High Noon: Tom Hück : Printing Storyteller

Tom Hück (born 1971) is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. He lives and works in Park Hills, Missouri, where he runs his own press Evil Prints @ Spiderhole Studio. His work is influenced by Albrecht Dürer, José Guadalupe Posada, R. Crumb, and Honoré Daumier. Hück’s woodcut prints are included in numerous public and private collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of Congress, Spencer Museum of Art, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fogg Art Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, and The New York Public Library. Hück has been represented by David Krut Art Projects in New York, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas Ciri, and Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis. Currently Hück’s gallery representation is C. G. Boerner in New York. High Noon offers free cultural and artistic programming, during your lunch hour! The High Noon series features St. Louis talents from across the arts, cultural, and educational spectrum. Spend a lunch hour enjoying presentations and performances in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere – take a break, and feel free to bring your lunch! High Noons in the Listening Room at High Low (3301 Washington Avenue) take place every Thursday from 12 to 1pm.