H O L LY A D D I
THE ART OF ABSTRACTION PHILOSOPHY OF IMPERFECTION EST. 2009
THE ART OF ABSTRACTION & PHILOSOPHY OF BEAUTY IN IMPERFECTION
THE ARTIST
THE ARTIST M E E T H O L LY A D D I
Holly Addi (°1973, SLC, Utah, United
Her work urges us to renegotiate
States) makes paintings and mixed
painting as being part of a reactive
media artworks. By rejecting an objective
or – at times – autistic medium,
truth and global cultural narratives,
commenting on oppressing themes in
Addi creates with daily, recognizable
our contemporary society. By applying
elements, an unprecedented situation in
abstraction,
which the viewer is confronted with the
personal moments masterfully created
conditioning of his own perception and
by means of rules and omissions,
has to reconsider his biased position.
acceptance and refusal, luring the
she
creates
intense
viewer round and round in circles. Her paintings are often about contact with
living
Her works don’t reference recognisable
elements. Energy (heat, light, water),
architecture
and
basic
form. The results are deconstructed
space and landscape are examined
to the extent that meaning is shifted
in less obvious ways and sometimes
and possible interpretation becomes
developed in absurd ways. In a search
multifaceted.
for new methods to ‘read the city’, she focuses on the idea of ‘public space’
Holly Addi currently lives and works in
and more specifically on spaces where
Salt Lake City, Utah.
anyone can do anything at any given moment: the non-private space, the non-privately owned space, space that is economically uninteresting.
THE ARTIST
IT IS NOT HOW IT SEEMS, BUT HOW IT MAKES US FEEL. & THAT IS THE MAGIC OF ART.
THE ARTIST
SEEKING BEAUTY IN THE IMPERFECT
THE STUDIO
THE STUDIO SEE THE SPACE
Holly Addi (°1973, SLC, Utah, United
Holly Addi (°1973, SLC, Utah, United
States) makes paintings and mixed
States) makes paintings and mixed
media artworks. By rejecting an objective
media artworks. By rejecting an objective
truth and global cultural narratives,
truth and global cultural narratives,
Addi creates with daily, recognizable
Addi creates with daily, recognizable
elements, an unprecedented situation in
elements, an unprecedented situation in
which the viewer is confronted with the
which the viewer is confronted with the
conditioning of his own perception and
conditioning of his own perception and
has to reconsider his biased position.
has to reconsider his biased position.
THE STUDIO
THE STUDIO
THE STUDIO
THE STUDIO
SEEKING BEAUTY IN THE IMPERFECT
THE COLLECTION M E E T H O L LY A D D I
Holly Addi (°1973, SLC, Utah, United States) makes paintings and mixed media artworks. By rejecting an objective truth and global cultural narratives, Addi creates with daily, recognizable elements, an unprecedented situation in which the viewer is confronted with the conditioning of his own perception and has to reconsider his biased position.
THE COLLECTION
THE COLLECTION
THE COLLECTION
THE COLLECTION
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