes that Ian Hamilton Finlay’s concrete poetry was a strong influence on these works: ’It was Finlay who introduced me to the idea of how to make classical art speak of our age. He didn’t make classical work, but he referred to it.’

Updated before 2020

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Kenny Hunter

Kenny Hunter