Lisson Gallery presents Hughmanity, Hugh Hayden’s first London show since 2020. Crafted from trees through carving, laminating, and painting, the works transform familiar symbols into allegories of communion, danger, and belief. A burning dining table, thorn-lined lifeboat, and bark-clad garments explore survival, assimilation, and vulnerability. Flags pierced with cigarettes, erasers, or snakes collapse patriotism into critique, while sculptural garments probe identity and exclusion.
