A New York Walkabout, Indoors, in Wallpaper Scenes
"It's fantastic what you did with the light man, the bulbs,
-- Tom Petrovich, Manager, Bergdorf Goodman Men's,
in a lively dialogue. Icons of New York's Gilded Age mingle with references to the city of today, while figures formed of dotted lights march in front, as if into the future. The effect is visually stunning and thought-provoking." -- Diana Wolfe Larkin, Ph.D., Art historian and poet
Alderman's innovative original format for mural design for the neoclassical formal dining room of the Huntington mansion on 5th Avenue, renovated by Ogden Codman in 1913 and later the Stone Room at the National Academy Museum, blends walkabout traffic icons with Central Park sculptures and Bergdorf window reflections in transparent collage, composed in cyber space in digital layers.
The purpose includes expression and declarations, environmental narrative, cultural history and inventive technique as invention of a new art form that could never have existed before in art history, to define this moment for the National Academy Mural Fellowship competition. "My Incandescent Persona" frame walls (or wallpaper scenes) of Central Park and a walkabout from the New York Public Library to the National Academy Upper East Side neighborhood of Museum Mile.
Alderman presented iconic digital mural themes and original technique innovations at the National Academy Mural Fellowship competition in New York. Published by the NA Mural Fellowship committee chaired by Richard Haas, program facilitated by artist Grace Graupe-Pillard. For permission to photograph the living room installation, thanks go to L. Mathewson.
Print original size 44"w x 75"h
Central Park Angel Meets Walk Lights
"Holly Alderman's art combines serious purpose, wit and whimsy in an engaging alchemy. In the multi-layered images of the Cyber Heroes project for the National Academy she makes past and present speak to each other in a lively dialogue. Icons of New York's Gilded Age mingle with references to the city of today, while figures of dotted lights march in front, as if into the future. The effect is visually stunning and thought-provoking." -- Diana Wolfe Larkin, Ph.D., Art Historian
"Holly Alderman's art combines serious purpose, wit and whimsy in an engaging alchemy. In the multi-layered images of the Cyber Heroes project for the National Academy she makes past and present speak to each other in a lively dialogue. Icons of New York's Gilded Age mingle with references to the city of today, while figures of dotted lights march in front, as if into the future. The effect is visually stunning and thought-provoking." -- Diana Wolfe Larkin, Ph.D., Art Historian
