ANDREA BOLLEY MONUMENTAL MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS

ANDREA BOLLEY (CANADIAN, B. 1949) MIXED MEDIA (ACRYLIC AND COLLAGED FOLDED PAPER) ON CANVAS, SIGNED ON OVERTURNED CANVAS OVERLAY VERSO A MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION COMPRISING SCULPTURAL FOLDED MULTICOLOURED PAPER CONSTRUCTS FLOATING DYNAMICALLY ACROSS ATEXTURED FIELD 42 X 66 IN 43.5 X 67.5 IN FRAMED BORN IN GUELPH, ONTARIO, ANDREA BOLLEY IS A NOTED CANADIAN ABSTRACT PAINTER WHO EARNED HER BFA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR AND GAINED PROMINENCE IN THE TORONTO CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE OF THE 1970S AND 1980S. CELEBRATED FOR HER COLLABORATION WITH LEADING CRITICS AND CURATORS AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRIANGLE ARTISTS' WORKSHOP, SHE IS INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR PIONEERING HIGH-RELIEF ABSTRACTIONS USING FOLDED AND CREASED PAPER SUSPENDED WITHIN ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS OF COLOR.