Artspeak
Laura Piasta
Exhibitions
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HOLLY WARD
June 11–July 23, 2011
Holly Ward’s interdisciplinary practice is centred on ideas surrounding social progress and political power, and serves to examine the role of art within this. In Persistence of Vision, Ward investigates symbolic strategies of resistance and the use of utopian discourse as a starting point for revolution. The exhibition creates a linkage between contemporary spaces of protest and historical representations of the “utopian” city square. Featuring new sculptural and print work, the exhibition is an extension of Ward’s ongoing interest in social engagement and the utopian imaginary.
Publications
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Title: Every Force Evolves a Form
Category: Artist Book
Artist: Holly Ward
Writers: Kathleen Ritter, Jeff Derksen, Laura Piasta
Editor: Kim Nguyen
Design: Post Projects
Publisher: Artspeak
Printer: Paper Chase Printing
Year published: 2012
Edition: 200
Pages: 48pp
Cover: Paper
Binding: Perfect Bound
Process: Offset
Features: 26 colour images
Dimensions: 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.5 cm
Weight: 159 g
ISBN: 978 -0-921394-64-8
Price: $6This catalogue is published in conjunction with Holly Ward’s exhibition Persistence of Vision. It features the artist in conversation with Kathleen Ritter, an extended essay by Jeff Derksen and a text on recreating a glass symphony by Laura Piasta.