Dear friends of the gallery,
Celebrating its 20. anniversary, Robert Morat Galerie is very happy to invite you to the opening of the first German solo exhibition for British artist Hannah Hughes.
Hannah Hughes is a visual artist working in photography, collage, and sculpture. Her work explores the relationship between image, object and language, focusing on the potential of negative space and the salvaging and re-use of discarded materials. Hughes’s practice involves strategies of fragmentation and reconstruction. Her two-dimensional collages are often described as either flat sculptures or sculptural photographs.
Hannah Hughes uses materials that invite the memory of the everyday touch, such as paper stocks used in glossy magazines, pulp packaging, and clay. This focus on tactility positions the work in relation to the body’s boundaries and the spaces created where bodies intersect with their surroundings. She examines edges within the photographic image – for example, in her series of two-part C-Type collages, one form intersects the surface of another, creating a visible border within the photograph, which can be viewed fully from the side.
Hannah Hughes (*1975, UK) graduated from the University of Brighton in 1997 and has since exhibited in the UK and internationally. She lives and works in London.
Opening Reception on Friday, March 22, 6-9 pm
Exhibition from March 23 to June 1, 2024