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Lot 9PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
PATRICK HUGHES (b. 1939)
Fiction Section
Fermé24 November 2017
Prix réalisé
GBP 37,500
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'It is a contradictory view of a room that sticks outwards instead of one you can walk into, but as you walk away from it to look back again, the perspective changes, so the part that is closest actually looks furthest. It is bloody marvellous.’ Patrick Hughes
Patrick Hughes held his first solo show in 1961 at the Portal Gallery, London, the first one-man show by a Pop Artist. Hughes made his first 'Reverspective', a contraction of 'reverse' and 'perspective', in 1964. Sticking Out Room, is a life-sized ‘room’ created for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Hughes returned to his exploration of perspective and Reverspective, in the 1980s, revisiting the idea of solidifying space and the paradox of illusory space and movement. Since, Hughes’ Reverspective works have been widely exhibited both within the United Kingdom and internationally. Employing his trademark composition of a library – a rectilinear form which serves to heighten the illusory impact of the construction, Fiction Section is an impressive example of Hughes' three-dimensional paintings that gives the visual effect of constant motion, determined by the shifting position of the viewer.
We are very grateful to the artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Patrick Hughes held his first solo show in 1961 at the Portal Gallery, London, the first one-man show by a Pop Artist. Hughes made his first 'Reverspective', a contraction of 'reverse' and 'perspective', in 1964. Sticking Out Room, is a life-sized ‘room’ created for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Hughes returned to his exploration of perspective and Reverspective, in the 1980s, revisiting the idea of solidifying space and the paradox of illusory space and movement. Since, Hughes’ Reverspective works have been widely exhibited both within the United Kingdom and internationally. Employing his trademark composition of a library – a rectilinear form which serves to heighten the illusory impact of the construction, Fiction Section is an impressive example of Hughes' three-dimensional paintings that gives the visual effect of constant motion, determined by the shifting position of the viewer.
We are very grateful to the artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.