Patrick Hughes

Patrick held his first solo show in 1961 at the Portal Gallery, London. A few years later, Hughes made two seminal reverse perspective works, Infinity and Sticking-out Room. In the 1970s Hughes’ name became synonymous with rainbow paintings, which also became very popular as prints and as postcards; people enjoyed them as decoration, but for Hughes the rainbow represented a solid experience.

In the late 1980s Hughes revisited exploiting the difference between perspective and reverspective and solidifying space. For the last 25 years his 3-D reverspective paintings have been hughesually in demand, exhibited around the world and featured in many public collections. The experience of seeing a Patrick Hughes sculptured painting in reality is really to experience unreality and the paradox of illusory space and movement.

VeVe Artworks

The VeVe Artist Program has been a pillar of the VeVe digital collectibles experience, and now with the rollout of the VeVe web app, we are launching an entirely new vertical on the platform — Artworks! This new program is bringing both established and up-and-coming artists and licensed collectible Artworks to the VeVe Collector community as extremely limited edition NFTs. More here.

Silent Auction

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SpaceFace (2019)
‍“If I fell face-down in some soft mud and someone pulled me out, and there was some low light falling on the impression I had made in the mud, it would look like me, with my nose sticking out even though it had plunged into the mud. (This is a natural phenomenon, unlike artificial perspective, and my own reverspective). In SpaceFace, this inside-out painted sculpture of my head, I have painted the hollow face as if it sticks out – and my face seems to follow you around the room.” - Patrick

Bonus: Purchaser of the 1/1 NFT will also receive the physical artwork!

Drop Date: Mon, 8 May 12 PM PT - Fri, 12 May 12 PM PT
Starting bid: $9,000
Editions: 1
Edition Type: Artist Proof
License: Patrick Hughes
Brand: SpaceFace (2019)
Series: SpaceFace (2019)

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‍_{Secondary Market Fees
‍A 4.5% licensor fee will be applied to Patrick Hughes sales in the secondary market in addition to the existing VeVe 2.5% secondary market fee.}