Wishing an incredible 87th birthday to one of the most accomplished sculptors in history, Richard Hunt! @richardhuntsculptor Hunt’s iconic work has been exhibited 12 times at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, including a solo retrospective in 1971 when Hunt was only 35 years old. Titled “The Sculpture of Richard Hunt,” this was only the third solo exhibition for a black artist in the history of MoMA. Hunt is still active in his studio today, more than 50 years later. Throughout his career, Hunt has continued to scavenge his materials from the scrap yards around his lifelong home of Chicago. His distinctive visual language combines this quintessential material of the built world with forms and gestures evocative of nature, conveying the inherent beauty and grace Hunt perceives within the hybrid spirit of our time. Hunt has been celebrated in more than 100 solo exhibitions, including retrospectives at MOMA; The Art Institute of Chicago, the Studio Museum, the Georgia Museum of Art, and the Milwaukee Art Center. More than a dozen major monographs have been published of Hunt’s work. His career has also been the subject of two documentary films, and critical reviews in scores of the most influential art publications of the past century. Other major recent exhibitions of Hunt's work include “Solo Presentation,”Frieze Masters 2019, London, England; “The Sculpture of Richard Hunt,” “Richard Hunt: Framed and Extended,” The Studio Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; “Richard Hunt,” Georgia Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Museum of African American History Detroit. Cheers to all of your achievements, Richard! It is a honor to work with you. #richardhunt #kaviguptagallery