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DECIPHERED OBJECTS

LAURA HOLLAND

October 7-29, 2022

Opening Reception
Thursday,
October 6, 5-7:00 pm
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Art Forum on Zoom: 
Thursday,
October 20, 7:30 pm
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Laura Holland, Inside My iPhone, 16-panel accordion book


​DECIPHERED OBJECTS at Gallery A3 in October
 
In Deciphered Objects, Laura Holland explores the actual or imagined stories that animate seemingly ordinary objects like empty paper bags, an antique pickle fork, a colorful raincoat, and an old ceramic platter in a series of handmade accordion books. 
 
Zigzagging along an entire wall of the gallery, Inside My iPhone, stretches ten feet long and looks at sequential “Featured Photos of the Day”. “The iPhonic eye—or algorithm—selects for an overlap of patterns of shape, form, and color to assemble a sequence,” notes the artist. “But as a human being, I bring a totally different lens. I look for possible STORIES to link together the images.” The work invites viewers to invent their own narratives.

Other books are quite small, such as the one that discovers specific social drama in a walk in the rain. Folding up to measure a mere two by four inches that easily fits in the palm of your hand, Raincoat recounts greetings from random strangers, reacting to the brightly-patterned rain gear. (“Yo, great colors!” is just one example.)
 
Some books suggest their stories in the wordless rhythm of individual images, like the large-scale Paper Bags. Others, such as The Ugly Ceramic Platter, rely on written text to report the sentimental journey of a family heirloom, loathed and loved at various points in its history. 
 
 “I have been making accordion books for two decades,” Holland explains, “and people often ask me why. The format allows me to place images in a narrative sequence and, by folding and unfolding the pages, to rearrange and recombine the images, expanding the stories they tell.” 

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Laura Holland, Raincoat (A Walk in the Rain), 16-panel accordion book with archival prints
Art Forum Online 

In an Art Forum Online on Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 pm, Holland will discuss her work and welcome questions from the audience. Click to register for this online event, which is free and open to the public. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Laura Holland, Invented World, 6-panel accordion book with archival prints, detail view, “Frying Pan Planet”
Laura Holland, Paper Bags, 8-panel accordion book, detail

Location

GALLERY A3 / Amherst Art Alliance 

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