Lot 23

Unit London, London 2022
Private collection, Queensland

Nicholas Holiber: Shape-Shifter, Unit Gallery, London, 26 April - 28 May 2022

"In a working process that allows the unconscious mind to steer the origins of each piece, Shape-Shifter demonstrates the artist's growing reconciliation with the unknown. Holiber relinquishes any tendency to overwork, allowing breathing room for ambiguity and polyvalence. As such, these cubist-like compositions reveal multiple perspectives and viewpoints as meaning itself constantly shifts, encouraging us to return to these paintings over and over to uncover something different each time. For Holiber, Shape-Shifter demonstrates the comfort that can come from uncertainty and a profound trust in the artmaking process despite its many elusive and ever-changing forms." (excerpt, exhibition text)