James Holmes, Trout Shadow. 2014. Wood, lead, linoleum, copper, plastic, antler, photographs. 11" x 31" x 11"
PHIL SPACE is pleased to present SHOP DROP: New Work by James Holmes. The surreal constructions and vivid artworks of James Holmes defy easy categorization. They range all over the artistic map from sculpture to furniture to fantastical architecture based on the home. He is similarly uninhibited in his use and combination of everyday materials such as wood, lead, vintage linoleum, brass, and glass. These are mostly materials of the building world and of the domestic sphere. His overall body of work has a deep connection to the house and to the dreams and actions contained within its box-like form. These ideas are similarly played out in the objects that he keeps returning to such as suitcases, keepsake boxes of different sorts, monuments, and plinths. As an artist who avidly draws from his own life and the resources that surround him, his artwork is never one-dimensional. His sculptures are beautiful and elegant in their construction and interplay of surfaces while being humorous, serious, and incisive at the same time.
-Lisa Hatchadoorian, Curator at the Nicolaysen Art Museum
James Holmes, Trout Shadow (Detail). 2014. Wood, lead, linoleum, copper, plastic, antler, photographs. 11" x 31" x 11"
James Holmes, Brick Sarcophagus. 2012. Fir, walnut, pine, brick, sand, brass. 8 × 14 × 9 inches.
James Holmes, Brick Sarcophagus. 2012. Fir, walnut, pine, brick, sand, brass. 8 × 14 × 9 inches. (Inside view)
James Holmes, Skyline. 2013. Wood, linoleum, copper, lead, plastic, rubber. 18" x 17" x 16.5"
James Holmes, Conquistador Dunce Cap. 2011. Pine, lead, steel, copper, brass. 27.5" x 9.5" x 9.5"
James Holmes, Four Phases of the Moon. 2013. Pine, lead, copper, brass, steel. 11 × 48 × 2 ½ inches.
James Holmes, House in House. 2015. Pine, copper, linoleum, steel. 7 ¼ × 9 ½ × 2 ¼ inches.
James Holmes, New Mexico Panorama. 2010. Aspen, pine, fir, lead, copper, steel, plastic. 26.5" x 35.25" x 8"
James Holmes, New World Order. 2002. Steel, white oak, redwood, pine, brass, copper, linoleum, glass. 16.5" x 11" x 11"
James Holmes, Fin House. 2011. Pine, lead, linoleum, copper, porcelain. 10.25" x 12.25" x 3.25"
James Holmes, Antler Quotation. 2016. Pine, walnut, tin. 19.25" x 13" x 7"
James Holmes, Untitled. 2000. Pine, linoleum, metal. 19.75" x 40.5" x 6.75"
James Holmes, Mystery Twins, St. Joe, Missouri. 2014. Pine, lead, copper, steel, photographs. 6.5" x 15" x 1"
James Holmes, Scale. 2009. Pine, lead, linoleum, plastic, white metal, copper, brass, chain, bird nest. 21.75" x 20" x 8.5"
James Holmes, Gold King. 2015. Pine, lead, copper, steel, faux gold leaf. 6.5" x 13.25" x 5.5"
James Holmes, July 18, 1969. 2015. Redwood, pine, steel, lead, linoleum, plastic, leather, paper. 12.25" x 15.25" x 7.375"
James Holmes, Missouri Riverboat. 2016. Pine, walnut, branches, tin, copper, lead, brass, linoleum, chain. 23" x 36" x 10.5"
James Holmes, Ship of the Evening. 2016. Pine, copper, lead, linoleum, walnut, steel. 15.25" x 24.75" 4.5"
Holmes, Pi Hammer. 2016. Pine, linoleum, ink, lead. 14" x 14.25" x 12.25"