This is back breaking, debilitating, life-shortening work, and it’s not pretty, and it’s not clean.
DUST IN THEIR VEINS: A Visual Response to the Global Water Crisis,
illustrates the plight of women and children who are subject to water scarcity. A mixed-media collection of 42 female torsos, the collection represents women from different cultures and regions who suffer from lack of access to clean water around the globe.
Who gets water, who doesn’t? That is the question. And Why.
Gallery sizing variable - large enough to accommodate up to forty-two 30”x19” wooden torsos, appropriate water vessels, the installation of a faux well, and several seating areas.
Previous showings:
Pilsen Gallery Row, Chicago IL
DuSable Museum, Chicago, IL
Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
Avery Institute, College of Charleston, SC
Field Museum, Chicago, IL (truncated version)
Murphy Gallery, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
So Be it. See To It.
I’ve been focused on the importance of literate communities for some time now, and that concern always seems to seep into my work. Illiteracy has so many root causes, but most are tied to economics. I thought that I would create a show that could be read via images. that would be read one pane at a time from left to right, and that would honor a writer who fought with dyslexia and the obstacles attached to it for most of her life.
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So Be It… consists of 54 unique collages that visually retell five of Octavia Butler’s best-known novels.
Gallery sizing is variable.
Previous showings:
Intercontinental Hotel Gallery, Milw, WI
Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst MA
The Alien-nations and Sovereign States of Octavia E Butler
“Explores ideas from Parable of the Sower and Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood) by speculative fiction author Octavia E Butler (1947-2006). Hunter presents a new series of collage-based works, installations, video, and sound works that illustrate the meticulously sculpted worlds Butler imagined in her novels, examining their significance for Black bodies and future societies.
Work with synthetic plants, remnants of an ongoing culinary experiment, a reading nook, and imagined portals to other worlds make up what Hunter describes as an “alien lush space.” The Exhibition examines the concepts of nationhood, asking questions about who is other and in what situations do we see people as other to ourselves? How do we become universal? Comparing the Parable of the Sower to the Trump era and using Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood) to explore what “alien” worlds might exist beyond America and its race relations today, Hunter’s exhibition creates a speculative space where multiple generations come together to envision a better future.”
-Hyde Park Art Center
This show is best suited for medium to large gallery spaces, ideally with separate rooms for video and library.
Previous showings:
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
During its 4-month run, the show had more than 10,000 unique visitors.
*Program offerings are available for each exhibition.
