Biography
Richard Hughes (b. Birmingham, UK 1974) studied at Staffordhsore University (1995) and Goldsmiths College, London (2003). He makes sculptures and installations that consist of bags of jettisoned old clothes, burnt-out hedges and surreptitious bottles of urine - dog-end residues. In 2006, Hughes created a three-dimensional replica of the lens flare that flashes across the image when filming in strong sunlight - a phenomenon steeped in nostalgic sentimentality for the Sculpture Garden outside Tate Britain. Using physical objects to suggest a refracted ray of light, Hughes' sculpture is deliberately and provocatively at odds with its subject matter.
