Bed Bugs
2007
Shara Hughes's *Bed Bugs* is a vibrant and dreamlike interior scene rendered in oil, pen, and pastel on canvas, showcasing her signature blend of expressive mark-making and bold, luminous color. The work transforms a domestic setting into a psychedelic, emotionally charged environment where organic forms and pattern collide with playful intensity. Hughes's layered use of mixed media creates a richly textured surface that blurs the boundary between the imagined and the familiar.
- Medium
- oil, pen and pastel on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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December 6, 2018
Artists in conversation
Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969
Brown similarly merges expressive gestural brushwork with psychedelic color and figuration in interior and domestic settings, creating richly layered surfaces where form dissolves into abstraction with comparable emotional intensity.
Francesca Mollett
British · b. 1983
Mollett creates vibrant, pattern rich interior and garden scenes using bold luminous color and expressive mark making that share Hughes's signature quality of transforming familiar domestic environments into dreamlike, emotionally charged spaces.
Amy Sillman
American · b. 1955
Sillman employs mixed media combinations including oil, pastel, and drawing on canvas to build whimsical yet psychologically charged compositions that blend organic abstraction with vivid color in a manner closely aligned with Hughes's approach in this piece.
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