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Richard Hunt Celebrates in Benton Harbor by Barbara Stodola Richard Hunt Has Reached a Point in Life Where He Could Have Settled Anyplace He Liked THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 21, Number 43 Thursday, November 3, 2005 Richard Hunt Celebrates in Benton Harbor By Barbara Stodola Richard Hunt has reached a point in life where he could have settled anyplace he liked. The place he chose was Benton Harbor, Michigan. Anyone familiar with the sculptor’s phenomenal success and internation- al connections might well wonder about this choice, until visiting his off-the-beaten-path studio -- and then the why’s and wherefore’s begin to fall into place. Richard Hunt, the acclaimed sculptor, stands beside models of his work at his studio in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The upcoming weekend is a good time to make the trip. It is 45 minutes from Michigan City, driving straight up the Red Arrow Highway and then turn- ing right before the St. Joseph River, veering toward the old downtown of Benton Harbor. Richard Hunt is opening his studio on Friday and Saturday evenings, to celebrate his 10th anniversary in the neighborhood he is helping to revitalize. His neighbors are celebrating too. On Saturday evening Nov. 5, a musical perfor- mance will take place at the First Presbyterian Church right up the street -- in fact, up the hill -- from Hunt’s studio. Three pianists will perform, each in a different style -- classical, jazz and gospel. The con- cert will be followed by an “Afterglow” at the artist’s studio. A special children’s event on Saturday after- noon will feature songs and stories by legendary per- Paying homage to the sea, this 50-foot-high sculpture of dazzling stain- former Ella Jenkins. less steel, stands at the St. Joseph River and Lake Michigan, calling out And You, Seas. Hunt Continued on Page 2 THE Page 2 November 3, 2005 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.bbpnet.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also Subscription Rates delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. 1 year $28 6 months $16 3 months $10 1 month $5 A visitor to the quiet downtown of Benton Harbor can easily locate the sculptor’s studio, with these large corten steel pieces set out on the sidewalk. Hunt Continued from Page 1 The weekend festivities are planned to capture the mood of “renewal through the arts” which, though slow in coming, is rejuvenating the hopeful commu- nity of Benton Harbor. Central to this effort is the pres- ence of Richard Hunt, the internationally acclaimed sculptor who has embodied the spirit of success ever A spacious showroom sets off life-sized sculpture in Richard Hunt’s since the 1950s, when he was the star student at the studio, a building formerly occupied by a car dealer. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. tician. Early on, his prodigious artistic talents were Life has been good to Richard Howard Hunt. He has recognized. Upon graduation from the Art Institute, won more commissions for public sculptures than he was awarded a foreign travel fellowship, which led any other artist in the United States. His work is prized to an art excursion through England, France, Spain by museums across the country, from the Metropolitan and Italy. He was especially attracted to the modernist and MOMA in New York to the Los Angeles County metal sculpture of Julio Gonzalez and Pablo Picasso, Museum in California. He has received honorary as well as their sources in African art. degrees from Northwestern, Tufts, Roosevelt, Colorado By the time he completed his U.S. Army stint in 1960, State, the University of Michigan and seven other col- Hunt was already represented by a New York gallery. leges. He has taught at Purdue (1965) and Indiana A Guggenheim fellowship University (1975), as well as Harvard, Yale and enabled him to set up a weld- Cornell. He has served on innumerable boards and ing studio and to work on his advisory councils, including 20 years at the Ravinia art full-time, while taking part- Festival. His large public sculptures can be seen in time teaching jobs in the 16 states, the District of Columbia, the Museum of the Chicago area. It was a gamble Twentieth Century in Vienna and the National which paid off handsomely. Museum of Israel in Jerusalem. If you look him up on Yahoo! you will find 475,000 entries. This welded steel Hero’s Head was done All this constitutes a good bit of fame and glory for by Hunt during his student years and -- with its single eyeball, cracked head/hel- a young man who grew