Hugo McCloud
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Brooklyn-based painter Hugo McCloud makes large-scale works depicting resilient laborers and immigrants, as well as colorful abstractions. His figurative paintings often feature subjects from behind, or with their faces otherwise obscured from the viewer. Finding beauty in the everyday is central to McCloud's vision: he regularly incorporates unconventional and overlooked industrial materials such as single-use plastic bags, black tar and sheets of aluminum, along with bronze panels treated with acid. McCloud's ingenious approach to materiality is informed by a deep interest in social and political concerns, as evidenced by the keen focus on immigrant workers in his paintings. Over the past 15 years, McCloud's art has evolved through a rigorous process of inventive experimentation, yielding a remarkable and unique oeuvre that is brought together for the first time in this stunning new survey.
Editors' Note
Hugo McCloud is well known for his abstract paintings which engage materials often omitted in fine art practices: tar paper, soldering material, acidic abrasives; things the artist refers to as “discarded, disregarded and devalued.” McCloud’s works are represented in numerous collections, such as the Brooklyn Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Turin.
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Brooklyn-based painter Hugo McCloud makes large-scale works depicting resilient laborers and immigrants, as well as colorful abstractions. His figurative paintings often feature subjects from behind, or with their faces otherwise obscured from the viewer. Finding beauty in the everyday is central to McCloud's vision: he regularly incorporates unconventional and overlooked industrial materials such as single-use plastic bags, black tar and sheets of aluminum, along with bronze panels treated with acid. McCloud's ingenious approach to materiality is informed by a deep interest in social and political concerns, as evidenced by the keen focus on immigrant workers in his paintings. Over the past 15 years, McCloud's art has evolved through a rigorous process of inventive experimentation, yielding a remarkable and unique oeuvre that is brought together for the first time in this stunning new survey.
Editors' Note
Hugo McCloud is well known for his abstract paintings which engage materials often omitted in fine art practices: tar paper, soldering material, acidic abrasives; things the artist refers to as “discarded, disregarded and devalued.” McCloud’s works are represented in numerous collections, such as the Brooklyn Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Turin.
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Brooklyn-based painter Hugo McCloud makes large-scale works depicting resilient laborers and immigrants, as well as colorful abstractions. His figurative paintings often feature subjects from behind, or with their faces otherwise obscured from the viewer. Finding beauty in the everyday is central to McCloud's vision: he regularly incorporates unconventional and overlooked industrial materials such as single-use plastic bags, black tar and sheets of aluminum, along with bronze panels treated with acid. McCloud's ingenious approach to materiality is informed by a deep interest in social and political concerns, as evidenced by the keen focus on immigrant workers in his paintings. Over the past 15 years, McCloud's art has evolved through a rigorous process of inventive experimentation, yielding a remarkable and unique oeuvre that is brought together for the first time in this stunning new survey.
Editors' Note
Hugo McCloud is well known for his abstract paintings which engage materials often omitted in fine art practices: tar paper, soldering material, acidic abrasives; things the artist refers to as “discarded, disregarded and devalued.” McCloud’s works are represented in numerous collections, such as the Brooklyn Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Turin.
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224 Pages
Hatje Cantz (February 01, 2022)
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