I visited an exhibition today (Part I) - updated 1st November 2015

 Patrick Hughes: Moving Spaces

SEP 13, 2015 - NOV 15, 2015

 "The experience of seeing a Patrick Hughes sculptured painting in reality

 is really to experience unreality and the paradox of illusory space and movement." (source) 

This is exactly what I experienced today! In fact, photographies can't give you the thrill. You must see them, walk in front of them to see, what they do with your sight.  In fact, I tried to catch various angles of view.

"Flat, Forced, Reverse Perspective", 2008

63 x 48 x 20 cm

The famous Brillo Box was created by Andy Warhol in 1960ies

"Compendium", 2010
 43 x 90 x 18 cm

 "Horizon", 2000

46 x 97 x 15,5cm

the proof: it is three-dimensional and triangular and trapezoid

 "Handy", 2012

45 x 108,5 x 18 cm

 "Moving", 2012

45,5 x 90 x 17,5 cm

during my second visit I discovered this amazing detail:

I like this kind of optical illusion!

 "Impossible", 2005

46 x 82,5 x 18,5 cm

"Fierce Library", 2012 - Painting

28,5 x 26,5 x 9,5 cm

Don't be sure about what you believe to see. Corners that seem to be behind, are edges in front of you!

"Travel", 2004
42 x 80 x 19 cm

 "Cloud Cupboard", 2012 - Painting

71 x 188 x 20 cm

 

view from about 5 m distance

"Piles of books", 2014 - Painting

105,5 x 90,5 x 18 cm

 detail

some front views:

 "Cloudy", 2008

46,5 x 97 x 15 cm

 "Venice", 2006 - Collage

42 x 88 x 18 cm

 "Suitcases at the door", 2012 - Painting

48 x 131 x 20 cm

 "Moving Bauhaus", 2014 - Painting

48 x 125 x 21 cm

 

okay, this looks like a carpet on the floor? And you look onto it? Really? 

No! In fact this mazy ornamented carpet is painted on the ceiling and you look above.

 "The Pleasure of Escher", 2014 - Painting (!)

48,5 x 126 x 20 cm

 detail

 "Retroperspective"

44 x 77 x 21 cm

 "Pablo", 2013

53 x 112 x 20 cm

Several pieces of Art are marked as "Painting" - they are painted in oil directly on board.

The other artworks are painted, too. They are so-called "3D-Multiples". These are painted in oil on flat paper. Th finished paper is then reproduced digitally, hand-assembled on board and hand-finished. Mr. Hughes publishes four 'multiples' each year.

The Venice-pieces are 'collages', printed on archival paper. Details like water reflections and flat ends are painted by hand.

www.patrickhughes.co.uk

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My second visit (1st November) completed my collection of photos taken from the whole exhibition:

 "Andy", 2003
 44 x 80 x 18 cm

we also saw some amazing paintings by Fabian Seyd (*1979, german)
I'll show them to you in a separate posting.