JULEE HOLCOMBE Homo Bulla (man is a bubble)
September 9 - October 22, 2005 www.connercontemporary.com
foto: "Homo Bulla" (C) Julee Holcombe 2005, courtesy Conner Contemporary Art

Julee Holcombe received her MFA last year from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. "Homo Bulla" (man is a bubble) is her first one-artist exhibition. Holcombe selects classic symbols to bespeak the permanence of cultural conventions that have been codified in artistic symbolism. In "Homo Bulla" (man is a bubble) two children blowing bubbles. They are posing with Vanitas Symbols (fleeting, fragile objects represent the transience of life - they are symbols of mortality; 'vanitas' refers to vain, narcism and superficial appearance). The fragility of the bubbles, the finality of the hourglass and the smoking candle convey that youth is fleeting. ... next>>>