Holly Roberts: For Just A Moment | form & concept gallery

Exhibition Guide

“As an artist, and an introvert, the lockdown allowed me to get that much closer to nature,” writes Holly Roberts. “Nature is the one thing that I couldn’t be locked out of.” When the world shut down due to Covid-19, Roberts revved up her practice. She had all the raw materials she needed in and around her studio in rural New Mexico. The artist shares over two years of creative output in this solo show, immersing viewers in her densely layered, nature-inspired universe.
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Artist Statement
Holly Roberts
The common animals I observed on a daily basis became the vehicles for me to see a better world, a more connected world, a world where nature isn’t pushed back into the shadows. By combining paint and my photographs, I was able to make these new worlds: worlds which give me great peace and let me make my way through a very scary period of time to see the deeper, more profound meaning in what is around me.
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Installation Views

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Artwork Spotlights
Forest Mother

"With her two guard coyotes and a snake at her feet, a rabbit in her arms, and two birds perched on her shoulder, she has an air of calmness and wisdom and seems to be saying, 'I'll take care of you wild things, not to worry.'"
-HR
Painted Horse

"Their precise, careful steps, their big powerful teeth cropping the grass as they slowly move forward, and their quiet, calm presence is soporific for me, giving me the unspoken feeling that all is, and will continue to be, okay."
-HR
Coyote with Rabbit

"The coyote and the rabbit both live by their wits, and if they don't, they die. The reality, beyond the death of one animal or the other, is that both live on, headed in different directions but sharing the same world of sky and forest, life and death."

-HR
Coyote Mother

"She is a mother of two, out for a walk with her rambunctious pups. The little snakes on the ground remind us that you can’t ever be too watchful as the pups check in with their mom. The trees and the animals, everything in the image, are all made from and of nature."
-HR
Coyote Watching

"Like the murders of crows that startle and take off en masse when I lift my camera to take a photograph, the coyotes are completely aware when I share their space. I so love this about them—that intelligence and awareness that lets them exist in both worlds simultaneously."
-HR
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