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Landscape is the dominant theme in Rebecca’s work. This is a vivid response shaped by childhood trips to Cornwall and the excitement of encountering a landscape that contrasts dramatically with the fenland around her native Peterborough. These crucial formative experiences invest Rebecca’s landscape with a sense of adventure, of excitement. These works are not about topography, rather they are settings for experience and arenas for the imagination. Rebecca references the words of poet and critic Rebecca Tamás to describe these landscapes as: ‘Dynamic spaces where elements interplay, connect, dissipate and reconfigure’ and this quote crystallises what Rebecca is striving for in her work. Rebecca also cites Cuban feminist artist Ana Mendieta as a key influence. Mendieta’s earth/body sculptures expressed a deep spiritual, emotional and physical connection with the landscape and place Rebecca’s work in a powerful context. This context is further enriched by influences such as Barbara Hepworth, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova, Alexander Rodchenko, Lygia Pape, Max Ernst, the films of Andrei Tarkovsky and the science fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin. Rebecca is clearly an artist who can synthesise a wide range of artistic precedent; she has looked and looked hard and has a deep well of art historical reference to draw from. It gives her work a robust intellectual framework.
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The presence of Hepworth, Pape and the Russian Constructivists in this list of references perhaps explains another recurring theme in Rebecca’s work – that of geometric abstraction. Circles, squares, grids and diagonals provide an exciting counterpoint in many of the landscapes on display. The presence of these geometric abstractions subverts the idea of representational landscape by ‘breaking the veil of reality’ as Rebecca puts it. They are a potent compositional device and push these landscapes into an epic, fantastical realm more akin to cinematic science fiction than representation. Rebecca has described her work as an attempt to reconcile the polar opposites of abstraction and realism, however, to my mind at least, it is the competing tension of these two fundamentals; the fact that Rebecca allows them to play out and remain unresolved, that gives these works their excitement, their urgent creative charge.
Rebecca wants to take us beyond reality, to imagine the creative potential of landscape afresh and to witness new worlds in the making. Kingdoms abounds with these liminal, skilfully rendered portals into new possibilities. It is an exhilarating place to be and announces a bold and enthralling new talent to Eames Fine Art. So, welcome Rebecca Holmes and congratulations. We are sure that this show will be the first of many.
- Vincent Eames, November 2021
We have also created a beautiful catalogue for the exhibition which can be viewed and purchased HERE.
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Rebecca HolmesFloating Points (Black & Silver), 2021£280.00
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Rebecca HolmesCrystal Cove (Black & Silver) , 2021£280.00
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Rebecca HolmesFloating Points (Adobe), 2021£300.00
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Rebecca HolmesFloating Points (Silver Inverse), 2021£300.00
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Rebecca HolmesConstellation , 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesFloat, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesDawn In The Forest, 2020£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesCanopy, 2021£400.00
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Rebecca HolmesCove, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesCrystal Cove, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesFloating Points, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesHaze, 2021£230.00
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Rebecca HolmesKingdoms, 2016Sold
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Rebecca HolmesKingdoms II, 2020£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesTake Flight, 2020£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesCascade, 2018£270.00
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Rebecca HolmesShift, 2018£270.00
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Rebecca HolmesCrest, 2018£270.00
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Rebecca HolmesSnowdrift, 2020£160.00
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Rebecca HolmesTwo Moons, 2019£300.00
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Rebecca HolmesWild Water, 2020£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesMorvah, 2020£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesCloudy Night , 2020£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesDescent, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesStorm , 2021£220.00
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Rebecca HolmesBlack Rainbow, 2021£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesRock Pool , 2021£230.00
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Rebecca HolmesRock Pool (Detail), 2021£90.00
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Rebecca HolmesBedruthan, 2017£150.00
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Rebecca HolmesTidal, 2017£150.00
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Rebecca HolmesThe Flood, 2016£190.00
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Rebecca HolmesCollision, 2016£190.00
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Rebecca HolmesNarcissus, 2016£190.00
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Rebecca HolmesFlight Reflection, 2020£250.00
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Rebecca HolmesCanopy Plate, 2021Sold
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Rebecca HolmesFistral, 2021Sold
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Rebecca HolmesFistral II, 2021Sold
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Rebecca HolmesBefore the Storm, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesLow Tide, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesCove at Polstreath, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesSennen, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesWet Sand, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesEvening at Fistral Beach, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesAcross the Sand, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesOn the Clifftop, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesRocks at Polstreath, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesGodrevy Rocks, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesPolstreath III, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesDusk, 2020£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesCubert, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesPolstreath II, 2021£200.00
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Rebecca HolmesGodrevy, 2021£500.00
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Rebecca HolmesSennan II, 2021£500.00
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Rebecca HolmesPolstreath, 2021£300.00
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Rebecca Holmes | Kingdoms
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