100 Hooks

December 16, 2023-February 11, 2024

'100 Hooks' features over 100 esteemed artists and designers from the US, UK, Europe, Mexico, and Japan. The show is a continuation of JB Blunk’s seminal 1981 solo exhibition '100 Plates Plus' held at David Cole Gallery in Inverness, California. In a nod to his training in Japan, Blunk’s plates denied the distinction between art and craft. Blunk enacted a particular synthesis of art and the objects of life, creating these functional objects thoughtfully and artfully throughout his career.

This exhibition consists of 100 different responses to the same brief: to create one hook of any size or material. Hooks, like plates, are utilitarian objects. Each participating artist and designer was invited as a result of an existing connection with Blunk’s work. From exhibiting at Blunk Space, a residency at his iconic home and studio, or through the inspiration of his oeuvre, each participant has been touched by Blunk’s legacy. Each of the artists and designers offers their own approach to materials, form, and process, but also the relationship of aesthetics to function.

View the works from the exhibition here

Åbäke

Adam Pogue

Anna Karlin

Attua Aparicio

Ava Woo Kaufman

Bethan Laura Wood

Bill Geisinger

Brian Thoreen

Carl Clerkin

Carolina Jiménez

Charles de Lisle

Commune

Cross Lypka

Dan John Anderson

Dave Muller

David Wiseman

Erica Toogood

Erik Benjamins

Everett Noel

Fabien Cappello

Frances Palmer

Francesco Simeti

Francis Upritchard

Gemma Holt

Grace Sachi Troxell

Green River Projects

Harry Thaler

Ian Collings

Ido Yoshimoto

Ilse Crawford

Isaac Vazquez Avila

Jack Sasaki

James Sterling Pitt

Jason McLean

Jasper Morrison

Jay Nelson

Jay Payton

JB Blunk

Jesse Schlesinger

Jessica Thornton Murphy

Jim Olarte

Jo Beal (Creative Growth)

Jochen Holz

Joel Tomlin

John Gnorski

Jon Harrison

Jordan McDonald

Julie Hamisky

Julie Swartout (Creative Growth)

Kajsa Stahl/Abake

Keita Matsunaga

Kentaro Kawabata

Kori Girard

Larry Randolph (Creative Growth)

Larry White

Lars Frideen

Lauren Goodell

Leon Ransmeier

Leslie Williamson

Lucy Stark

Madeleine Fitzpatrick

Mariah Nielson

Martino Gamper

Masaomi Yasunaga

Matthias Kaiser

Max Frommeld

Max Lamb

Meryl Pataky

Michael Marriott

Minjae Kim

Nadia Yaron

Nathan Lynch

Nathaniel Jackson (Creative Growth)

Nellie Stark

Niles Wertz

Normal Studio

Peter McDonald

Peter St John

Rachel Kaye

Rando Aso

Rio Kobayashi

Rogan Gregory

Ruth Kneass

Saif Azzuz

Sam Bakewell

Serena Mitnik Miller

Sherry Stanley (Creative Growth)

Shio Kusaka

Simon Lamason

Siw Thomas

Solange Roberdeau

Studio AHEAD

Thomas Downes

Tiago Almeida

Tripp Carpenter

Vince Skelly

Whitman Shenk

Wilkinson & Rivera

Windy Chien & Erin Hupp

Woody De Othello

Yukiko Kuroda

Zhivago Duncan

Zoe Dering