Shara Hughes Time Lapsed

by Luzern, Kunstmuseum; Presenhuber, Galerie Eva; Hughes, Shara; Fetzer, Fanni

• ISBN13: 9783969120965
• ISBN10: 3969120969
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-12-01
• Publisher: DCV

Summary

Shara Hughes (b. Atlanta, 1981; lives and works in New York) describes her pictures and drawings as psychological or invented landscapes. Her cliff coasts, river valleys, sunsets, and lush gardens, often framed by abstract patterns, might be the settings of fairy tales or scenes from paradise. As the New Yorker put it, the paintings “ use every trick in the book to seduce, but still manage to come off as guileless visions of not-so-far-away worlds.” Wielding oil paint, brushes, spatulas, and spray cans, the artist celebrates painting itself, not infrequently quoting the masters of past eras. Shara Hughes studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her most recent solo exhibitions are currently on view at the FLAG Art Foundation, New York, and the Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. In 2021, she had shows at the Yuz Museum, Shanghai; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; the Garden Museum, London; the Aspen Museum of Art, Colorado; and at Le Consortium, Dijon.

Author Biography

Kunstmuseum Luzern was founded in 1932 and is one of the most important art museums in Switzerland. Art gallery in Zü rich, Switzerland. Shara Hughes (b. Atlanta, 1981; lives and works in New York) studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her most recent solo exhibitions are currently on view at the FLAG Art Foundation, New York, and the Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. In 2021, she had shows at the Yuz Museum, Shanghai; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; the Garden Museum, London; the Aspen Museum of Art, Colorado; and at Le Consortium, Dijon. Fanni Fetzer (* October 15, 1974 in Chur) is a Swiss author, curator and museum director. She lives in Zurich and Lucerne.