SSFA Gallery Show: Holly Hughes, 'Off the Plate / Under the Sheets'

The first gallery show of the academic year is now up. It features colorful and vibrant artworks by Holly Hughes, and I'm really intrigued to see it all up close at today's opening.

Here's the official blurb:

Holly Hughes, "Memento Mori", 16''x12'', gouache on paper on panel, 2008

"Holly Hughes’ playful, intensely colored paintings, monotypes and ceramic plates combine imagery and abstract design exuberantly.  Hughes helped to jump start the 1980’s East Village gallery boom in New York with her first solo show at Piezo Electric. Since then, her works have been shown in over one hundred exhibitions, most recently in solo exhibitions at ArtStrand/Project Space in Provincetown, MA; the Joyce Goldstein Gallery in Chatham, NY; and the Shelnutt Gallery in Troy, NY.

Born in San Antonio, Texas to a jazz percussionist, Hughes moved with her family to the east coast at an early age. The influence of her travels across the United States and abroad enters her work in integral ways. She is currently a Professor of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design and maintains a studio in Manhattan."

The show will be up until October 8. The opening reception is today, Thursday the 10th, from 4-6pm.