In his work, William Hunt investigates the position and the potential of the body under artificial constraints. He draws upon (and questions) contemporary male and female stereotypes, the cult of youth and beauty and connects these to the iconography of pop culture. Hunt’s performances have their roots in art historical traditions – most of all body art and pop art – but operate consciously within contemporary culture. Hunt’s previous performances have involved a degree of musical showmanship, played out under some situation of physical duress, such as hanging upside down, spinning on a turntable, or singing under water.
In his new work, Hunt continues to pursue the spirit of adventure with a self-deprecating and ironic look at vanity and the aging process. The work takes the form of a multidisciplinary and multifunctional installation through which Hunt highlights parallels between the transformative processes of making art and the metamorphoses that occur in a beauty salon, striking a chord with the battles that artists and beauticians wage against entropy. Hunt will use the installation for his performances that explore, scan, dissect, multiply and standardize his own body through different methods.
The entry ticket will remain valid during the entire exhibition to allow visitors to follow its development.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on September the 12th at 18hrs.