….enchanting wordily beauty, intimate work exposed, mystery and delicately
transpired….
Is
it a painting? Or is it computer art, a frozen film image, or a
photograph? They are indeed photographs, and I find myself wondering
if these images are fiction or real? These enchanting beautiful
earthly worlds hold mystery in the absence of human and animals.
Worlds suspended in time within echoes of the powerful forces of
nature. The artist has captured a temporal spirit, and this,
phenomenally is, the non-fictional part of the work, and a convincing
reality.
The
artist is Holly King, a photographer, a Montrealer. Her authentic
photographs are enlarged and skillfully lit. Her miniatures are
transformed into worlds, insinuating and depicting some epic of
nature.
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| Beyond, 2001 |
King
can build everything on a table and construct a modest set from tacky
things, she then, magically transform it into fantastic delicacies. She uses
gels on the lights, very strong lights. A powerful intimacy is in
display with her work. I see sculpting, painting, setting, all under the
compass of photography, to be exploited into big intriguing prints of 6 ft by 8 ft.
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Blossoms
in Flight (2002)
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King's
work can be found in prestigious private art galleries, fine art
museums in Canada (MMFA) , as well as private international
collections. I hear she has a huge landscape going at Montreal's
Concordia University where she is an academic professor.
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