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*Biography* *Robin Holliday PhD, FRS, FAA, born 6 November 1932 is* *one of the most prominent Australian sculptors and also he is a distinguished* British molecular biologist. *Holliday work* is influenced by the British school of abstract sculpture, particularly Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, Lynn Chadwick and Reg Butler. *Robin Holliday* is represented all around the world.
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Robin Holliday PhD, FRS, FAA, born 6 November 1932, is a distinguished British molecular biologist and also, he is a prominent Australian sculptor. He proposed a mechanism of DNA-strand exchange that attempted to explain gene-conversion events that occur during meiosis in fungi. That model first proposed in 1964 and is now known as the Holliday Junction. Robin Holliday proposed a mechanism of DNA strand exchange to explain the breakage and reunion of chromosomes and also gene conversion in meiosis.

Robin Holliday kinetic and mobile bronze sculptures consist of a sculpture base on which one or two pieces rotate. The principle is based on the fact that the centre of gravity of the top piece that is below the point of rotation, so that it (they) is balanced. A gentle push to the top piece (s) sets it in motion and momentum takes over. Some will rotate for several minutes. Robin Holliday kinetic or mobile bronze sculptures pay homage to Isaac Newton in exploiting gravity and angular momentum http://www.robinholliday.com/Robin%20Holliday/Robin%20Holliday.html

Robin Holliday studied art and sculpture at Hertford and London, United Kindom from 1960 to 1975 using plaster, clay, wood, stone and metal. From l998 Robin Holliday has worked in Sydney in bronze and mixed media. Robin Holliday sculptures can be described as organic and abstract. Some are stylized representations of animals, such as Fish, Bird and Manta ray. Some others have scientific symbolism, such as Crossing over, Synapse and DNA double helix. Other Robin Holliday sculptures are purely abstract, such as Lacunae, Diad and Dual knife edge.

Recently, Robin Holliday has turned his attention to kinetic or mobile bronze sculptures. These consist of a sculpture base on which one or two pieces rotate. The principle is based on the fact that the centre of gravity of the top piece(s) is below the point of rotation, so that it (they) is balanced. A gentle push to the top piece(s) sets it in motion and momentum takes over. Some will rotate for several minutes. Robin Holliday Möbius Strip sculpture is a mathematician confided a Möbius band is one-sided, and you'll get quite a laugh, if you cut one in half, for it stays in one piece when divided.

Robin Holliday kinetic or mobile bronze sculptures pay homage to Isaac Newton in exploiting gravity and angular momentum visit http://www.robinholliday.com/Robin%20Holliday/Robin%20Holliday.html

Robin Holliday makes the initial sculpture in plaster and then cast at a bronze foundry, usually in an edition of six, but occasionally in twelve. It is common for the sculptures in one edition to have very different patinas (surface finishes).

ARTIST STATEMENT
My interest in sculpture dates back to the l960s and l970s when I attended classes at an Art School in Hertford, Herts, UK, and also at the Camden Art Centre, Finchley, London. Two of my instructors were the established sculptors Mark Harvey and Jesse Watkins, and three others had worked as assistants to Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Eduardo Paolozzi.

I have worked with stone, wood, clay and plaster. I also obtained instruction in art metalwork, and I have experimented with mixed media. My work is mainly abstract, but I sometimes bridge the gap between representational forms and abstract ones. This is in part due to the influence of organic shapes on my sculpture. At present I am working mainly in plaster, built up on wire armatures. By a combination of adding plaster and carving or wearing it down I achieve the final form. This is then finished with a bronze patina, or caste in bronze. In Sydney one of my abstract pieces, known as "Diad", has been caste in bronze at Alan Crawford's foundry. I am now working on another piece and have sketches or clay maquettes for at least two others.

I have been influenced strongly by the established British school of abstract sculpture, particularly Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, but also Lynn Chadwick and Reg Butler. My interest in organic forms can be related to the paintings, drawings and prints of Graham Sutherland.As well as a part-time sculptor, I am also an author, and I earned my living until retirement in l997 as a scientist, specialising in genetics and cell biology.

