Holly Stevenson
Hector Speaks Volumes, 2024
Glazed ceramic stoneware, wool and cotton.
Ceramic head: 25 x 23 cm, 9 7/8 x 9 in
Ceramic mouth: 13 x 4 cm, 5 1/8 x 1 5/8 in
Knitted cord: 980 cm, 385 7/8 in
Ceramic mouth: 13 x 4 cm, 5 1/8 x 1 5/8 in
Knitted cord: 980 cm, 385 7/8 in
Copyright of Rashad Babayev
“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...
“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, Jane McAdam Freud Gallery, Pribor, Czech Republic (2024)
