Growing pains
2022
Medium
oil, synthetic polymer paint and dye on canvas
Measurements
220.8 × 208.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by July Cao, 2024
© Shara Hughes, David Kordansky Gallery
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Depicting imagined landscapes, Shara Hughes views her works as reflections of her psychological interior world. She suggests that a single flower might be ‘a self-portrait, while a landscape feels more like a zoomed-out view of what’s going on personally or emotionally’. Hughes uses abstract and representational imagery, depicting natural motifs, snake-like trees, reflections of bodies in water and night skies alongside abstracted, undefined forms. Her technique, in which she mixes pigment on the canvas surface, is reminiscent of a range of art historical references, including Post-Impressionist and Colour Field painting.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk on reverse u.l.: 87 x 78 / NYC / “Growing Pains” / 2022 / SHARA HUGHES
Accession Number
2024.139
Department
Contemporary Art