Tag: loie hollowell

Loie Hollowell at pacegallery.com

Loie Hollowell’s abstracted portraits made during and after her first pregnancy inspired the curving organic forms showcased in her Fall ’19 show at Pace Gallery and pictured here.  Recent drawings now on view in an on-line show at pacegallery.com “…convey the uneven roundness of my body,” explains the artist.  Created around the time of her recent second pregnancy during quarantine this spring, the new work follows the changes of her morphing body and the bond between infant and mother.  (On view through July 14th).

Loie Hollowell, Postpartum Plumb Line, oil paint, acrylic medium, sawdust and high density foam on linen mounted on panel, 72 x 54 x 3.5 inches, 2019.

Loie Hollowell at Pace Gallery

Inspired by her pregnancy and experience as a mother, Loie Hollowell’s new paintings make rich connections to art history while helping to launch Pace Gallery’s stunning new eight story building on West 25th Street.  Here, swelling curves (achieved in part by mounting foam on panel) reference an abundant female form in motion across the lower half of the canvas.  Recalling Picasso’s doubled Girl Before a Mirror and Duchamps’ blurred Nude Descending a Staircase, the painting’s cool colors and flashes of fierce red convey powerful fecundity and tranquil poise.  (On view through Oct 19th in Chelsea).

Loie Hollowell, Postpartum Plumb Line, oil paint, acrylic medium, sawdust and high density foam on linen mounted on panel, 72 x 54 x 3.5 inches, 2019.

Loie Hollowell at Feuer Mesler Gallery

Young painter Loie Hollowell depicts the nude body as landscape in a way that evokes Judy Chicago’s core imagery and Georgia O’Keeffe’s eroticized flower paintings and western landscapes. Here, Deep Canyon offers a road into the unknown. (At Feuer Mesler Gallery on the Lower East Side through Dec 18th).

Loie Hollowell, Deep Canyon, oil, acrylic medium, sawdust, and high density foam on linen over panel, 48 x 36 inches, 2016.
Loie Hollowell, Deep Canyon, oil, acrylic medium, sawdust, and high density foam on linen over panel, 48 x 36 inches, 2016.