Hollis Sigler

Hollis Sigler (1948-2001) was a Chicago-based artist whose paintings addressed her life with breast cancer. She died of the disease in 2001, at the age of 53. She received degrees from both Moore College of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hollis Sigler created psychologically complex paintings, drawings, and prints grounded in personal experience. Sigler said that she utilized a childlike, faux-naïf style as a reaction against a patriarchal culture that treated women as little more than children. Her style was also a means of conveying difficult emotional content in a way that viewers could easily understand. In 1985, Sigler was diagnosed with breast cancer, which later spread to her bones. Her work from the 1990s until her death from cancer in 2001 dealt with the personal pain of the disease and its effect on society.

IF SHE COULD FREE HER HEART TO HER WILDEST DESIRES

Hollis Sigler's If She Could Free Her Heart To Her Wildest Desires is presented in the form of a pop-up book, employing the popular form of paper engineering to achieve interesting aesthetic and technical effects. When the book is opened, the treasure chest and wolves "pop up."

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