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Request a valuation‘Reversepective Art’ - in which three-dimensional relief paintings create an optical illusion that its protruding areas actually recede into the perspectival distance and vice versa - was created by the British artist Patrick Hughes and showcased for the first time in his 1964 exhibition ‘Sticking-out Room’.
Born in 1939, Hughes is a legend of British Pop Art and is praised as a pioneer of optical- and geometric abstract art. He was born in Birmingham and educated in Kingston upon Hull before attending Leeds College of Art.
His debut solo show at Portal Gallery in 1961 was the very first of its kind - a solo Pop Art show lending a real gravitas to this young and bold artistic movement (still unnamed at the time). Three years later, ‘Sticking-out Room’ cemented Hughes’ approach to composition with a focus on playful narratives, and the first revespective works took centre-stage.
Reverspective requires viewers to question their experiences of perspective and image-viewing, and encourages us to move around the artwork physically to get the most we can out of the three-dimensional effect. Viewers must engage with a new version of reality when looking at Hughes’ reverspective works - what “should” come towards us vanishes away, what typically rises, falls, and turning left becomes turning right. For Hughes, interacting with these optical illusion works goes beyond a perspectival game, but suggests something deeper about the nature of moving through the world - “If lookers and see-ers experience the paradox and reciprocity of the world and themselves, they get a sense of the flow of life.”
The artist has been inspired by the geometric designs of Paul Klee and the surrealist compositions of René Magritte, referring to himself as a “surrealist sympathiser, I have no faith in realism, or indeed reality.” The humour of Magritte, in particular, was formative for Hughes, whose work incorporates a spirited impishness which became a key characteristic of British Pop Art. The lack of personal narrative (focussing on universal themes rather than biographical chapters from his own life) is intentional, as Hughes wants his art to be immediately accessible for every viewer regardless of their knowledge of his life.
As well as his reverspective compositions, Hughes has found great success with his print designs, particularly those featuring rainbows. Works by Hughes are held in the collections of Tate Modern, The British Library, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the four books produced by the artist have been sold around the world.
Hughes’ originals and prints come to market with relative frequency (his editions often exceed 100) and are greatly coveted by collectors interested in the development of British contemporary art. Fans of Hughes’ work are fortunate that his prices are approachable - for prints in particular.
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Banksy, 2018; h...
Price Realised: £4,940
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Poppy, 2010; hand-painted multiple wi...
Price Realised: £5,200
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939 - Rainbow in my trouser...
Price Realised: £4,420
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Volumes, 2008; ...
Price Realised: £2,860
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Lagoon, 2018; ...
Price Realised: £4,160
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Serenissima, 2016; ...
Price Realised: £4,160
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Banksi, 2021; ...
Price Realised: £5,720
Patrick Hughes, British b. 1939- Banksi, 2021; hand-painted 3D multiple wit...
Price Realised: £4,420
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939 - Wet Rainbow for David...
Price Realised: £3,250
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Impossible, 2005; ...
Price Realised: £3,900
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Show, 2011; han...
Price Realised: £4,420
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939 Retrospective, 2000; ...
Price Realised: £2,210
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Openings, 1999; ...
Price Realised: £2,470
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939-Gifts, 2007, pyramid form;3D lithographic mu...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939 - Ouroboro, 2019; ...
Price Realised: £1,040
Patrick Hughes,British b.1939- Sheep, 2008; hand-coloured lithograph, in a...
Price Realised: £1,690
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Ouroboro, 2019; gouache and acrylic on pape...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939 Deja Vu, 1976; s...
Price Realised: £572
Patrick Hughes,British b.1939-Paper Roses, 1985;screenprint in colours on A...
Price Realised: £715
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939, Blooming; archival pigment print on Somerse...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Hanging On, 2017; ...
Price Realised: £572
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Dancing, 2017; ...
Price Realised: £572
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Wet Rainbow, 1979; screenprint in colour...
Price Realised: £390
Patrick Hughes, British b. 1939- Deja vu, 1976; ...
Price Realised: £442
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Bloom, 2018; ar...
Price Realised: £390
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Untitled (Rainbow Vase);...
Price Realised: £390
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Double Vision, 1981; ...
Price Realised: £650
Patrick Hughes,British b.1939-Mondrainbow, 2018;archival pigment print on S...
Price Realised: £390
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Caught in a Cage, 1979;...
Price Realised: £364
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Print of Prints"; screenprint in co...
Price Realised: £325
Patrick Hughes, British b. 1939- Crash landing 1981; U...
Price Realised: £468
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Confetti"; screenprint in colours, ...
Price Realised: £364
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Love Letters"; screenprint in colou...
Price Realised: £910
Patrick Hughes, British b. 1939-Leaning on a Landscape, 1979;screenprint in...
Price Realised: £364
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Sea Change" 1992; screenprint in co...
Price Realised: £286
Patrick Hughes, British, b.1939- Love; giclée print on Somerset satin wove...
Price Realised: £546
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Blooming; archival pigment print on Somerse...
Price Realised: £442
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Rainbow's End, 197...
Price Realised: £286
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Perfect present 1979; li...
Price Realised: £325
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Rainbows on a Train'...
Price Realised: £338
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Greybow, 2020; archival inkjet print in ...
Price Realised: £260
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Paper Roses''; scr...
Price Realised: £182
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Indoor Rainbow''; ...
Price Realised: £299
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Wet Rainbow''; screenprint ...
Price Realised: £273
Patrick Hughes, British b. 1939-Fear itself, 1975; screenprint on wove, sig...
Price Realised: £416
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- The Studio, 1987; lithograph printed in col...
Price Realised: £624
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Rubbish Rainbows''...
Price Realised: £338
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Weather Cock, 1979; ...
Price Realised: £377
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Steps and Ladders"; screenprint in ...
Price Realised: £520
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Stardust"; screenprint in colours, ...
Price Realised: £494
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "Paper Roses"; screenprint in colour...
Price Realised: £468
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "One Up"; screenprint in colours, si...
Price Realised: £221
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- "A Hughes in Every Room...
Price Realised: £208
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Leaning on a Landscape...
Price Realised: £260
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Colour Process, 1984; ...
Price Realised: £338
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Rainbow's End''...
Price Realised: £169
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Bend in the Road, ...
Price Realised: £143
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Confetti, 1983; ...
Price Realised: £91
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- ''Breaking the Ice''...
Price Realised: £182
Patrick Hughes, British b.1939- Colour Process, 1984; ...
Price Realised: £111
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