SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives wove published on Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin sheet 30 x 24cm unframed Size:(30 x 24cm)
Shara Hughes b. 1981 Moon Lights signed, titled and dated 2015 NYC (on the reverse) oil, acrylic, oil stick, emulsion and spray paint on canvas 147.5 by 122 cm. 58 by 48 in. Executed in 2015.
Shara Hughes b. 1981 i: Meeting Room ii: Red Room Green Lamp i: signed and dated 2008 (lower right) ii: signed and dated 2008 (lower left) each: mixed media on paper i: 28.5 by 38.2 cm. 11⅛ by 15 in. ii: 29 by 38 cm. 11⅜ by 15 in. each, framed: 42.6 by 52.7 cm. 16¾ by 20¾ in. each: Executed in 2008.
SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered 89/100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives sheet 30 x 24cm unframed
Shara Hughes, American b.1981- Night Opening, 2022; etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives, Edition 125, signed, dated and numbered 76/100 in pencil, published by Text Zur Kunst, sheet: 30 x 24 cm, (unframed)
SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered 89/100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives sheet 30 x 24cm unframed
Shara Hughes (b.1981) Night Opening Etching printed in colours, 2022, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, published by Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin, on BFK Rives paper, the full sheet, sheet 300 x 239mm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8in)
SHARA HUGHES (B. 1981) Moon lights 2015 signed, titled, dated 2015 and inscribed NYC on the reverse oil, acrylic, oil stick, emulsion and spray paint on canvas 147.3 by 122 cm. 58 by 48 1/16 in.
SHARA HUGHES (B. 1981) Drawing for 'Choose your angle' 2009 signed and dated 09; signed, titled and dated 2009 on the reverse acrylic, oil stick, pastel, watercolour, marker pen, glitter and paper collage on paper 63.5 by 49.5 cm. 25 by 19 1/2 in.
Shara Hughes (b.1981) Night Opening Etching printed in colours, 2022, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, published by Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin, on BFK Rives paper, the full sheet, sheet 300 x 239mm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8in)
SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered 89/100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives sheet 30 x 24cm unframed
Shara Hughes b. 1981 You're Not Lost Stupid You're Hiding signed, titled and dated 2012 (on the reverse) oil, enamel, acrylic, spray paint on canvas 40 by 34 in. 101.6 by 86.4 cm. Executed in 2012.
Shara Hughes b. 1981 Eye of the Swell signed (on the stretcher); signed, titled and dated 2016 (on the reverse) oil, acrylic, Flashe and airbrush on canvas 68 by 60 in. 172.7 by 152.4 cm. Executed in 2016.
Shara Hughes (American, born 1981) Night Opening Etching and drypoint in purple, 2022, on BFK Rives wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 91/100 in pencil, published by Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin, the full sheet Plate 145 x 125mm (5 3/4 x 4 7/8in) Sheet 300 x 239mm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8in)
Shara Hughes B. 1981 Untitled signed and dated 2005 (lower left) colored pencil, acrylic paint, marker and graphite on paper 13⅞ by 11⅛ in. 35.2 by 28.3 cm. Executed in 2005.
Shara Hughes b. 1981 Untitled signed and dated 2005 (upper right) colored pencil, acrylic, marker and graphite on paper 13⅞ by 11⅛ in. 35.2 by 28.3 cm. Executed in 2005.
SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered 89/100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives sheet 30 x 24cm unframed
SHARA HUGHES (Atlanta 1981–lives and works in Brooklyn) Night Night. 2015. Acrylic, oil, lacquer and spray colour on canvas. Signed, dated, titled, with mearsurements and location on the reverse: "Night Night" SHARA HUGHES 2015 58×48 NYC. 147.5 × 122 cm. Provenance: - Grieder Contemporary, Zurich (verso with the label). - Private collection. - Purchased from the above by the present owner. "Everyone knows what a landscape looks like—there is an entire tradition of painting that informs our expectations. I wondered how I could take something that is seemingly so known and make it mine, while still getting all the satisfaction of painting, and the history of painting, in one." Shara Hughes. Shara Hughes was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1981. She studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004. Her work has been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions in China, France, Switzerland, the UK and the US, including the MET, the Rachofsky Collection, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Whitney Museum of Art in New York. An entire room was dedicated to the artist at the Whitney Biennial in 2017. Shara Hughes lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and is one of today's most sought-after artists. Her early work incorporated narratives of her private life in