fine art
“Your portrait illustrates on canvas that a person may become more than he can be…“ – U.S. commission, 2011
“The most beautiful and special thing I have owned…” - U.S. commission, 2009
untitled, Paris-Reims 2011-12
NEWS – December 2011: Following completion of a residential installation in Reims, France, Metzger has accepted two large-scale commissions for 2012, by U.S. and Paris art collectors … October 2011: Works “Inspired by Music & Emotion” now on display at the Mairie de Cachan (collaboration) & Paris HdV (International Artists Collective). In addition, photos, paintings and poetry were recently featured and published in the annual Artists Gone Global 2011 (2nd Ed.) publication, available at Blurb.com … June 2011: The canvas “Citystorm” is now featured on the cover of a new collection of poetry by London author Rehan Qayoom, ABOUT TIME. 
January 2011: Proceeding publication of an interview last December, Metzger’s paintings are also featured in the month’s issue of NAU NUA Arts Magazine (Spain).
Since 1995, Ms. Metzger has been exploring various theories of composition, movement associative to time lapse and ideas of infinite space, often using a knife as a brush. Rooted in the French Cubist (1907-21) and Italian Futurist (1909-16) movements, what began as a study to find the “in-between” of these movements and objects in space in the 90′s, developed into a suggestive post-futurist “what if” statement after 2000, incorporating kinetic ‘energies’ of those forms which have mostly faded, leaving only the memory of them.
Many reasons underly the use of a knife, as an architect uses a pen. Most importantly, however, this became the artist’s way of re-training her hand to draw after having a stroke in 2006, away from computer-generated line weights and use of a computer mouse. Many have also assessed that this “cutting” is a defensive motion and in response to this Hollace often says, “The beauty formed in these possibly painful gestures and memories is an intricately detailed structure that can only be regarded as beautiful.” Thus, we are reminded again of her poetry and the possibility of transformation.
Commissions
untitled Feb.2012. Private collector, San Francisco, USA
untitled Dec.2011. Private collector, Paris, France
untitled Nov.2011. Private collector, Reims, France
Portrait of a Violinist Jun.2011. Private collector, Reims, France
We Are All Monkeys (Tribute to Buckminster Fuller) 2010-12. Private collector, Normandy, France
Portrait of a Man Apr. 2011. Private collector, USA
Eiffel Tower 2010. Private collector, Paris
Citystorm 2009-10. Gallerist, New York
La Grande Vague 2008. Private collector, Austin, USA
La Nuit dans Montmartre 2007. Gallerist, Montmartre, Paris
Exhibitions & Features
AAI collectif – Hollace M. Metzger +, Paris, France – Oct. 2011
Exposition Metzger-Plazannet, Mairie de Cachan, France – Oct. 2011
Fairmount Center Group Exhibition, OH, USA – June 2011
Biennale de Cachan (collaboration), France – May 2010
Vernissage Hollace M. Metzger, Paris, France – Oct. 2009
Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY – Mar. 2007
“Kin-Aesthetic Fourth Dimension”, University of Kentucky – Jun. 1999
Paintings by commission, at current exhibition or by appointment viewing only.
As the abstract works respond to client’s environment and lifestyle, commission consultations require photo-site analysis of client’s home/office and a brief personal interview.
Please direct all inquiries to office@hollacemetzger.com
portrait of a man, U.S. commission 2011
