SHARA HUGHES Sink In

Flower fields, fairytale forests and mysterious waterfalls seem to have sprung from a wild fever dream: giant blossoms climb toward the sky like trees, plants mutate into something familiar yet unknown, burning sunsets are reflected in the water, celestial bodies glow on the horizon and bathe the landscape in a supernatural light. Shara Hughes (*1981) is one of the outstanding and internationally recognized artists of contemporary art. With the exhibition Sink In, the ALBERTINA is dedicating its first solo museum exhibition in Austria to the American artist. For about a decade, the focus of Hughes’ work has been on landscapes that recall Georgia O’Keeffe or fauvist conceptions of landscape and the Expressionism of classical modernism. Hughes’ landscapes are unreal places.