Bolle accompanies this piece with an anecdotal exploration of her relationship with her father: "As a child I was never by my fathers side, I don’t remember him ever holding my hand. except for once on the day that he died. We had fought with each other for my entire lifetime. It was how we spent our shared time on this earth. My earliest memory is writing a note that said I hate daddy and leaving it on the stairs for him to find. I didn’t hate him of course. It was my enormous need for his love that felt like hate. But he couldn’t show love. He was too fragile. Too afraid to lose me so he wouldn’t love me. But on the day he died I sat beside him and I held his hand. He was soft and looked at me with love for the first time ever. He knew he was dying and it was the happiest id ever seen him. It was the best day that I’d ever spent with my dad."
Artist +-
Shirani Bolle
London born multi-disciplinary artist Shirani Bolle is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and a Sri Lankan immigrant; it is the unlikely union of these two backgrounds that has heavily influenced her work. Bolle uses subjects such as war, capitalism, racism, religion and nature, alongside more personal themes, to explore the existential questions on identity and meaning. The artist's work protests against the, often unquestioned, structures of society. Bright, graphic and colourful, they create noisy and brash work that is demonstrative of the deafening, seemingly inescapable society that we have built. Bolle is visually optimistic in her unravelling of the conscious human existence. She combines her art with a knowledge of eastern philosophy to render open-ended questions; of which, society usually suffers from ignoring.
Shirani has exhibited in London and been featured in publications across the UK and Ireland. She currently lives on the West coast of Ireland with her husband and two young daughters.
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Based on our agreement with the artist, 15% of the pre-VAT price excluding frames will be donated to support the social movement. Donation will be given to support Fierce Calm.
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Print medium: Printed, using the giclée method, on Hahnemühle German Etching fine art paper. A 310 gsm traditional mould-made copperplate printing paper, complete with an inkjet coating. The white art paper made from 100% alpha cellulose is characterised by its extraordinary velvety tactile feel and its fine, clearly defined felt structure with traits of a traditional artist board. It is acid- and lignin-free and meets the most exacting requirements in terms of age resistance.
Frame: Artwork is printed without a frame.
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