Robert Hudson, Hot Water, 1982, steel and paint

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Robert Hudson
Hot Water, 1982, steel and paint

“Hudson is a master orchestrator of visual puns and cryptic symbols. He compacts so much information into a single artwork that attempting to decode it becomes an inviting challenge.” --David Rubin