Cycladic Café Art Project

August 31 – October 2, 2023Swimming to Dissolve, 2023 Acrylic &amp; pencil on photograph printed on Hahnemuhle photo rag matte 308gsm 575 x 810mmSoften Before Melting, 2023 Acrylic and pencil on photograph printed on Hahnemuhle photo rag matte 308gsm 575 x 810mmRowena Hughes presents two works from a series of drawings of geometric form layered upon photographs of complex patterns in nature – these paintings are combining black and white systematic drawings with images of the sea, evoking a sense of continual movement and the flow of currents and ripples. It is a series of vertically oriented seascapes, traditionally a subject matter that usually is presented horizontally, but here without a horizon, which evokes the experience of immersion in nature or a fragmented portrait, the ego dissolving through swimming. Penrose tiling, featured in the work Swimming to Dissolve, has special geometric qualities of using only two diamond shapes, being able to stretch to infinity without forming a regularly repeating pattern. This echoes the visual complexity of constantly moving patterns of waves and how the eye attempts to trace this perpetual flow.Rowena Hughes born in London, lives and works in Athens and London. She graduated from BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths (2001) and MFA at the Slade (AHRC Studentship Award) (2011). Exhibitions include Sunlight Still Loops, The Eyes Sees, Arles (2020); Freshly Broken Surfaces, Galerie Pcp, Paris (two person) (2016); Liquid Library, University Museum, Athens (2015); From the Slopes of the Curves, Galerie Renner Prinz, Vienna (2012); Soft Parallels, Roaming Room, London (2011); and Diamonds &amp; Diagrams, Guestroom, London (2008). Selected group exhibitions include: A Scattering of Salts, Deree ACG Gallery, Athens (2023); Inaspettatamente, Cloud Seven, Brussels (2022); B, Belmacz, London (2019); In Quotes, East Gallery NUA and Gerald Moore Gallery, London (2017-18); In the Air Tonight, Galerie Gebr Lehmann, Berlin (2013); Back to the Future, Breese Little, London (2012); Wit, Fear &amp; Sarcasm, Fine Art Society Contemporary, London (2011); and Rowena Hughes, Eddie Peake, Jean Charles de Quillacq, Rod Barton, London (2010).

ROWENA HUGHES

As part of the Contemporary Art Program, the Museum of Cycladic Art presents the Cycladic Café Art Project connecting social spaces with art. Aiming to embrace both the greek and the international contemporary art scene, the Museum presents works by internationally acclaimed and emerging artists, which relate to current Museum exhibitions and activities. The Cycladic Café Art Project stimulates an intimate dialogue bringing art closer to everyday life.Curated by: Aphrodite Gonou &amp; Atalanti Martinou

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