Spring Hurlbut (born 11 April 1952) is a Canadian artist, known for work that deals with the relationship between sculpture and architecture, and with themes of mortality.
[3] Early in her career, Hurlbut created on-site work using plaster that dispelled the 'common assumption that our built environment simply exists'.
The Final Sleep/Le Dernier Sommeil was an installation created from Artifacts in the Royal Ontario Museum in 2001[7] In the mid 90s Hurlbut began to photograph cremated ashes.
It documents the release of human ashes entrusted to the artist by relatives of the deceased, including her own father.
[12] Hurlbut's work is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the National Gallery of Canada.