Shawn Huckins: Exclusive Release
Shawn Huckins: Exclusive Release
On Thursday March 4th, we are excited to launch our first collaborative release with Shawn Huckins, featuring two exclusive prints. “Lady Reading Letters: Delete Me” and “Portrait Of A Young Gentleman: Unfollow Me” starting from $490. The release also includes five unique variations of both editions, each hand embellished by Huckins, as well as a selection of unique paintings. The artworks can be purchased directly on the Guy Hepner Online Shop on Thursday from 2pm EST.
Huckins is known for both his brilliant humor and technical skill as a painter. In his most notable series to date, ‘The American Revolution Revolution’ and ‘The American ___tier,’ Huckins satirizes social media, asking whether the devolution of language in the face of technological advancement weakens our ability to empathize and connect to one another in a meaningful way. By layering early American portraiture and landscape with text taken directly from the internet, Huckins confronts the priorities of our society in comparison to simpler times. What would George Washington post on Facebook? How would Lewis and Clark communicate their progress westward via Twitter?Huckins’ works are meticulously hand-painted, including the letters. The portraits, landscapes and pastoral scenes are sourced from public domain records and museum collections of classic American paintings.A New Hampshire native, Huckins now lives and works in Denver, Colorado. His work has been displayed in private and public collections across the country, including The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, The Tucson Museum of Art, The TIA Collection, and The Vicki Myhren Gallery at The University of Denver. Huckins has received grants from The Haven Foundation of Maine, The Artists’ Fellowship Inc. of New York City, Colorado Creative Industries, and The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, among others.