Robotic (2021)

Patrick Hughes - Series 2

Robotic depicts a green robot about to emerge from a wooden crate. Robots are imitation humans, mechanical men, comical in their rigidity and mechanical gait – a bit like human men in that regard. A robot is an excellent vehicle for reverspective because it has already been designed in a simple rectilinear way. The wooden crate is also a good subject for reverspective art, in that its linear perspective and shading and shadows make it stick out in space in a convincing way. The robot in his crate is seen on a grassy knoll with his crate lid lying before him, ready for some robotic action.