Spring Hurlbut Explained

Spring Hurlbut
Birth Date:11 April 1952
Birth Place:Toronto
Alma Mater:OCAD University, NSCAD University

Spring Hurlbut (born 11 April 1952) is a Canadian artist, known for work that deals with the relationship between sculpture and architecture, and with themes of mortality.[1] She lives and works in Toronto.[2]

Education

Hurlbut studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design, now known as OCAD University from 1971 to 1973 and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University) from 1973 to 1975.[3]

Works

Early in her career, Hurlbut created on-site work using plaster that dispelled the 'common assumption that our built environment simply exists'.[1] Beginning in her studio in 1977, Hurlbut made a number of wall works. A hand plastered wall work The Wall was made in the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1981[4] and the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart in 1983.[1] [5] The installation Three Tree Columns was featured at the Toronto Sculpture Garden in 1986 and on the campus of York University in 1989. Its components included actual tree trunks with Doric bases and capitals made from steel.[6] In her later work, she investigated the origins of classical Greek architecture. Ovo and Claw Entablature (1990) is an example of such work. The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil was an installation created from Artifacts in the Royal Ontario Museum in 2001[7]

In the mid 90s Hurlbut began to photograph cremated ashes. Several of those works, Mary #3 (2006), Peewee #2 (2007) and Scarlett #1 (2005) are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Airborne, a slow-motion video work from 2008 is a reflection on mortality. It documents the release of human ashes entrusted to the artist by relatives of the deceased, including her own father.[8] [9] [10]

Hurlbut and her partner, the photographer Arnaud Maggs, were the subject of the film Spring & Arnaud, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April 2013.[11] In the 1990s, Hurlbut and Maggs divided their time between Toronto and France, spending their summers exploring French flea markets and finding objects to incorporate into their works, which explored similar themes of time, life and death, and loss.[12]

Hurlbut's work is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the National Gallery of Canada.

Hurlbut was awarded the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts in 2018.[13]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spring Hurlbut. www.gallery.ca. 2016-05-04.
  2. Web site: Spring Hurlbut - Canadian Art. Canadian Art. en-US. 2016-05-04.
  3. Web site: Spring Hurlbut. SELINE. JANICE. The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2016-05-04.
  4. Web site: Mercer Union ARTIST SUMMER STUDIO PROJECT: A COLUMN ON LOCATION. www.mercerunion.org. 2016-05-16.
  5. Book: Spring Hurlbut.. Dewdney. Christopher. Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver. B.C.). 1990. Contemporary Art Gallery. 978-0-920751-27-5. Vancouver. Hurlbut. Spring.
  6. Book: Richards, Larry. Spring Hurlbut's Three Columns. Art Gallery of York University. 1989. Toronto. AGO: PAMP. 730.971 H93 T63.9 c.2.
  7. Book: Spring Hurlbut - the final sleep, le dernier sommeil [catalogue of an exhibition held at the Royal Ontario Museum, 28 April - 19 August 2001]]. Hurlbut. Spring. Baluk. Ulana. McLuhan. Elizabeth. Royal Ontario Museum. 2001-01-01. Royal Ontario Museum. 0888544367. Toronto, Ontario. 723502754. en.
  8. Web site: Spring Hurlbut: Airborne - Canadian Art. Canadian Art. en-US. 2016-05-04.
  9. Web site: Spring Hurlbut - RIC - Exhibitions - Ryerson University. www.ryerson.ca. 2016-05-04.
  10. Web site: Spring Hurlbut: Deadfall Dialogues - Canadian Art. Canadian Art. en-US. 2016-05-04.
  11. News: Hot Docs gem Spring & Arnaud blends art with love story: Knelman Toronto Star. The Toronto Star. 23 April 2013. 2016-05-04. Knelman. Martin.
  12. Book: Cibola, Anne . Arnaud Maggs: Life & Work . Art Canada Institute . 2022 . 978-1-4871-0276-0 . Toronto . English.
  13. Web site: Spring Hurlbut . www.youtube.com . Governor General's Awards . 17 August 2022.

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