Drew Connor Holland
applause from a bell tower2 – 18 December 2022
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Nasha is pleased to present Sydney-based artist Drew Connor Holland.
Drew Connor Holland’s practice shrinks the history of mass information into insular moments of reflection. Using a blend of contemporary, analogue, and naive communication tools, Holland creates works that reflect on the feelings of joy, anxiety or loneliness that they feel today. Instagram screenshots, video game archives, Shutterstock photos, selfies, and virtual image dumps are collaged and transformed through transformative processes: handmade paper holding personal archives create personal archaeology; monotypes with polypropylene and watercolour pencils create uncanny fan-art; sublimation prints make corrupted images into tiny, watermarked paintings.
Every work is rendered fragile; each differing surface absorbs or rejects elements of the image depending on their material qualities. Instead of slick and new, their finish is battered and old — like a crumbling fresco or
tapestry. In this state, they force a gentle hand and ask for care.
