Holly Holmes: Transcription
@ Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL
Opening Sunday, March 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, April 13th
“Transcription”
On view March 18 – April 13
Reception for the artist: Sunday, March 18 12:00-4:00PM
704 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL
“Transcription” is a site specific installation by multi – media artist Holly Holmes especially for Terrain. “Transcription” is a site specific installation by multi – media artist Holly Holmes.
Within the field of genetics transcription refers to the ability of Ribonucleic acid (RNA) to self-replicate and bond with itself. Holmes is drawn to this notion of transition, transformation, building, and rebuilding from similar elements. Transcription is comprised of several multiple sculptural pieces. Each segment interprets the idea of the module or cell structure, the notion of permutation, sequencing forms, and objects originating from a single starting point. The work is composed of paper, metal, fabric, gelatin, bird-seed, and wax. Resembling giant fruit loops, donuts and bagels, her sculptures are early spring time feeders for the local birds and squirrels. The installation is designed for these wild animals to feast on the seeds rather than donuts and bagels found in the trash. This will be a treat for our eyes and, a tasty snack for the birds and squirrels.
Holly Holmes received her MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago in May 2011. She is a painter, sculptor, educator and curator living in Oak Park, IL. Her influences are nature and the sciences, exploring their relationship to experiences of the everyday. Most recently she has shown her work at Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Fl; the Chicago Urban Arts Society, Chicago, IL; the Oak Park Public Library Main Branch, Chicago, IL; Portage Gallery, Hammond In; and at Columbia Collage Chicago, Chicago, IL. Holmes is faculty at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and The Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, IL. She has curated multiple exhibitions and is the co- founder and director of “What – It – Is”, a project space in Oak Park, IL.
Joining the group of thriving artist run exhibition spaces, Terrain is a new public space in Oak Park, IL Started by the artist Sabina Ott. Terrain is dedicated to featuring interventions into the conventional landscape of a front yard by emerging as well as established artists who are interested in making work that challenges the space between public and private, decoration and function, figure and ground.
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