Holden Studio Archive

A Plea For Tenderness

Andy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:42:33 +0000

Performance outside the exhibition “A Plea for Tenderness”, curated by David Raymond Conroy.

Jim Holden selling “beerbottle stalagmite original multiples”, made from the left over plaster used to construct the authentic work on display in the gallery.

Andy — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:46:34 +0000

Second presentation of Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape. With Tyler Woolcott. Stanley Picker Gallery and Centre for Useless Spendour, Kingston. A one hour lecture/manifesto for making art using physics and cartoons.

Cookham Erratics, Benaki Museum, Athens

Andy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:58:09 +0000

Six knitted sculptures with speakers inside communicating an hour long text. Video below.

Lecture on Nesting, performance, Peterborough

Andy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:46:32 +0000

Andy Holden and Peter Holden “Lecture on Nesting”
Marcus Coates, talk on “Dawn Chorus”
Peterborough, Oct 2011

Transcendental Empiricism at Rob Tufnell

Andy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:41:21 +0000

group exhibition curated by Rob Tufnell, Pimlico, Oct-Dec 2011

Six Short Work in Time, Kettle’s Yard

Andy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:14:04 +0000

Performance to close the exhibition Chewy Cosmos Thingly Time at Kettle’s Yard. Included the premier of Quartet for Thingly Time. Thanks to every one who came to the performances and visited the exhibition, and to Dan, for his help, up until his death in February, in curating the exhibition, and without who much of my work would not have been possible.

photographs 2-4 in this post by Noel Myles.

Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape

Andy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:42:17 +0000

Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape, performance lecture with Tyler Woolcott, Kettle’s Yard, to accompany the exhibition Chewy Cosmos Thingly Time. Screen-printed poster available.

Chewy Cosmos Thingly Time, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

Andy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:21:54 +0000

Chewy Cosmos Thingly Time: In Loving Memory of Dan Cox
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, May 14th – July 10th 2011

For Reviews see Art Monthly Issue 348, A-N Magazine, Guardian Artist of the Week, Cambridge Tab.

Preparations for Kettle’s Yard

Andy — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:58:38 +0000

studio image from April.

THE NATURIST (UNOFFICIAL SCULPTURE FOR THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN), JAYWICK, ENGLAND, EASTER WEEKEND, 2011

Andy — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:58:00 +0000

The film of the sculpture can be found in the current exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. The film is edited by Ed Atkins.
With thanks to Andrew, Mark, Stuart, Guy, Tyler and Ed.

Grubby Mitts: The Impossibility of Crows, Cafe Oto, In Memory of Dan Cox

Andy — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:40:28 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate the genius and beauty that was Dan Cox.

To a Friend’s House the Way is Never Long

Andy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:45:50 +0000

New single from the Grubby Mitts out on April 18th. Single Launch at Cafe Oto on April 21st.

Lecture on Bird Song

Andy — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:34:33 +0000

Lecture on Bird Song, Andy Holden and Peter Holden, Art Now Live, Tate Britain, March 4th 2011

Dan 1982 – 2011

Andy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:31:50 +0000

Recording: Grubby Mitts The Mountain and I, recorded live at Tate Britain, 2010

Be Glad For The Song Has No End ~ A Festival of Artists’ Music

Andy — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:11:04 +0000

Be Glad For the Song Has No End ~ A Festival of Artists’ Music
Curated at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, 11th Sept 2010.

Images: The Errorists, Juneau Projects, the boulder stage, Long Meg, Bohman Brothers with Richard Thomas, Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra, and Kaffe Matthews. Video clips: Mark Leckey, Martin Creed. More video clips can be found on YouTube. For review see Art Monthly No 341, November 2010.

With thanks to all the artists who performed, Wysing for hosting the event, Resonance FM, the Wire, Arts Council and Paul Hamlyn Foundation for supporting it, and all those who came along.

Athens IV

Andy — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:34:27 +0000

Athens IV. 4m. Ply, timber and left-over paints. Performance: Athens: Yesterday I Woke Up Humming Tina Turner, a composition for 12 car stereos, 20mins. For the opening of the exhibition Props, Events and Encounters at the Hub in Athens. Oct 1st.