up on the south side of met and gaping mouth -- shows the sug- Chicago; his father was a barber and his mother a beau- gestive power of his imagery. THE November 3, 2005 Page 3 In 1967 Hunt was honored by a retrospective exhib- it at the Milwaukee Museum, followed by one at the Open ‘til 6 p.m. Museum of Modern Art in 1971; he was only 36 years Evenings old. The Johnson family of Chicago, heads of publish- ing and manufacturing businesses, were early patrons. So were the Lubezniks, who owned numerous McDonald’s restaurants in northwest Indiana; they www.littlehousefashions.comElegant Apparel for the had a Richard Hunt sculpture installed at the entrance [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel to their office building in Michigan City. It is a large bronze piece entitled Hybrid Figure, and was part of the gift the Lubeznik family gave to the community 15% Off Regular Priced when the building became the Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts. Merchandise Storewide Sale! Hybrid Figure (1978) is a swelling, soaring figure of welded bronze, 1 standing 7 ⁄2 feet tall at the entrance to the Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City. Pendleton Diamond Quilted Vest... This Hybrid Figure (1978) reaches upward, stretching lightweight vest is a sleek alternative to those inch- its wing-like forms above the columnar element that adding puffy ones. On-seam, side entry zip pockets and anchors it to the ground. The wings have long been a favorite motif of Richard Hunt’s. “They go back inside cell phone pocket. Zip front. 100% polyester microfiber with 80% down/20% feather historically,” he points out, “the Winged Victory, the fill. Machine wash. Imported. 24" long. $98. wings of angels, birds, flight, the freedom from grav- ity, the fact that it’s a suggestive form, the will to soar Striped Turtleneck... Earn your gift-giving stripes above things.” The piece is called a hybrid because of with this yarn-dyed, midweight cotton turtleneck that the combinations it embodies -- the organic with the combines soft grey and our Ice Castle pastels. industrial, the soaring wings “attached to something 100% cotton. Hand wash. Imported. $78. more rooted. The public sculptures have to stand alone, to resist wind, to be independent.” Last Chance to Save Tent Sale! Several of Hunt’s creations are called hybrids. Others have drawn their titles from what they are doing, Up to 90% Off! what actions they are performing: Reaching Out, Growing Forward, Bridging and Branching, Inside Out, Boxed Out, Stages of Growth, Low Flight, Meet Us For Lunch And A Style Show Ascending Descending Form, Slowly Toward the WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - HANNAH’S, NEW BUFFALO North. At the Evanston Public Library, there is a 409409 Alexander StreetStreet, LaPorte, IN 326-8602 piece named Bookends. At the Gary Transportation On Hwy 35 - 5 Blocks South of Lincolnway Center, there is one entitled Dune Growth. TurnTurn Rightright on AlexanderAlexander Monday-FridayMonday - Friday10 am 9:30to 6 pmto 7 Saturday Saturday 9:30 9:30 am to to5 5 pm Hunt Continued on Page 4 THE Page 4 November 3, 2005 The highly polished surfaces and burnished seams bring an air of elegance to this large stainless steel sculpture, Low Flight. Hunt Continued from Page 3 Occasionally a biblical reference has inspired a work of art -- such as Eternal Life and The Bush Was Not Consumed, both done for Jewish temples in Jacob’s Ladder (1977) is suspended from the ceiling and reaching upward from the floor, at the Carter Woodson Kankakee, Illinois. Jacob’s Ladder is a monumental Library in Chicago. piece that occupies an entire atrium in the Carter Woodson Library in Chicago. Wave and Branch is a lively invention, making reference to both organic life and the movements of the sea. Richard Hunt came of age during the civil rights movement, when cultural leaders were searching for talented black Americans to give voice to their visions. He rode the crest of that wave, winning commis- sions to do the Freedmen’s Column at Howard University (1976) and I Have Been to the Mountain Stages of Growth is one of Hunt’s masterful welded bronze pieces, (1977), a memorial to Martin Luther King in Memphis. taking its inspiration from plant life. It is displayed in his studio. Another hybrid structure stands in Harlem. THE November 3, 2005 Page 5 Hunt still maintains a studio in the city of Chicago, where many of his sculptures can be seen. On the University of Chicago cam- pus there is a tall, cast bronze piece enigmatically entitled Why.
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