Contributed by Will Kaplan / Beck Lowry’s sculptural paintings act as vessels. But what do they hold? Memory? Sensation? Labor? Five such pieces comprise “First Storm,” at Yossi Milo Gallery, the artist’s first New York solo show. In its earthen palette and irregular construction, the work resembles ceremonial objects, though the associated eras and cultures remain mysterious. For understanding the art’s function and what it contains, Lowry’s process is key.
Over a substrate of wooden rungs, Lowry crochets a canvas thread by thread. They make room for this meditative act in daily life outside the studio, weaving together the pleated structure with company present or alone. Somewhere between priming and painting on the surface, Lowry may strew a few scraps of fabric onto it, providing a playful primer, something to respond to with oil paint. Once the composition emerges, in bright pastel shapes, Lowry crafts a unique frame around it.
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