Denise Holland seeks to disrupt the meaning of objects and ideas in order to draw attention to alternative views. She is interested in the power structures we are immersed in, particularly those that are so ingrained that they seem invisible.
Date/Time: Mar 14 2018, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Vancouver, 800 Robson St
Two sculptural protest signs face each other across the net as the audio of a tennis match is played. Inspired by “The Battle of the Sexes”, an absurd televised match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973, the protest signs stand as disembodied agents representing an aesthetic contemplation of opposition, competition and our drive to choose a side. Peaceful Protest is a study of human allegiance to descriptors from the perspective of an abstracted form.
Holland predominantly uses sculpture and text, often turning ideas literally upside down, inside out and backward in a satirical way.
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