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In his new exhibition at Blouin Division in Toronto, Simon Hughes expands on a painting practice he began in 2016. In this work, compositions that can loosely be interpreted as landscapes are created through the integration of collage elements and simple shapes painted in overlapping glazes of acrylic colour. These collage elements are culled from sources that range wildly, from National Geographic magazines to 1970s fantasy-art calendars, resulting in a hybrid form of classic Surrealism. Three large paintings form the nucleus of the show, featuring the results of an extended period of …