With Stringing Me Along, assemblagist Richard Hinger has expanded his visual metaphors to include the intersection of music and sex. Using colorful assemblages of stringed instruments morphed into psycho/sexual cacophony of music and passion. This series reflects the place where Americans and the ever-evolving sexual mores of the day mix into the volatile, sensational gumbo of mercurial, sometimes violent and often hyper manipulative private passions hidden behind public persona’s.

Since the curious confluence of feminism and technology has leveled the social playing field, women’s professional successes have left them free to explore their sexual lives in ways only a small percentage have in the past. The result has been plethora of social and sexual styles emerging, leaving many of both sexes either empowered or embittered. With it’s provocative titles including “Magicordian”, “Puzzled Parts”, “TransBendo”, “Grinding Agreement” and “Three Minute MainLine”, Stringing Me Along touches all sides of this controversy and resonates with suggestive symbols and juxtapositions of this roiled ocean of sexual relations and behaviors.

Hinger states, “Music and sex constantly reinvent themselves and the ways they interrelate. As long the envelope in both endeavors is being pushed, music and sex will continue to have a major influence on visual artists and their audiences. For me the colors and textures are important in the way that a beautiful flower can entice bugs to their deaths. Sex and music are certainly alluring, but we have to be careful of what we wish for, who we listen to and what kind of sexual relations we embrace. You never know what the next chord or kiss can lead to.

	SNAKED AGAIN - 2002 34″ x 12″ x 10″
	FOUR SCORE MORES - 2004 68″ x 63″ x 10″
	SNAKED AGAIN - 2002 39″ x 16″ x 9″
	MAGICORDIAN - 2000 64″ x 44″ x 11″
	SUPER STOKE A THON - 2001 44″ x 20″ x 13″
	THREE MINUTE MAINLINE - 2002 59″ x 33″ x 18″
	JOE MOMMA - 2004 64″ x 24″ x 10″
	CROCK ROCK - 2002 36″ x 14″ x 27″
	FACE BASS - 2004 34″ x 12″ x 10″
	STEERS AND JEERS - 2002 42″ x 26″ x 10″
	GRINDING AGREEMENT - 2002 87″ x 18″ x 10″
	PUZZLED PARTS - 2001 60″ x 32″ x 20″
	TRANSBENDO - 2003 76″ x 72″ x 12″
	PERTY PETUNIA - 2001 45″ x 21″ x 18″
	FIVE STAR MOLE - 2001 67″ x 43″ x 9″
	JIGSAW RHYTHMS - 2001 62″ x 25″ x 7″
	SIZZLING SIBLINGS - 2004 52″ x 36″ x 10″
	ROOTIN TOOTIN GOOD TIME - 2001 35″ x 22″ x 8″
	SKIP TO MY LOU - 2001 79″ x 47″ x 11″
	WHO’S MY DADDY NOW ? - 2001 72″ x 50″ x 12″