""The material basis of my sculpture is metallic opportunities. Bringing pressure to the right points, I draw the aesthetic out of the industrial process," Richard Hunt, one of the most prolific public sculptors in the United States, wrote in a notebook decades ago. This idea of pressure was central to Hunt's theory about sculpture. Now that will be on full display in the late artist's first institutional survey since his death at 88 in 2023, "Richard Hunt: Pressure," at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami."
"Its presentation during Miami Art Week "gives an opportunity for Hunt to be at the center of the art world in a way that he hasn't been before," Jon Ott, the executive director of the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation told ARTnews, noting that he hopes the exhibition will give Hunt and his work "a very well deserved and important introduction or reintroduction of his body of work to people from around the world.""
Richard Hunt developed a sculptural practice grounded in metalwork and the application of literal pressure to shape forms. Pressure operated as both a physical technique in his 1960s works and a social force influencing his responses while maintaining rigorous formalism. Hunt completed more than 160 public commissions across 24 states and Washington, D.C., mounted over 170 solo exhibitions, and is represented in more than 125 museums. The Institute of Contemporary Art Miami presents "Richard Hunt: Pressure," a survey of 28 sculptures from 1955–2010, displaying a large cross-section of his seven-decade career during Miami Art Week.
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