A small archive of holograms and documents created by/belonging to the late Adrian Lines (1960-1985) has been donated to the collection by the artist’s brother Paul Lines, facilitated by Adrian’s friend and mentor Michael Lumb. View the new additions here.

Self Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man, 1982 (test plate for the head)
Horologram, c.1984
Flying 3D, 1984
 

Margaret Benyon wrote in The Creative Holography Index

“He is most likely to be remembered by his ‘Self Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man’ because it was prophetic of his early death. Holographic casts of Adrian’s naked body were assembled in a coffin and carried through the streets of London in a funeral cortege. The piece resembles the ancient Chinese mortuary figure of the Han dynasty, the Jade Princess’, with its bizarre suit of greenish flat plates.”

Since Adrian’s death, the whereabouts of this work have been unknown, so it was exciting to discover a test plate of the holographic recording of the cast of his face among the works in the archive.

Full installation with multiple reflection holograms and physical coffin.

Invitation to 1982 "Sombre Viewing" in London

Portuguese holographic artists Isabel Azevedo has donated four holograms from her 2011 exhibition ‘Changing Thoughts’ to the collection.

There are also lenticular versions of each piece.

View each of the new acquisitions here.

John Brown, former CEO of Light Impressions Europe, whose Holographic Developments Ltd was one of the first companies to promote holography in the UK back in the 1970s, has donated 25 holograms to the Jonathan Ross Collection, including works by Margaret Benyon, Jonathan Brodel, Adrian Lines, Peter Miller, Edwina Orr, Martin Richardson and Walter Spierings.

And Kate Copestake, widow of designer Kevin Bulmer, has donated a selection of lenticulars, foil holograms and nickel shims for images designed by her late husband, who worked with companies such as Opsec and Colour Holographic.

Over the next few weeks pieces from these donations will begin to appear in the collection sections.

Now added to the catalogue:

5 works by Walter Spierings

3 works by Jonathan Brodel

1 work by Martin Richardson

2 works by Peter Miller