The grains of pine look like brushstrokes, the furls of seafoam green paint draped like folds of fabric. When you get closer, you realize the reverence the piece has for its materials—there’s a traditionalism to its focus on craft, but an undeniable modernity to how the wood is treated.
Like any great piece of art, alum Dan Gunn (MFA 2007)’s Mount Pleasant, Tall Sherbet (Green) surprises you. Like any great piece of art, it’s brought people together.
The sculpture was one of dozens of pieces featured in the SAIC Art Auction, in which School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) faculty members and alums donated pieces to raise funds for student scholarships. The event was an incredible success—raising $641,000—thanks to the School’s generous community of supporters.
