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