In Ruins: Losing My Shit, ink on Mylar, 18″x30″, 2013

Artist Statement

“Exploring consumerist culture through evidence of accumulation, hoarding and collecting, piles of rubble permeate the works of Hollis Hammonds. Growing up in semi-rural Kentucky, the youngest child of depression era parents, her surroundings were those of cold war stockpiling, nick-knack collections, and junk-yard recycling. After surviving a house fire in her teens, piles of burnt keepsakes created a lasting impression on her, of the impermanence and worthlessness of superficial possessions. Ranging from documentary studies of storms and storm damage to elaborate drawings of trash heaps and landfills; her works often illustrate imaginary piles of debris left after fictional natural and man-made disasters. Post-apocolyptic in nature, her recent and past works deal with memory, material consumption, waste, catastrophe and superficial loss.”

Aftermath: Asteroid, marker on vinyl, 55″x55″, 2014
 

Hollis Hammonds is an Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Visual Studies at St. Edward’s University, where she also directs the Art Exhibition Program.

For more art, visit Prof. Hammonds’ website: http://www.hollishammonds.com/