Shara Hughes - Sink in (Ralph Gleis)

Exuberant, sprawling, and boldly colourful dreamscapes with a magical pull

Flowers as tall as trees, glowing sunsets, waterfalls wreathed in mystery, mountain formations plunging endlessly into the depths the paintings of Shara Hughes (b. 1981) play with inner landscapes. They seem to have sprung from a wild fever dream and attract the eye like a magnet. Immerse yourself in these colourful, untamed landscapes.

Shara Hughes s paintings are a journey with twists and turns through the jungle of an exuberant inner world. Her motifs are charged with manifold associations. Some works read as an homage to Georgia O Keeffe, yet their expressive use of colour is most heavily influenced by Fauvist visions of landscape and the Expressionism of the modern era. Alongside key paintings of the past decade as well as entirely new works, the catalogue presents ceramics and works on paper.

Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch

Ralph Gleis has been Director General of the Albertina in Vienna since 2025 and was previously Director of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Angela Stief has been Chief Curator of Contemporary Art after 1945 at the Albertina since 2021 and is Director of the Albertina Modern.

Buch (Paperback), mit Schutzumschlag, Deutsch, 128 Seiten