Everlasting Agitation
About this artwork
Made during Hunter’s 3-month residency at Location 1, Manhattan, this print is part of a series inspired by early Modernist thinkers. This statement makes reference to Marx’s Communist Manifesto in which he wrote, ‘everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch’. Hunter uses bright, graphic colours and crisp texts which echo designs from the Modernist era. During his stay in New York, the artist also created t-shirts with Modernist slogans printed onto them. Hunter explains his selection of text for this series: ‘I liked things that were a bit like instructions, but not very strident, more poetic.’
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artist:Kenny Hunter (born 1962) Scottish
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title:Everlasting Agitation
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date created:2007
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materials:Screenprint on paper
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measurements:75.30 x 54.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 2008
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accession number:GMA 5009
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Kenny Hunter
Kenny Hunter
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Sculptor Kenny Hunter studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1983 to 1987. His work is heavily influenced by plastic toys, in the colours and flawless finish he uses for his sculptures. Hunter sees this as related to classical sculptors who worked with marble until no...