Hydrants

Bettina Hubby
Vinyl decals
Size variable, 24-48 inches tall
Full color, restickable
$180 each
$1,500 for entire series

Since the 1990s Hubby has been photographing and using images of hydrants in her work including drawings, collages, life-sized decals, temporary tattoos, and soft sculpture. In 2014 a large display of the Hydrants decals were on view at LA Mart, in 2015 at l.a.Eyeworks, and in 2017 at Bestor Architecture.

Hubby on the series:

In the early 90s I moved from the South to New York City to attend grad school at SVA (School of Visual Arts). My neighborhood was bleak, frightening, filthy. In the unfriendly atmosphere I sought something positive to focus on. I became obsessed with hydrants, an unlikely source of inspiration and humor. I began seeking out the new forms, photographing them and delighting in them in my travels around the city. They were clean, colorful and personify-able, which in turn helped to make New York more penetrable, engaging and survivable. The focus on these omnipresent objects has endured in my practice as a symbol of finding beauty in the often overlooked.

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Hydrants matrix, Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal.630 x 65 inches (approximate), Open edition.

Mellow (yellow and red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal. 31 x 23.75 inches, Open edition.

Industrial family (cream), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 33 x 26 inches. Open edition.

Options (gold), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 36 x 50 inches. Open edition.

Tall drink of water (red and white), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 43 x 19 inches. Open edition.

Sloppy (blue and white), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 33 x 16.25 inches. Open edition.

Mowed (red and white and grass), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 31.5 x 17.25 inches. Open edition.

Big Red, Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 37 x 32.25 inches. Open edition.

Attentive (green), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 30 x 17 inches. Open edition.

Protected (teal), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 32.5 x 24 inches. Open edition.

Queen (teal), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 32 x 19.25 inches. Open edition.

Lockness (teal), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 37 x 32.25 inches. Open edition.

Spirit animal (red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 43 x 22.75 inches. Open edition.

Curious (teal), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 28 x 20.75 inches. Open edition.

Tough guy (red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 31.5 x 20.25 inches. Open edition.

Dirt Devil (red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 33 x 26 inches. Open edition.

Guards (gold and silver), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 40 x 38.5 inches. Open edition.

Blind (teal), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 36.5 x 21 inches. Open edition.

Robot (red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 36.75 x 27.5 inches. Open edition.

Stunted (cream), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 21 x 29 inches. Open edition.

Protuberant (red), Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal, 40 x 63.75 inches. Open edition.

Hydrants matrix, Bettina Hubby, n.d. Vinyl decal.630 x 65 inches (approximate), Open edition. Installation view, LA Mart, Los Angeles.