sandra williams gordon: January 2010 Archives

Beili Liu / One, AnotherTom Hughes / The Shotgun Method
This delightful show at Buffalo Arts Studio is small in scope, holding only a couple of installations from each artist, but big in vision.
Tom Hughes' sculptural work has a raw, urgent energy, much like thoughts that float around in his head that he wants to get down as soon as possible.  Like sticky notes one posts on a wall, only to have them jumbled.  Language for Tom is both where his artistic vision begins and the anchor for his often rough-hewn sculptures.  There is a duality of lightness, words floating in the air - bits and pieces to turn around in your own head, and that of in your face - the way the sculptures are displayed, particularly THE SHOT GUN METHOD (Installation, top image).  Hughes' work brings body and mind