A selection from 17 years of visual work, in no particular order… (so much work lost, destroyed, undocumented—no paintings from the 80s and 9Os save a couple in public collections—real grief about that).
Gilding Grass on Prince Phillip Playing Fields at night. Emma Bolland, performance for camera for MilkyWayYouWillHearMeCall research project (with Judit Bodor and Tom Rodgers). Photograph: Tom Rodgers. 2012
Gymkhana (detail). Paper cut-outs, bulldog clips, and video projection. Dimensions variable. Emma Bolland 2006.My hands, gilded. Performance for camera for MilkyWayYouWillHearMeCall research project (with Judit Bodor and Tom Rodgers). Photograph Tom Rodgers 2012.Water Horse. Paper cut outs and video projection. Dimensions variable. 2005. Emma Bolland 2005.Hansel and Gretel (snow white). Perspex cut-outs and lightbulb. Emma Bolland 2011.Clover Walk. Ink on paper and photographic lamp. Emma Bolland 2012.Test installation of drawings from the ‘MilkyWayYouWillHearMeCall‘ suite, a collaborative reasearch project with Judit Bodor and Tom Rodgers. Pen, ink and gouache on paper. Emma Bolland 2012.Rose and Heather (2013 version). Paper cutout lampshades, lampstands, coloured bulbs. Emma Bolland 2013.Sylvia Sylvia Oh Where Are You Buried? Multimedia installation. Emma Bolland 2005.Screening of Spells and Bone, a film by Emma Bolland, 2014.Unwriting Lispector. Book, notebook & looped video projection. Emma Bolland, 2014Still from Spelunker. Video, Emma Bolland 2014.Still from Spelunker. Video, Emma Bolland 2014.Still from The Is of the Thing. Video. Emma Bolland 2015.Mis-en-scene #1. Gouache on paper, lamé, video, table, post-its, pencils, stand. Emma Bolland 2016.The Intimates, Oil on canvas, 5ft by 4ft. Emma Bolland 1988.Rose & Heather (2006 version), Lamps, lightbulbs, extension leads. Emma Bolland 2006.
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