Tom Holland
dal 9/1/2003 al 8/2/2003
Segnalato da
9/1/2003
Tom Holland
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
The latest installment of an ongoing ten-year series inspired by the wildlife and environment of Northern California. In this new work the subject matter is distilled down to reveal the nuances of form and color. The exhibition includes wall panels meticulously constructed of geometric shapes cut from aluminum sheets and riveted together.
TOM HOLLAND's current exhibition is the latest installment of an ongoing
ten-year series inspired by the wildlife and environment of Northern
California. In this new work the subject matter is distilled down to reveal
the nuances of form and color. The exhibition includes wall panels
meticulously constructed of geometric shapes cut from aluminum sheets and
riveted together. These are then painted with colorful abstract forms that
alternately obscure or emphasize their method of construction. Their richly
textured surfaces meld the industrial with the handmade and ingeniously blur
the distinction between painting and sculpture.
TOM HOLLAND's current body of work is the result of a career that has
spanned over four decades. In the early sixties, although HOLLAND painted
recognizable imagery with traditional media, his surfaces were heavily
textured and the canvases were irregularly shaped. After 1967, he began
exploring the sculptural possibilities of his work by exploding painting
into three dimensions. It was at this time that easily identifiable content
was subsumed into interpretive abstraction, reflecting the formal concerns
of Abstract Expressionism, Constructivism, and the artist's association with
the San Francisco 'Bay Area' school.
HOlland's works are in distinguished museum collections including the Museum
of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The exhibition will be on view at the Charles Cowles Gallery, 537 West 24th
Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea. Hours are 10am to 6pm,
Tuesday through Saturday.
There will be a reception for the artist on Friday, January 10 from 6-8 pm.
Image: Pope Valley Moonlight
Charles Cowles Gallery
537 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
212 9253500 phone
212 9253501 fax