Overwinter

Artist Elliott Hundley American, born 1975

Date2016

MediumPaper, oil, pins, glass, plastic, foam, and linen on panel

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 58 1/2 × 50 3/8 × 7 in. (148.6 × 128 × 17.8 cm)

ClassificationsMixed Media

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art

Object number2023.12.1

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Label TextA densely layered, chaotic composition, Overwinter presents a sci-fi landscape filled with mysterious objects: floating eyeballs and planets, geodesic domes and abandoned cars, glass cups and plastic bananas, car keys and stick shelters. This dreamscape is peopled with cut-outs of tiny figures (staged photographs of the artist’s friends and family), set in a world where sky and earth seem upside-down. The surface is obsessively covered with hundreds of straight pins, each with a dab of paint on the head of the pin.

Elliott Hundley’s fantastic multi-media artworks embrace the irrational and supernatural . Moving back and forth between abstraction and representation, he invites the viewer to create their own narratives and meanings.
[L. Dougherty, 2023]ProvenanceCreated by Elliott Hundley, 2016; with Regen Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; sold to NCMA, 2023Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, CA, Regen Projects Gallery, “Elliott Hundley: There Is No More Firmament," May 13–June 18, 2016.

Los Angeles, CA, Regen Projects Gallery, "Echo," January 14–February 19, 2023.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," November 28, 2023-June 4, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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