Hues

We see a concrete block illuminated by the last light of dusk, a metro exit glowing golden in the night, a seemingly hostile close up of an escalator, or the shadow of a flower gliding over our clothes. These seemingly trivial details reveal both a story of attachment and tension between the individual and their urban environment. Hutchinson depicts this ambivalent relationship of tenderness, questions, and sometimes rebellion everyone weaves with the city.

His works invite us to rediscover the social realities that define our movements across public and private spaces and to explore the hidden intimacy that ties us to every corner, every cobblestone, every play of shadow and light. Paul Hutchinson also layers his own writing with his photography, creating subtle explorations between gesture and language: His silkscreen prints create ambiguity by merging text and image. At first glance, the phrases they display seem ordinary, yet they carry multiple connotations, borrowing references from colloquialisms or the artist’s personal notes.