Eoin Mc Hugh creates imagery that is hyper-real and, at times, hyper-surreal. A fascination with the psychology of images underpins his practice, together with a conceptual interest in investigating the space between the image, the object and the idea. Working with meticulously crafted painting, drawing and sculptural collage, his work apprehends the everyday world in terms of its potential for the uncanny or grotesque abnormality. Where there is intended ‘madness’ in his work, there is also rigorous method. The artist has sought to find affinities with the Dutch Masters of the 17th Century, intensively examining painters such as the Leiden Fijnschilder painters, Vermeer, ter Borch and Metsu in order to reflect on their methods of creating light through colour. How the manifold phenomena of the world might be represented remains an ongoing puzzle.
Eoin Mc Hugh lives and works in Berlin.
Eoin Mc Hugh
Orzchis caldemia, 2018-2019
acrylic ink and watercolour on paper
56 x 72.5 cm / 22 x 28.5 in paper size
70.5 x 87 cm / 27.8 x 34.3 in framed
Eoin Mc Hugh
io, pp. 37-42, 2016-2019
pigment ink on paper
six pages, 15 x 20 cm / 5.9 x 7.9 in each
54.7 x 49.7 x 2.5 cm / 21.5 x 19.6 x 1 in framed
Collection of Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Eoin Mc Hugh
Loje, jelo, laso, 2018-2019
watercolour, acrylic ink, coloured pencil on paper
56 x 72.5 cm / 22 x 28.5 in paper size
70.5 x 87 cm / 27.8 x 34.3 in framed
Eoin Mc Hugh
Vostok, 2016
oil on canvas
37 x 47 cm / 14.6 x 18.5 in
Collection of Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Eoin Mc Hugh
the skies will be friendlier then, 2014
wool and mixed media
306 x 492 cm / 120.5 x 193.7 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
Common coding, 2015
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium
76.5 x 57 cm / 30.1 x 22.4 in
Collection of The Tia Collection, Santa Fe
Eoin Mc Hugh
transparency, 2013
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium panel
150 x 120 cm / 59.1 x 47.2 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
overdetermination, 2013
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium panel
76 x 57 cm / 29.9 x 22.4 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
the ground itself is kind, black butter, 2014
black sheepskin, wax, steel and mixed media
224 x 122 x 190 cm / 88.2 x 48 x 74.8 in
Collection of The Tia Collection, Santa Fe
Eoin Mc Hugh
gentle joy, laughter at the trials of the innocents, 2013
taxidermied hedgehog, book, bell, bronze, glass, table
122 x 90 x 144 cm / 48 x 35.4 x 56.7 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
pulse, thirst, rain inside, 2013
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium panel
36.5 x 31.5 cm / 14.4 x 12.4 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
fruit, thing without parts, 2013
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium
47 x 35 cm / 18.5 x 13.8 in
Eoin Mc Hugh
Detail, 2011
oil on canvas mounted on aluminium panel
45 x 40 cm / 17.7 x 15.7 in
Eoin McHugh
Schnitt Schnitt, 2016
Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Eoin McHugh
Eoin McHugh, 2016
Gallery 2, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Eoin McHugh
Augury, 2013
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Eoin McHugh
Urpflanze, 2012
TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere, Finland
Eoin McHugh
Centre d’art Contemporain, 2018
Chateau des Adhemar, Montelimar, France
Eoin McHugh
Rendez Vous, 2007
École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon, in collaboration with the Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
THING'S SCREEN #1: Intro/ Eoin Mc Hugh's *Augury*
