02.08.2022 - 23.10.2022
Parallel to the major exhibition of works at the kunsthalle messmer, the gallery presents an unprecedented juxtaposition of the theme of perspective and optics in a sensitive and stirring way, showing new works by these ingenious artists.
Patrick Hughes was born in Birmingham in October 1939.
Following the success of his exhibition at the Portal Gallery in 1961, he moved from teaching to Leeds College of Art in 1964. During this time he made his artistic breakthrough and worked as a freelance artist. In the first half of the 1970s, Patrick lived in Chelsea and Ladbroke Grove and painted rainbows, which became very popular as prints. He is now regarded as one of the great precursors of Op Art.
Today, Patrick Hughes lives above his studio in Hoxton. Through the large glass windows, you can see how he and his team of studio assistants create and paint his so-called “reverse perspectives”.
This art likes to leave a back door open. A large number of doors await the visitor, which, for example, turn libraries into gateways to the world. The long art-historical tradition of trompe l’œil and mise en abyme finds a great innovator in Patrick Hughes.
Born in Sichuan province in 1962, Zhuang Hong Yi is an important Chinese artist.
Zhuang studied at the Sichuan College of Fine Arts in China and continued his education in Europe at the Minerva Academy in the Netherlands. Over the past decades, Zhuang has gained international recognition and his sculptural paintings have been shown in over a hundred solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including the Found Museum in Beijing, the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, the Ulm Museum, the Erarta Museum in Russia and the 55th Venice Biennale.
In his colorful paper art, which can look back on a long tradition in Asia, he combines Western and Eastern influences. It is very important to the artist to bring man and nature closer together through his art.
Come by and experience the finesse of two masters of kinetic op-art!