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Reflecting Back to the Future: Pyramid's 40th Anniversary Exhibition from Pyramid Atlantic
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On View September 17–November 14, 2021
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with an exhibition, Reflecting Back to the Future, featuring treasured archives by many significant artists, curated ... more
Memories of My Father
- Artist book with artist-made paper, woodcut, and screenprint
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15 x 11.25 x 0.5 in
(38.1 x 28.58 x 1.27 cm)
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$950.00
- Shireen Holman
- Edition. 16/25
Memories of My Father is an artist book with content consisting of memories of the artist’s father, who immigrated from India to the United States where he spent the last thirty years of his life. Images include her father’s walking stick, his bathrobe, his glasses and sandals, as well as his interests in music and in reading in front of the fire in the family room. Holman made the paper for the woodcuts at Pyramid from abaca and cotton, and toward the end of the beating process she added pieces of an old, handwoven cushion cloth from the family’s home in India. The border of one of the woodcuts for the cover includes a frieze from her house in India, and paper pocket folders serve to hold the small prints representing her father’s interests. Holman wanted the richness of the textures and intensity of layered inks on her artist-made papers to convey the way India feels, smells, and looks in her own memories.
Editions of the book are featured in the following collections: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley, CA; and Cerritos Library, Cerritos, CA.
Printer and Papermaker: Shireen Holman
Screenprinting Assistant: Bridget Lambert
Learn more about the artist:
shireenholman.com
- Created: 1997