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Tom Holland
Very Large Constructed Abstract Mixed Media Painting Wall Sculpture Tom Holland

1982

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Tom Holland (American, b. 1936) Hopps fiberglass and aluminum with epoxy paint Mixed Media Wall Sculpture 1982, hand signed and dated Dimensions: 65.5 X 78 X 10 inches Tom Holland (born 1936 in Seattle, Washington, United States) is an American visual artist. Holland is known for creating a style of art that may use fiberglass (or fibreglass), aluminum (or aluminium), epoxy paint, plywood, beads, oil paint, palette knives, marble, copper, paper, and clay. For clay he uses watercolor, acrylic urethane, and ceramic glazes. Holland began his formal art education at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was influenced by David Park who was a member of the art faculty. Other artists, among them Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff, working at this time in Berkeley, contributed to the development of Holland's artistic and personal style as a young student. His work with grommets and 3D dimensionality pre dates Frank Stella, He has exhibited at the San Francisco Museum with Mel Ramos Tony Delap, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira, Wayne Thiebaud, and William Wiley. Following his time at Cal, he travelled to Santiago, Chile, as a Fulbright Grant recipient. His beginning as a painter was labeled "funky". It wasn't until Holland began to work with aluminum that he achieved critical acclaim. His work has been described as taking inspiration from Abstract Expressionist art, Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, and he has been called one of California's most important contemporary artists and was featured in Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Holland works primarily with fiberglass and aluminum to create free-standing and wall installations, a style that has been said to encompass Abstract Expressionism. He creates his art by riveting metal to the fiberglass or aluminum, then using epoxy paint to add other elements to the piece which add depth, light, and color. His work has been labeled exhilarating and visually challenging, playing games and distorting the three-dimensional space. His work has been described as taking inspiration from Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism, and he has been called one of California's most important contemporary artists and was featured in Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. His work has been labeled exhilarating and visually challenging, playing games and distorting the three dimensional space. In addition to developing his own work, Holland has also served as a faculty member at the San Francisco Art Institute, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. He retired from teaching in order to paint full time in his downtown Berkeley studio. Beyond his larger sculptural pieces, Holland occasionally cuts and bends paper, fiberglass or aluminum to make small figures such as heads or animals which are playful exercises with color, form and materials. He contracts with a potter to make ceramic plates which he paints using images inspired by the landscape and has done a series of paintings often etching on thin copper sheets. His work was chosen by John Elderfield of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for a show of work on paper which encouraged Holland to continue exercising this creative form. He also makes lithographs and has made prints with Cirrus Editions, Nuristani Prints and Crown Point Press. He works on marble, copper, paper, and clay and uses watercolor, acrylic urethane and ceramic glazes. Holland is currently represented by galleries in Dallas, Santa Fe and San Francisco and his prints are with Crown Point Press in San Francisco and Cirrus Editions in Los Angeles. Awards 1959 : Fulbright Fellowship 1975–1976 : National Endowment for the Arts Sculpture Grant 1980 : Guggenheim Fellowship Solo exhibitions 1966 : Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles 1970 : Neuendorf Gallery, Hamburg 1972 : Felicity Samuel Gallery, London 1972 : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco 1980 : James Corcoran Gallery – Santa Monica 1982 : Corcoran Gallery 1983 : Bank of America Galleries, Santa Monica 1989 : Persons and Lindell Gallery, Helsinki 1994 : San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose 1995 : Triton Museum, Silicon Valley 2002 : John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 2017 : Bivins Gallery Group exhibitions 1973 : Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1965 : University of Texas, University Art Museum, Austin 1969 : Corcoran Gallery 1970 : Museum of Modern Art, New York 1977 : Watson/de Nagy & Company 1981 : Museum of Modern Art, New York 1984 : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco 1996 : Los Angeles County Museum, of Art, Los Angeles 2004 : The National Academy, New York 2005 : Tucson Museum of Art 2017 : Bivins Gallery, Dallas Notable collections Anderson Collection Berkeley Art Museum Brooklyn Museum Charles Schwab Company Chicago Art Institute Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art Denver Art Museum Di Rosa Collections Duker Collection Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco Los Angeles County Museum* Mayfield Fund Museum of Modern Art, New York Oakland Museum of California The Official Residence of the United States Ambassador to Switzerland Palm Springs Desert Museum San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection Seattle Art Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Creator:
    Tom Holland (1936, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1982
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 65.5 in (166.37 cm)Width: 78 in (198.12 cm)Depth: 10 in (25.4 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    some bowing to fiberglass (inherent to material). possibly intended that way and a result of technique. some very minor chips. Please see photos.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38216471292

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