Re-Surface — C. Anthony Huber

Re-Surface / Rochester Art Center / Feb - March, 2016

This collection of new mixed media works on canvas represents a homecoming for Huber. Each work in this exhibition was inspired by a roadway intersection from his childhood hometown—specifically in material and formal qualities such as shape, color, and composition. In these works Huber utilizes materials such as concrete and blacktop along with oil paint to recreate surfaces of pavement that he has been photographing and cataloging for the last twenty years.

According to Huber: “Cement is the new cave wall: we still, and always are, primal beings with an immense desire to understand our environment around us. My work draws from that well; it draws a line between the motives of prehistoric cave art and our own attempts to order and decipher the modern urban environment. As humans we innately respond to mark making. My work explores this instinct and learned behavior by isolating specific segments of the environment that contain elements of abstracted visual language, and how that visual language shapes human interaction and helps us in understanding our modern environment.”

This project reflects the artist’s desire to capture and examine the language of mark making. Huber’s work explores how the handling of symbols, marks, shape, and color act as a direct mode of human communication and understanding. This relationship is what first drew Huber into art and has influenced his practice for so many years. For this body of work, he has dedicated himself to remaining true to the visions that initially pushed him into art-making.

Rochester Art Center exhibition catalog

Fresh Paint Magazine, London, Issue 11, 2016 — Fresh Paint Magazine, London, Issue 11, 2016

Viola & East River Road

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20x20 inches

East River Road & 37th Street SE

oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

65th Street NW & 50 Avenue NW

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

East River Road & 37 Street SE II

oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

7th Avenue NW & 2nd Street NW

oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

Riverside Lane SE & East River Road

oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

Viola Road & East River Road

oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

West Frontage Road & 26th Street NW

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

4th Street SE & 6th Avenue SE

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

3rd Avenue SE & Civic Center Drive

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

7th Avenue NW & 12th Street NW

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

7th Avenue NE & 11 Street NE

Oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

8 1/2 Street SE & 16th Avenue SE

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

South Broadway & 3rd Avenue SW

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

22nd Street SW & 15th Avenue SW

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

7th Avenue NW & 12th Street NW

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

50th Avenue NW & Badger Hill

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

8 1/2 Street SE & 16th Avenue SE II

oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

20 x 20 inches

2015

West Circle Drive & Country Club Manor

Oil, acrylic, cement, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

East Center St & 15th Avenue SE

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

4th Street SE & 6th Avenue SE

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

7th Avenue SW & 10th Street SW

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

11th Avenue SE & East Center Street

Oil, acrylic, asphalt, resin on canvas

24 x 24 inches

2015

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Viola & East River Road

1st Avenue SW & 2nd Street SW

East River Road & 37th Street SE

65th Street NW & 50 Avenue NW

East River Road & 37 Street SE II

7th Avenue NW & 2nd Street NW

Riverside Lane SE & East River Road

Viola Road & East River Road

West Frontage Road & 26th Street NW

4th Street SE & 6th Avenue SE

3rd Avenue SE & Civic Center Drive

7th Avenue NW & 12th Street NW

7th Avenue NE & 11 Street NE

8 1/2 Street SE & 16th Avenue SE

South Broadway & 3rd Avenue SW

22nd Street SW & 15th Avenue SW

7th Avenue NW & 12th Street NW

50th Avenue NW & Badger Hill

8 1/2 Street SE & 16th Avenue SE

West Circle Drive & Country Club Manor

East Center St & 15th Avenue SE

4th Street SE & 6th Avenue SE

7th Avenue SW & 10th Street SW

11th Avenue SE & East Center Street