The Hunter Museum’s ‘Fresh Take’ Provides a Stale View

Richard Jolley, Suspended in Dreams with the Cosmos, Cobalt and Crystal, 2016; furnace formed glass with gold and silver leaf, scavo surface treatment, fabricated.

A sculptural composition featuring a bird with outstretched wings perched on an upturned human face, rendered in a translucent, multicolored material that gives it a dreamlike, ethereal quality.

“Vivid: A Fresh Take” is on view at the Hunter Museum of American Art through June 1, 2025.

The Hunter Museum’s ‘Fresh Take’ Provides a Stale View