Huenergardt brings to sculpture
a commanding skill for visualizing
and shaping three-dimensional
space. In the energetic silhoette
of Running Free, he recalls
the vivacity of Greek influenced
Etruscan art, primal and original
Western civilizations.
In Running Free, those qualities
impact a modernized vision of
ancient rhythm and grace.
Huenergardt coincides with other
early twentieth century artists who
explored, through ancient art and
its themes, notions of cultural
evolution – favoring the innocent
genesis of ancient civilizations to
the arttificiality of the modern world.
In Huenergardt's reverie stirs
the lost but not forgotten cultural
memory of Arcadia. An ancient
dream revived in modern terms,
the piece evokes a mood of
tranquility and energy in an ebullient
group of frolicking horses
glimpsed running free.
by Collette Chattopadhyay
