Victoria Holland | Rubble III, 2023

Drypoint

43 x 29 cm

Edition of 4

Exposed to illustrations of destruction from religious study material during her childhood, Victoria developed an obsession with urban ruin and decay. Through her practice, Victoria explores this through the mass production of printmaking. Creating, then destroying, manipulating, and then remaking her work symbolises the entropic city and the continuous cycle of life. It is a way of dissecting the past and overcoming the fear of expiring. Understanding that in some way or another, life and signs of past life will continue.  Victoria’s current work has taken direct inspiration from volunteering at the National Trust Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester, a structure that, until 2022, remained abandoned for over half a century.  Victoria’s recent series of etchings, ‘Rubble’ shown here for the first time, is based on the paper sculptures made from her cyanotypes and lithograph prints. They symbolise rubble from ruins, the desire to rebuild, and memorialise memories. Victoria Graduated in 2023 with a BA in Fine Art and the Manchester School of Art. She has exhibited her lino and screen print works in the Hotbed Press 20:20 print exchange and the Derby Print Open.