Aylsa McHugh

My collage centred practice draws form a wide range of influences including feminism, sculpture, architecture, film and mythology. I am interested in the innate tendency of human psychology to find connections, patterns and familiarity. Yokai amambie and L’or des fous are the result of my ongoing investigations into marrying seemingly heterogeneous subject matter to create new and ambiguous readings. These assemblages are compelling and perverse, disjointed and harmonious, a celebration of the strangely beautiful. They inhabit an uncanny space and reveal a narrative that is divergent from the original purpose of the source material.