JULIA HOLDEN – The Artist – 17 Sept-11 Oct, 2024
The Artist
‘Artist’ is an umbrella term encompassing a full spectrum of visible, and invisible, creative activities that touch and affect almost every aspect of contemporary life. In this series I honour the often unseen and undervalued workers at the creative coalface. Considering our current government’s attitude towards the arts with cutbacks and withdrawal of arts funding, it feels valuable and pertinent to again highlight the generous contribution artists make to us all through their work.
The eight works presented in The Artist mark the beginning of a developing new series of artist-to-artist Performance Painting portraits. They were created while I was resident at the Dunedin School of Art and I am grateful to all those who generously engaged with this project. Each artist’s ‘doppelgänger’ incorporates an element or attitude associated with their preferred arts practice. I plan to continue to further develop the series and expand upon its intentions with an accompanying book and website.
All works are archival pigment prints, 1 of 1, in black gesso frames.
(Framing by Mottram Framers)
