[A person's head enters the right side of the frame. A pattern of dark blue undulating lines covers the entire image against a muted background consisting of a tan rhombus shape and green, red, and blue hues.]
Aaron Holz
The onlooker , 2007
Artwork Type: Paintings
Medium: Oil, resin, acrylic on panel
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (24.13 x 29.21 cm)
Accession #: 20112345
Department: Alumni Collection
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of Aaron Holz
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TakeYourPick
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Copyright: © Aaron Holz
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Show Object Label(s)In The onlooker (2007), Holz’s multilayered painting technique creates an illusionistic perception of depth while stimulating our sense of touch. Peering into the composition with us is a transparent figure, like an apparition through whom we see the vibrant colors, lines, and shapes of the painting refracted. Only the edge of the figure’s face is solidly rendered and their gaze is hidden from the viewer. The figure simultaneously blends into and pushes against the surrounding ground. Holz (b. 1972, Minneapolis, MN; lives and works in Nebraska) received his M.F.A. in 2001 from the University at Albany, Albany, NY, and is a professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. His work is in the collections of several university museums throughout the country.
-Introphantasm
–Introphantasm
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