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Richard Hughes (b. Birmingham, UK 1974) studied at Staffordhsore University (1995) and Goldsmiths College, London (2003). He makes sculptures and installations that consist of bags of jettisoned old clothes, burnt-out hedges and surreptitious bottles of urine - dog-end residues. In 2006, Hughes created a three-dimensional replica of the lens flare that flashes across the image when filming in strong sunlight - a phenomenon steeped in nostalgic sentimentality for the Sculpture Garden outside Tate Britain. Using physical objects to suggest a refracted ray of light, Hughes' sculpture is deliberately and provocatively at odds with its subject matter.