London-based artist Patrick Hughes (b 1939) is acclaimed for his exploration of perspective and visual paradoxes, inventing an optical illusion of three-dimensional surface where the parts of the picture which seem the furthest away are physically the nearest. The preconceived assumptions of eye and brain are challenged, inevitably raising important questions about our perception and the subconscious.
The 2018 ‘Collection’ is a three-dimensional hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet enclosed in a plexiglass boxreferences both New York and Venice by including sculpturesAmerican artist Robert Indiana (1928-2018), Piemonte Ravioli Co., an Italian food shop in New York, alongside a Venetian building.
Patrick Hughes is represented in public collections including Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, and the British Council.