a m e rican artist
Erin Holscher Almazan
oil painting
Promise Not To Tell
Figurative Art/Feminist Art, 30 x 44”
Oil and Graphite on Paper, $1000
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
My work is a direct and emotional response to identity;
I am continually fascinated and perplexed by my roles and
relationships. Through my work, I reflect on a malleable
identity shaped not only by our own shifting environments,
but also by nature, nurture, inheritance, and history. I
draw, print or paint on mylar, copper or paper to fluidly
move with and investigate form an edge and to achieve
a range of delicate, gestural lines and marks. I strive to
communicate acceptance, ambivalence, struggle, empathy,
Accidental Temptress
and connectivity, and to convey the duality embedded
Figurative Art/Feminist Art, 44 x 30”
within our identity.
Oil and Graphite on Paper, $800
“Am I Living Up to Your Expectations” is an on-going
series of paintings, drawings, and prints created from
documented performances depicting women bare-handedly devouring and destroying cake. What began as a symbolic
smashing of the patriarchy ultimately revealed more by way of women’s relationships with our own selves and with each
other. Depicted are normally polite, professional women acting out in a cathartic and animalistic manner. The work
evolved into a multi-layered exploration of women’s relational capabilities. Images of cruelty, secrecy, and aggression
are balanced with depictions of love, solidarity, and sincerity. Self-acceptance, the need for approval, and sexual
undertones are embedded within the work.
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