Weather Report by Shara Hughes

    

    Shara Hughes' exhibition at the David Kordansky Gallery features nine paintings of imaginary landscapes representing Hughes’ internal psychology of being human. Each landscape is created instinctively and allowing for mistakes to create works that come purely from her inner world. The vertical orientation of the paintings is meant to be immersive for the viewer, to fully experience Hughes’ true emotions.

   “MaMa” (2025) is one piece representing a forest with many emotions within it. There’s intensity and beauty in the vivid, warm colors and quick brushstrokes in the center of the piece, but also a quieter and sadder feeling in the dull, cool colors and slow brushstrokes on the outsides of the painting. The inclusion of various flowers and trees represents the constant evolution of nature and its reflection of emotions like beauty, pain, peace, and sadness, which reflects the unchanging nature of humans and the emotions we feel.

  The exhibition space is organized to allow viewers to move from one painting to the next to explore Hughes’ representation of the complexity of the internal human experience. The gallery's open space is split by a wall in the middle, making the spaces feel smaller and adding to the intimate experience. Shara Hughes’ exhibition is very well executed in the presentation of her expressive paintings that pull viewers into the imaginary landscapes and help give us a deeper understanding into her inner world of human psychology.

FINAL VERSION