Julia Holden’s arts practice is a cross-disciplinary hybrid of traditional oil painting, photography and film. Her hand made films quietly explore the idea of painting as a dedicated practice, a private, meditative ritual or habit.
The Philosopher (2012)
Installation view of The Philosopher (2012) Julia Holden, at FESTA Christchurch (2013)
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Julia Holden
Painter Play (2010)
A man carefully shaves his face in this sequence of animated oil paintings.
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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.
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38 Days (Part 1) (2013)
An animated portrait of the musician Delaney Davidson, made up of 585 individual portraits.