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Anthony as Andy as Andy – Artist’s Talk for the Exhibition Props, Events and Encounters

Stalagmite Rock Club Beerbottle Rock Shop

Andy — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:08:04 +0000

One night performance August 2010- Stalagmite Rock Club Beerbottle Rock Shop – Sculptures made on the balcony with plaster pumped over the bottles drunk in the rock club below. Stalagmite strobe lights made with expanding foam. Performing live/in collaboration with: Ice, Sea, Dead People. DJ set of songs with rock in the title PT 2: Pups McDowell. Wysing Arts Centre studio.

Grubby Mitts Live on the Roof of the Hayward Gallery

Andy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:22:00 +0000

Playing on the roof by the Dan Graham Pavilion as part of Daily, Action, Poetry, Hayward Gallery, July 17th.

LECTURE ON NESTING

Andy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:43:03 +0000

04.07.2010 Lecture given with Peter Holden. Part of London Festival of Architecture, by invitation of 51% Architects.

PERMANENT VACATION

Andy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:40:06 +0000

Permanent Vacation, Bureau, Manchester, 2010

Grubby Mitts Summer Tour 2010

Andy — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:58:11 +0000

Grubby Mitts, Objects and Other Stories Tour: Bristol, Liverpool, London, Bedford. Summer 2010

Studio view (Preparations for Manchester)

Andy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:43:18 +0000

Lost Toys Lounge at Wysing Art Centre

Andy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:58:41 +0000

Lost Toys Records Lounge: a display of the original paintings for record sleeves, posters, videos and music. Paintings and collages by Andy Holden and the Grubby Mitts, videos by Andy Holden and Johnny Parry, writings by Betty Frances, display assembled by Andy Holden for Lost Toys Records. Currently on show at Wysing Art Centre near Cambridge. wysing website.

Jim Holden wears Grubby Mitts

Andy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:47:34 +0000

NEW Grubby Mitts T-Shirts available from the Souvenir Shop. Limited edition with screen-printed front and wobbly eyes stitched on by hand by my Grandmother.

The Eccentric, the Idiosyncratic and the Unpredictable: Andy Holden, Juneau Projects and Bedwyr Williams. Paris.

Andy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:00:49 +0000

An exhibition called: The Eccentric, The Idiosyncratic, and The Unpredictable with myself, Juneau Projects and Bedwyr William at Shirman and De Beauce in Paris currated by Cliodhna Murphy and Guillaume Breton.

Images:
1) The Desert Cabinet and extracts from the Desert Project
2) Missed Opportunities (Warm Neutrals), plaster mixed with house-hold emulsion paint. (Background – orange wall and wood cuts by Juneau Projects)
3) Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will (melted records, painted and suspended)
4) Bedwyr Williams studio model in foreground with myBastion of the Empire painting behind.
5) Roy, Jim and me outside the exhibition

Three Short Works in Time, TATE Britain

Andy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:23:15 +0000

Three Short Works in Time, Performed at Tate Britain in the room titled, The Sublime in Crisis, Terror, Torment and Transcendence. The recording of the music will be added to the Studio Archive in the near future.

TEFAF Showcase, Maastricht

Andy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:06:22 +0000

Top: Display
then: Christmas with the Holden’s, bronze, 2010
then: Collage, 2010
then: Mr Smith Goes To Washington, (Charlie Brown, Iggy Pop and the Question of Motivation), 2010

With Hidde van Seggelen gallery.

Canadian Pharmacy, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia

Andy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:49:58 +0000

Biggleswade Chronical

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:17:06 +0000

Sunday Telegraph

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:08:10 +0000

with my mothers handwriting.

Pyramid Piece and Return of the Pyramid Piece, Art Now, Tate Britain

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:01:51 +0000

Coach Party to Tate Britain

Andy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:30:10 +0000

Top: Invite Card – Coach Party to Tate Britain
Other Images: by Mark Hedden documenting Andy Holden’s Coach Party to Tate Britain. This work coincided with the opening of Pyramid Piece and Return of the Pyramid Piece in the Art Now space at Tate Britain. The coach trip included a guided tour of London by Richard Wentworth.