I now have much more time available to involve myself in sculpture. I have joined the Sculpture Society and plan to exhibit pieces for sale at the various exhibition organised by the Society or by others. The title of the abstract bronze sculpture "Diad" has a double meaning. It refers to the two parallel pointed forms, and also to the fact that the sculpture contains two contrasting components: the pointed forms and the rounded one encircling the hole.

Robin Holliday Scientific career
Dr Robin Holliday became one of the most important biologists in the second half of the twentieth century. In a research career from 1955-1997, he become a world leader in three different fields. It is not common for a scientist to work in more than one field, let alone three. His experimental and theoretical contributions are to be found in hundreds of scientific papers and articles. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1976; Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1995, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2005.

His first research field was genetics. In 1964 he devised a DNA structure now known to be an intermediate when chromosomes break and rejoin. This has become known as the "Holliday structure", or junction, that is important in many biological contexts. It has been cited thousands of times in publications world-wide. In experimental work he exploited the properties of the little known fungus Ustilago. There are now international conferences devoted to the molecular genetics of this species.

The second is the process of ageing, which for a long time remained an unsolved problem in biology. However, by the end of the twentieth century the reasons for ageing in animals became very clear to many scientists, and Holliday explained this in his book "Understanding Ageing" (Cambridge University Press, 1995), and also "Aging: the Paradox of Life" (Springer, 2007). He has also many publications documenting much experimental work on the ageing of cultured human cells.

The third is the new field of epigenetics. It became apparent that there is more to genetic information than DNA. Additional chemical information can be superimposed on DNA sequences and this is vital for normal development from the fertilised egg to the adult. Together with two others, Holliday proposed a major epigenetic mechanism in 1975, namely, that methylated cytosine in DNA has a strong influence on gene expression. It was many years later that much evidence was obtained for this, and epigenetics is now a major and expanding field of research worldwide.

Robin Holliday is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, and holds the 1987 Lord Cohen medal for Gerontological research. He was formerly the Head of the Genetics Division, National Institute for Medical Research, (Medical Research Council), Mill Hill, London, UK, and is now retired Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of BioMolecular Engineering, Sydney, Australia.

In 1975 Robin Holliday suggested that DNA methylation could be an important mechanism for the control of gene expression in higher organisms, and this has now become documented as a basic epigenetic mechanism in normal and also cancer cells. In 1988 he moved to a CSIRO laboratory in Sydney, Australia, where he continued to study ageing, and his book Understanding Ageing was published in 1995. Robin Holliday is a biogerontologist and has mentored several successful biogerontologists, including Suresh Rattan, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biogerontolgy. The main focus of his experimental work was the epigenetic control of gene expression by DNA methylation in CHO cells. These experiments provide direct evidence that DNA methylation is a primary cause of gene silencing in mammalian cells.

Robin Holliday obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, England. He joined the scientific staff of the John Innes Institute, Bayfordbury, Hertford, in 1958, and there developed molecular models of genetic recombination. In experimental work he studied recombination and repair in the fungus Ustilago maydis and was the first to isolate and characterise mutants defective in these processes in any eukaryotic organism. He later moved to the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill, London, and became head of the new Division of Genetics in 1970. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1976. He and his colleagues also studied possible mechanisms of the senescence of diploid human cells in culture, and their immortalisation.

In 1975 he suggested with his student John Pugh that DNA methylation could be an important mechanism for the control of gene expression in higher organisms, and this has now become documented as a basic epigenetic mechanism in normal and also cancer cells. In 1988 he moved to a CSIRO laboratory in Sydney, Australia, where he continued to study ageing, and his book Understanding Ageing was published in 1995. The main focus of his experimental work was the epigenetic control of gene expression by DNA methylation in CHO cells. These experiments provide direct evidence that DNA methylation is a primary cause of gene silencing in mammalian cells.

PUBLICATIONS:
Robin Holliday is the author of numerous books and edited proceedings of conferences, including; The Science of Human Progress, Oxford University Press, 1981; Genes, Proteins and Cellular Aging, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1986; Understanding Aging, Cambridge University Press, 1995; Slaves and Saviours, Blackwall Books, 2000 and Why We Age, Springer Science + Business Media, 2007.

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Robin Holliday

Medium: Bronze
Size: 40 x 36 cm
Provenance: Artist collection

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