Nancy Hild (1948-2017)
Three Ages of Chickens, 1990
Acrylic on Canvas
Collection of DePaul Art Museum; Gift of Linda R. James
2018.02
“Nancy Hild’s work combines humor and a matter-of-factness that is easy to understand and can be deciphered within seconds. Straight-forward paintings that combine elements of surrealism are right in the niche of the types of paintings I am drawn to and this piece plays heavily into the themes of the exhibition. I hope that guests to the museum ask themselves the same questions I did when I first saw this piece: ‘Which stage in this chicken’s life compares the most to my life at this moment?’ Yet, the more important question, delving deeper, might be: ‘When will I know when the cycle has repeated itself?’”
––Spencer Bolding, B.A. History of Art and Architecture.