Mother’s Vinyl, Father’s Postcards, 2009

Andy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:48:50 +0000

Emulsion paint on 12″ Vinyl. Exhibited at the Pan Art Fair, Amsterdam. Part 3 in the series.

Lecture on Migration

Andy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:55:19 +0000

29th November, Transition Gallery, London

One-hour slide lecture by Peter Holden.

Images: 1) Screen-printed poster, Andy Holden 2) Knot Flock, Peter Holden. 3) Dottrel, Peter Holden. 4) Pink-Footed Geese and the Moon, Peter Holden. 5) Puffin Trio, Andy Holden

Two Short Works In Time (Part 1)

Andy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:56:53 +0000

Two Short Works in Time (Part 1: A Meditation on the Dumb Motif).
16mm film transfered to digital, Camera/Editing Lucy Parker, music by Johnny Parry
Performed at Mol’s Place, 20th Oct 2009.

Bastion of Empire

Andy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:02 +0000

1) Bastion of Empire
2) Bastion of Empire (Summer Fruits)
3) Bastion of Empire (Caramel Coffee Creme)
4) Bastion of Empire (Butter Pecan Biscuit Crumble)
5) Bastion of Empire (Strawberry Cheesecake Cappuccino under a Mulberry Sky)

All: Emulsion on brown paper, 2009
Link to text: here
Link to video: here

Akzo Nobel Collection – (Installation for Canteen)

Andy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:53 +0000

Beerbottle Stalagmite Shelves, Akzo Nobel, Netherlands.

Desert Project (or Hard On In The Desert)

Andy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:55:51 +0000

Andy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:52:25 +0000

Andy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:12:08 +0000

Andy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:29:07 +0000

Two study’s for Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will, as a gift for Mr Ben Janssens.

Andy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:21:50 +0000

A Meditation on the Dumb Motif

Andy — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:19:08 +0000

Part 1 of Odeon Cinema Performance Two Short Works in Time, a piece for 16mm film and string quartet. Music by Johnny Parry, adapted from the track “Fields and Birds and Things” from the Album “More Love and Death”, camera and editing by Lucy Parker.

A Series of Small Encounters

Andy — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:41 +0000

A Series of Small Encounters, Hidde van Seggelen, April 09 (Installation Shots)
The exhibition also included the performance of Two Short Works in Time at the Odeon Cinema by way of an introduction.

Wysing Art Centre, Cambridge

Andy — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:16:58 +0000

Above: Last Stop For The Good Old Times, w/The Grubby Mitts,
A Work for quintet and marble game, dub plate / turntable / headphones

Andy — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:20:39 +0000

Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurter Kunstverein

Andy — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:37:02 +0000

Experimenta Folklore, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Dec 2008
Curated by Tobi Maier

1+2) Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will, emulsion paint on melted gramophone records suspended from chains.
(Background – works by Jim Shaw, Jeremy Dellar and Alan Kane)
3) Mother’s Records, Fathers Postcards, (version 2) 2008

The Unquiet Grave

Andy — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:45:10 +0000

in the shadow of a watertower

Andy — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:44:04 +0000

Andy — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:06:10 +0000

Andy — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:18:37 +0000

Art Amsterdam, Rai, 2009 with HVS

You Go On Without Me

Andy — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:10:23 +0000

Posters for the exhibition at Hex in Hackney, London.

Studio view this morning

Andy — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:25:03 +0000

Andy — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:02:56 +0000

Poster for the recent exhibition at Hidde van Seggelen and performance at the Odeon Cinema in Covent Garden.

So Long See You Tomorrow

Andy — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:07:29 +0000

Andy — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:07:07 +0000

1] Premonition of the Third Attempt
2] Preparations for the Third Attempt
3] The Third Attempt (construction images)
4] The Third Attempt (construction images)

Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will

Andy — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:11:03 +0000

Andy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:21:09 +0000

Andy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:10:01 +0000

Andy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:34:13 +0000

Studio Archives

Andy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:52:33 +0000

Coming soon.