predominantly elaborate interior scenes. For Hughes, at the time this genre was ideal as a way for her to express herself, while also ensuring the greatest possible artistic freedom in her works:"(...) within an interior, you can make a landscape through a window or you can make another person's painting within the painting, or you can paint figures or not." With her move to New York in 2014, the interlocking interior views transformed into unreal, almost otherworldly landscapes, the so-called "invented landscapes". Here, the artist makes use of a broad, often garish colour palette and combines a wide variety of paint media and instruments to lead the viewer on a voyage of discovery into a mystical dream world, far removed from traditional landscape painting. That Hughes' work is inspired by currents of Fauvism, Surrealism or Symbolism is evident in her rebellion against conventional representations of light and space. Likewise, spontaneous painting techniques, playful structures and perspectives are used, which are reminiscent of the painterly innovations of Hockney and Munch. Her canvases become the setting for rolling hills, meandering rivers, gnarled, menacing trees, magical coastlines and, not infrequently, oversized floral displays, all loosely arranged yet seeming to merge. Nevertheless, Hughes repeatedly emphasises that her depictions are based on pure intuition. They represent not so much landscapes, but rather a kind of abstract self-portraiture and self-reflection. They possibly also serve as a bridge between abstraction and representation. For Hughes, the idea of landscape embodies a tremendous openness that can be attributed to the constant state of change, be it due to the time of day, the weather, the growth or death of plants. Hughes skilfully embraces as her own this supposed uncertainty in the sense of transformation. In this way, her works reveal a psychological complexity that, although deeply personal, is open enough to allow the viewer to project their own memories and bring to life a world that is at once elegant and chaotic - imbued with a vibrant harmony of the organic, the subjective and the surreal. In "Night Night", Hughes visualises a stretch of dune leading out to sea. Although the work was created a year after her move to the East Coast, it remains open as to whether the landscape in question is a throwback to the beaches of Long Island. The artist draws on the rather more subdued shades of red, green and brown, which, rounded off by orange, yellow, blue and beige, occupy the foreground of the picture. In contrast to the flat arrangement, Hughes achieves a loosening effect through the use of spray paint in the area of the path that leads us straight to the water. She marks the edges of the black and yellow water horizontally with pink and orange stripes that run towards the path. With the moon floating in the centre and reflected on the surface, a nocturnal mood is created regardless of the bright visual effect. Night Night is thus not only a testament to Hughes' skilful use of different perspectives but also to her ability to constantly challenge the viewer's imagination. --------------- SHARA HUGHES (Atlanta 1981–lebt und arbeitet in Brooklyn) Night Night. 2015. Acryl, Öl, Lackfarbe und Sprühfarbe auf Leinwand. Verso signiert, datiert, betitelt sowie mit Mass- und Ortsangabe: "Night Night" SHARA HUGHES 2015 58×48 NYC. 147,5 × 122 cm. Provenienz: - Grieder Contemporary, Zürich (verso mit dem Etikett). - Privatsammlung. - Bei obiger Sammlung vom heutigen Besitzer erworben. "Everyone knows what a landscape looks like - there is an entire tradition of painting that informs our expectations. I wondered how I could take something that is seemingly so known and make it mine, while still getting all the satisfaction of painting, and the history of painting, in one." Shara Hughes Shara Hughes wird 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia geboren. Sie studiert Malerei an der Rhode Island School of Design, wo sie 2004 mit dem Bachelor of Fine Arts abschliesst. Ihre Werke sind in zahlreichen Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen in China, Frankreich, der Schweiz, dem Vereinigten Königreich, den USA, darunter dem MET, der Rachofsky Collection, dem Smithsonian American Art Museum und dem Whitney Museum of Art in New York vertreten. Auf der Whitney Biennale 2017 wird der Künstlerin ein ganzer Raum gewidmet. Shara Hughes lebt und arbeitet in Brooklyn, New York und ist heute eine der gefragtesten Künstlerinnen der Gegenwart. Zu Beginn verarbeitet sie Narrative ihres Privatlebens in überwiegend aufwendigen Interieur-Szenen. Für Hughes ist dieses Genre zum damaligen Zeitpunkt ideal, um sich zu artikulieren und in ihren Werken gleichzeitig die grösstmögliche künstlerische Freiheit sicherzustellen:"(…) within an interior, you can make a landscape through a window or you can make another person’s painting within the painting, or you can paint figures or not." Mit ihrem Umzug nach New