Julia Holden

38 Days (Part 1) (2013)

2 min 27 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Silent

An ‘animated painting’ portrait of musician Delaney Davidson (Lyttelton, NZ), comprising 585 individual portraits painted over 38 consecutive days.

    Other works by Julia Holden

    A painting of a person applying eye makeup.
    Julia Holden

    Muse (2011)

    A cross-disciplinary work of oil painting, photography, and film.

    Muse
    A painting of a person applying shaving foam.
    Julia Holden

    Painter Play (2010)

    A man carefully shaves his face in this sequence of animated oil paintings.

    Painter Play
    A painting of a person dressed in an extravagant high-necked outfit and feathery hat.
    Julia Holden

    the importance of being I (2012)

    Geoffrey Rush in the act of becoming the character, Lady Bracknall, in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

    the importance of being I
    A painting of a person smoking and staring wistfully.
    Julia Holden

    The Philosopher (2012)

    776 individual oil paintings are animated. A woman nonchalantly smokes a cigarette.

    The Philosopher
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