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Means Two

1976

American, born 1947

Bryan 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.

Wood, silk, paper, and lacquer

40 x 5 x 5 in. (101.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)

Gift of Patterson Sims and Katy Homans in honor of the Collectors' Forum and the Contemporary Art Council

96.107

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Varieties of Sculpture" June 26, 1997-January 30, 1998

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