Official Woodstock Library Fair Poster

The official poster of the 80th Annual Woodstock Library Fair by Michael Hunt:



2011 by Michael Hunt

Location:Country Club Ln,Woodstock,United States

Woodstock Bullseye

Featured above the bar at Wok N Roll in Woodstock, New York:






Woodstock Bullseye, acrylic on naturally fallen, sandblasted redwood.


2011 by Michael Hunt

Location:Holiday Dr,Woodstock,United States

Now at OR9 restroom

Woodstock AirForce, vinyl on far wall, Oriole 9 restroom, Woodstock, New York






2011 by Michael Hunt

Location:Old Wagon Rd,Woodstock,United States

Woodstock Times Smart Art by Paul Smart Thurs 21 April 2011

COSMIC AMERICAN ART
by Paul Smart Thursday April 21st

The art exhibits that Lenny Kislin puts together at Oriole 9 in Woodstock always have an odd but enlightening balance to them. Think apples and cats, oranges and drive shafts.

Or better, head over and see what’s up at the eatery/gallery into the middle of May: being the road sign paintings of Mary Anne Erickson, almost photorealist in their execution, were it not for the painter’s beautifully mnemonic effects, as well as the sanblasted wood works of Michael Hunt, including his great new piece Falluja (the Ninth Ward), a symphony of dark imagery on natural redwood.

Hunt calls his work “Cosmic American Art” in reference to a term that Gram Parsons coined for his own music back in the early 1970s. “A hybrid of Pop & Folk that examines, indicts, celebrates and surrenders to the search for that mythic and ragged American Dream,” is how he described his singular work. “It is a place somewhere out there in the postmodern mind, a rest stop halfway between the dream world and the waking life.”

“This show is devoted to some of the signs I’ve seen and loved in my travels over the years. I continue to be enamored with this theme for many personal reasons, and I just love the ‘kitschy’ nature of many of these images,” Erickson writes of her new “Signs of the Times” series. “Many artists and photographers have found visions of our past and the interface with today’s world compelling. What we call ‘America’ is always in flux, changing and evolving.

Guess the shared terrain of these two artists Mr. Kislin has pulled together is more cogently together than first suspected. ++

Oriole 9 is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week at 17 Tinker Street, across from the Village Green. For further information call 679-5763 or visit www.oriole9.com.

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Location:New York 212,Woodstock,United States

The Inverted Democracy: Acoustic Sandblastings @ Oriole 9, Woodstock

Now showing thru Tuesday 10 May at Oriole 9, 17 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY

All works: acrylics &/or clear stain on naturally-felled sandblasted redwood:



dance all night every night (Including the "How-to," of Shotmaking and All Game Rules), 1998, $1650


BEES TRIPTYCH: $3000 or $1250 each:



Bees Triptych 1: A Coalition of the Willing



Bees Triptych 2: A Tension of Love



Bees Triptych 3: Mourning Before Dancing




Falluja (The Ninth Ward), $1650




You got the power to let power go, $750





Fallen Tree Spring Collection, $750





Cosmic American Family Tree: Babe Ruth OR Talkin' Brother Mathias Father Figure Blues, $750




Cosmic American Family Tree: Lenny Bruce OR Talkin' Brother Mathias Foundation Scam Blues, $750

Location:New York 212,Woodstock,United States

Woodstock’s 2002 Guitar Sculptures

In 2002 the Woodstock New York Chamber of Commerce & Arts put out a call for guitar sculptures via competitive entry as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of Woodstock as a colony of the arts. The ten winning sculptures were unveiled in May of 2002, and positioned at various locations throughout the village of Woodstock. They were hugely popular with visitors and residents alike, and were featured by Sotheby’s/eBay in an online special auction of rock ‘n’ roll collectibles and Beatles memorabilia that took place October 31 though November 10, 2002.



"Heavenly Beatles," 2002 by Michael Hunt

Measurements: 96” high x 36” wide x 10” deep
Weight: 150 lbs.
Materials: Base (Vox Amp)—concrete, plywood, foam and stainless steel.
Rickenbacker guitar—Spanish cedar, latex paint and stainless steel.
Guitar strings—17 gauge galvanized electric fence wire.

Inspiration: “A tribute to John Lennon and George Harrison, the late great Beatles guitarists, for all they’ve given to the world.”

Michael Hunt was conceived at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, NY and born in Honesdale, PA in 1970. His work, known as Cosmic American Art, is a generous mix of pop, folk and history.

“The Beatles take the notion of a generation gap and smash it right to bits. They will be listened to forever. I just wanted to honor the two [Beatles] guitarists for all they’ve given the universe, and how they were always choosing love over fear. The piece sort of evolved into a very realistic version of their equipment…Vox…Rickenbacker. It’s all very familiar and really works as a tribute. There’re so many statues honoring generals and politicians—here’s a memorial of a different kind, honoring the things that make us want to live in the first place.”

Location:Rock City Rd,Woodstock,United States

Private Collection works

Johnny Cash bootleg (reject # 1615), 2000, acrylic on naturally fallen, sandblasted redwood



Falluja Red (red ninth ward)
2005, Acrylic/canvas





Woodstock Nation Air Strike, 2005, acrylic on naturally fallen, sandblasted redwood


From the private collection of Maureen & Andrew Gyves, Brooklyn, New York.


2011 by Michael Hunt

Location:Holiday Dr,Woodstock,United States