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Hollis Sigler PUBLICATIONS
1948 Gary, Indiana - 2001. Known for: Naive modernist imagery, graphics.
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she calls "the lady," who is a symbol for real people. From 1975, Sigler has created psychologically complex narrative paintings, drawings, and prints that relate to her own personal experiences. Her themes are women's lives including love, family, coping... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she calls "the lady," who is a symbol for real people. From 1975, Sigler has created psychologically complex narrative paintings, drawings, and prints that relate to her own personal experiences. Her themes are women's lives including love, family, coping with loss and diseases, and the inevitability of death. In 1985, these themes were especially meaningful to her because she was dia... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesUnion League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)308 pages (color)Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995Hansen, Trudy (others)248 pages (color)North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesSpirited Visions Portraits of Chicago Artists
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Carrol, Patty/James Yood96 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesChicago Some Other Traditions
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Adrian, Dennis (intro)101 pages (color)1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Armstrong, Tom (Foreward)159 pages