Patrick Hughes
Works
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MaeghtPatrick HughesView more details
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Robotic, 2020Patrick HughesView more details
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Paree, 2023Patrick HughesView more details
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Banksi, 2021Patrick HughesView more details
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Popsee, 2020Patrick HughesView more details
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"Banksy" 3D Multiple, 2018Patrick HughesView more details
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Unstable, 2018Patrick HughesView more details
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Bertie and Buddha, 2023Patrick HughesView more details
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In and Out, 2019Patrick HughesView more details
Biography
"Patrick's geometric abstract works often have a strong sense of narrative through their depth, and even when working on a flat surface, he still manages to create depth with his intricate skill and refined mark making." - Rise Art (2022)
Patrick was born in Birmingham, England in October 1939. Patrick held his first solo show in 1961 at the Portal Gallery, London. It was the first one-man show by a Pop Artist, though they were not even called that then. A few years later, Hughes made two seminal reverse perspective works; Infinity and Sticking-out Room. In the 1970s Hughes’ name became synonymous with rainbow paintings, which also became very popular as prints and as postcards; people enjoyed them as decoration, but for Hughes the rainbow represented a solid experience.
In the late 1980s, Hughes revisited exploiting the difference between perspective and reverspective and solidifying space. For the last 25 years his 3-D reverspective paintings have been in high demand, being exhibited around the world and featured in many public collections. The experience of seeing a Patrick Hughes sculptured painting in real life is really to experience unreality combined with the paradox of illusory space and movement.
In the late 1980s, Hughes revisited exploiting the difference between perspective and reverspective and solidifying space. For the last 25 years his 3-D reverspective paintings have been in high demand, being exhibited around the world and featured in many public collections. The experience of seeing a Patrick Hughes sculptured painting in real life is really to experience unreality combined with the paradox of illusory space and movement.
Exhibitions
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Gormleys at Charlemont Square
International Art & Sculpture Exhibition 6 Oct - 5 Nov 2023Gormleys is proud to present a major exhibition featuring some of the biggest names in international and Irish art. Over 150 artworks will be on display, including a feature...Read more -
Patrick Hughes: Reverspective
Dublin Gallery 11 May - 10 Jun 2023Born in 1939, Hughes is the creator of 'reverspective', an optical illusion on a three-dimensional surface where the parts of the picture which seem farthest away are actually physically the...Read more
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