{"product_id":"maph-photography-fair-2026-aylsa-mchugh-developable-surface","title":"Aylsa McHUGH: Developable Surface","description":"\u003ch3 data-block-key=\"nrbje\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026 MAPh Photography Fair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"nrbje\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAylsa McHUGH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eborn Australia 1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDevelopable Surface\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003cbr\u003ePhotogravure print on archival paper\u003cbr\u003ecustom frame, unique to print\u003cbr\u003e42.0 x 51.0 cm\u003cbr\u003eEdition 1\/10 + 2AP\u003cbr\u003ecollection of the artist\u003cbr\u003ecourtesy of the artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAylsa McHugh\u003c\/strong\u003e (1974 - )\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAylsa McHugh is an Australian artist based in Naarm\/Melbourne. Working primarily within the expanded field of found photography collage, and extending into printmaking, video and installation, she draws on pre-digital image culture, psychology, mythology and feminist frameworks to explore how visual fragments accumulate emotional and mnemonic charge. Underpinning this approach is an interest in the cognitive impulse to seek patterns, connections, and familiarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMcHugh is interested in how the recontextualizing and combining of found imagery can lend itself to ambiguous interpretations. Her collage based practice draws from a wide range of influences including architecture, modernism, feminism, sculpture, film and mythology. Playing with anthropomorphism, pareidolia and apophenia McHugh examines the innate tendency of human psychology to find connections, patterns and familiarity. She appropriates images found in magazines and books to create unsettling and elegant juxtapositions, these assemblages are compelling and perverse, disjointed and harmonious, a celebration of the uncanny and strangely beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eMcHugh holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne and has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally. Recent exhibitions include; \u003cem\u003eThe Thread That Pulls\u003c\/em\u003e, National Galleries of Scotland, \u003cem\u003eNever Keep Both Feet on the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, Sarah Scout Presents, \u003cem\u003eMelbourne Now\u003c\/em\u003e, the National Gallery of Victoria and \u003cem\u003eTate Lates\u003c\/em\u003e, Tate Modern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eShe has been a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, The 68th Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery and the Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eRecent awards include the Highly Commended Prize at the Sunshine Coast National Art Prize (2024), The People’s Choice Prize at the Castlemaine Art Museum's Experimental Print Prize (2024) and the Hero Apartment Building Public Art Commission from the City of Melbourne (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHer work is held in a number of public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the City of Melbourne Collection and The Art Gallery of Ballarat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MAPh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50981155438825,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/1718\/0205\/files\/AylsaMcHugh_DevelopableSurface.jpg?v=1778219925","url":"https:\/\/shop.maph.org.au\/products\/maph-photography-fair-2026-aylsa-mchugh-developable-surface","provider":"MAPh Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}