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