Shara Hughes
Collide, 2022
Oil, acrylic and dye on canvas
Each canvas:
292.1 x 198.1 cm
115 x 78 in
Overall:
292.1 x 396.2 cm
115 x 156 in
292.1 x 198.1 cm
115 x 78 in
Overall:
292.1 x 396.2 cm
115 x 156 in
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The large pine tree at the heart of Collide extends its long branches across both canvases of the large-scale diptych. In the background, the sea hums with oranges, reds, pinks...
The large pine tree at the heart of Collide extends its long branches across both canvases of the large-scale diptych. In the background, the sea hums with oranges, reds, pinks and yellows, while the edges of the painting are framed by hills in a range of greens, purples and other hues. Although based on time Hughes spent at Denmark’s Baltic coast, and the landscapes she saw there, the painting transcends its origins in observation. A branch in the lower left bursts into pale crimson and white needles, hovering above a cluster of expressive weeds. Hughes describes her paintings as ‘invented landscapes’, a term she uses to describe their origin in personal emotions and experiences as well as their open-endedness. While the painting expresses the artists thoughts and emotions, it is equally available to the viewer’s imagination, conjuring a range of feelings, or even landscapes, that are familiar or distinct to each of us. Placed at the heart of Hughes’s exhibition Right This Way at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark, Collide is one of the most significant works by the artist in the last few years.