Six Figures
Between Two Pyramids
City in Orange Black and Tan
Richard Hutman
Artist Statement
Once, I studied architecture and urban design and traveled the world in search of fabled cities. The same transition from design to project management that led to complex projects like the Getty Center had also laid bare a lingering need for art and reawakened long dormant art skills. Drawing, painting and travel went hand in hand: discovering ancient civilizations, sacred sites, villages - and the people that inhabit them. Sketching engraved them in my memory. Now, I create Lost Cities of the imagination. The catalyst was a unique building block of folded paper - covered in drawings and paintings or awash in color and pattern. Subtle variations in stacking and connecting identical blocks generate distinct forms for each work. My search for Lost Cities had begun. Ten years, 100 works, eight variations, and six Lost Cities later, my search continues for rich possibilities waiting to be discovered in simple things.
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