Means Two
Date1976
Label TextBryan Hunt is one of many artists who took Minimalism as a starting point and responded to its limitations. Such early works as this are visually spare, but they suggest both image and narrative. "Means Two" is intended to be displayed at a great height, evoking, perhaps, an airship moored from its nose. A streamlined form and constrasting black and white zones give the work a bold presence. As an object, however, it weighs very little: magically airy, it defies gravity with the grace of a hovering bird or insect.
Object number96.107
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Varieties of Sculpture" June 26, 1997-January 30, 1998Credit LineGift of Patterson Sims and Katy Homans in honor of the Collectors' Forum and the Contemporary Art Council
Dimensions40 x 5 x 5 in. (101.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
MediumWood, silk, paper, and lacquer
Japanese
early 17th century
Object number: 67.124
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