Holly Stevenson
Ceramic eyeball: 5 x 5 x 12 cm, 2 x 2 x 4 3/4 in
Knitted cord: 470 cm, 185 in
“the human heads as the knitting machine portraits, are slightly different; they are really about Object Relations Theory, they’re attracted to their lost objects. I made three series of heads for the exhibition, I was concerned with objects that potentially could see but through the lens of death, so in effect had lost the same sight as us”
Hector is Holly’s son. This pieces the first time she has done direct portraits of her family, and this was inspired by Jane’s work. Hector also helped Holly knit the red wool for the piece.
Exhibitions
Jane McAdam Freud: An Absent Presence, A Retrospective in Dialogue with Louise Bourgeois and Holly Stevenson, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2025)
Tracing the Irretraceable, Freud Museum, London, UK (2025)
Flowers: Flora in the contemporary art and culture, Contemporary Art and Culture, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2025
The Nature of Things, Castor Gallery, Holy Trinity Church, London, UK, 2024
