In Room 8, Glenstone will present one of Charles Ray’s masterworks, Hinoki (2007), on loan from the Art Institute of Chicago. The meticulously carved Hinoki, 2007, on loan from the Art Institute of Chicago, measures more than 32 feet in length and is widely regarded as one of the defining works of Ray's career. Due to its scale, complexity, and fragility, the sculpture has been on view only once outside of the Art Institute since it entered its collection in 2007. This installation is the seventh rotation of Ray’s work in Room 8 and will be on view beginning Friday, October 23, 2026.

Hinoki is a faithful recreation of a fallen tree Ray discovered along California's central coast. Drawn to the form, he transported the log to his Los Angeles studio, where silicone molds were made of its surfaces, hollowed trunk, and details. From those molds, Ray produced a fiberglass pattern that he sent to master woodcarver Yuboku Mukoyoshi in Osaka, Japan. For the next four years, Mukoyoshi and a team of apprentices carved the work from hinoki, the Japanese cypress. Through this careful translation from toppled tree to carved sculpture, Hinoki prompts reflection on permanence, change, and the relationship between the natural and human-made worlds.