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EDWARD E. HUGHES (1940 - 2018) Saturday Afternoon on Magic Island.
Mixed media and wood assemblage, 1992. 863x787x177 mm; 34x31x7 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto.
Provenance: acquired directly from artist, private collection, Virginia (1995).
Philadelphia native Edward Hughes created three-dimensional mixed-media artworks characterized by geometric shapes, vibrant colors, found objects, and collage elements. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he attained a certificate in painting, then Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BFA. While traveling through Haiti, he witnessed Voodoo ceremonies and the blend of Christianity and West-African religions; its imagery is prevalent in his use of materials and symbolism.
His art was included in the group exhibitions We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s - 1970s, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, September 2015 - January 2016, and The Chemistry of Color, African-American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970 - 1990, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, January - April 2005. Hughes's works are in the collections of the Portland Art Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts>; he also has completed public projects in Philadelphia with SEPTA With Art Philadelphia | Art in Transit.