York 2014 verwandeln sich die verschachtelten Innenansichten zu unwirklichen, fast jenseitigen Landschaften, den so genannten "invented landscapes." Hierbei bedient sich die Künstlerin einer breiten, oftmals grellen Farbpalette und kombiniert verschiedenste Farbmittel und Instrumente, um den Betrachter fernab von traditioneller Landschaftsmalerei auf Entdeckungsreise in eine mystische Traumwelt zu leiten. Dass Hughes’ Arbeit an Strömungen des Fauvismus, Surrealismus oder Symbolismus angelehnt ist, wird durch ihre Auflehnung gegen konventionelle Darstellungen von Licht und Raum offensichtlich. Ebenso kommen spontane Maltechniken, spielerische Strukturen und Perspektiven in Referenz zu den malerischen Innovationen Hockneys und Munchs zum Einsatz. Ihre Leinwände werden zum Schauplatz sanfter Hügel, schlängelnder Flüsse, knorriger, bedrohlich wirkender Bäume, magischer Küstenlinien und nicht selten überdimensionaler Blütenprachten, die allesamt lose angeordnet sind und doch miteinander zu verschmelzen scheinen. Nichts desto trotz betont Hughes immer wieder, dass ihre Darstellungen auf reiner Intuition beruhen. Sie repräsentieren weniger Landschaften, als vielmehr eine Art abstrakter Selbstporträts und Selbstreflexion. Sie figurieren womöglich auch als Brückenschlag zwischen Abstraktion und Gegenständlichkeit. Denn für Hughes personifiziert die Idee der Landschaft eine enorme Offenheit, die auf ständige Veränderungen zurückzuführen ist, sei dies durch die Tageszeit, das Wetter, das Wachsen oder Sterben von Pflanzen bedingt. Diese vermeintliche Unsicherheit im Sinne von Transformation macht sich Hughes auf meisterhafte Weise zu eigen. Ihre Werke offenbaren auf diese Weise eine psychologische Komplexität, die obwohl zutiefst persönlich, offen genug sind, um dem Betrachter die Möglichkeit zu geben, seine eigenen Erinnerungen zu projizieren und eine Welt zum Leben zu erwecken, die gleichzeitig elegant und chaotisch ist - durchdrungen von einer lebendigen Harmonie des Organischen, des Subjektiven und des Surrealen. In "Night Night" visualisiert Hughes einen Dünenabschnitt, der aufs Meer hinausführt. Obwohl das Werk ein Jahr nach ihrem Umzug an die Ostküste entsteht, bleibt offen, ob es sich bei der vorliegenden Landschaft um eine Rückbesinnung auf die Strände von Long Island handelt. Die Künstlerin greift auf etwas gedecktere Rot, Grün und Braun-Töne zurück, die, abgerundet durch Orange, Gelb, Blau und Beige, den Bildvordergrund einnehmen. Entgegen der flächigen Anordnung gelingt Hughes eine Auflockerung durch Einsatz von Sprayfarbe im Bereich des Weges, der uns geradewegs aufs Wasser führt. Horizontal begrenzt sie die schwarz-gelbe Wasserfläche durch rosa-orangene Streifen, die auf den Weg zulaufen. Mit dem zentriert schwebenden Mond, der sich auf der Oberfläche widerspiegelt, wird ungeachtet der hellen Visualisierung eine nächtliche Stimmung erzeugt. "Night Night" ist somit nicht nur ein Zeugnis für Hughes’ gekonnten Einsatz verschiedener Perspektiven, sondern auch ihrer Fähigkeit, die Vorstellungskraft der Betrachter immer wieder aufs Neue herauszufordern. ---------------
Shara Hughes (American, born 1981) Night Opening Etching and drypoint in purple, 2022, on BFK Rives wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 91/100 in pencil, published by Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin, the full sheet Plate 145 x 125mm (5 3/4 x 4 7/8in) Sheet 300 x 239mm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8in)
Shara Hughes (American, b.1981) Shara Hughes (American, b.1981) 'Night Opening' etching in colours, signed and dated 'SHARA HUGHES 2020' in pencil l.l., numbered '76/100' sheet 30 x 24cm, unframed Condition Report: In good condition.
Shara Hughes (American 1981-), 'Night Opening', 2022, drypoint etching on 270gsm BFK Rives paper, signed, dated, and numbered from an edition of 100 in pencil; sheet: 30 x 24cm
Shara Hughes, American b. 1981- Night Opening, 2022; etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives, signed, dated and numbered 76/100 in pencil, 30 x 24 cm, (unframed)Â (2)Â Note: together with magazine. Shara Hughes, American b. 1981- Night Opening, 2022; etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives, signed, dated and numbered 76/100 in pencil, 30 x 24 cm, (unframed)Â (2)Â Note: together with magazine.
SHARA HUGHES (AMERICAN B.1981) Night Opening 2022 signed, dated and numbered 89/100 in pencil etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives sheet 30 x 24cm unframed
Shara Hughes (American, born 1981) Night Opening Etching and drypoint printed in colours, 2022, on BFK Rives, signed, dated and numbered 90/100 in pencil, published by Texte Zur Kunst, Berlin, the full sheet, 300 x 239mm (11 6/8 x 9 3/8in)(SH)(unframed)
Shara Hughes, American b. 1981- Night Opening, 2022; etching in colour on 270gsm BFK Rives, signed, dated and numbered 76/100 in pencil, 30 x 24 cm, (unframed) Note: together with magazine (2) Please refer to department for condition report
