55 Orchard Street, New York, New York 10002 212 989 5467 fax 212 989 5642
55 Orchard Street, New York, New York 10002 212 989 5467 fax 212 989 5642 |
Jean Lowe |
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With Jean Lowe’s enamel-painted papier-mâché sculptures, weighty and imperious assumptions and ideological constructs are lampooned and given a veneer of beauty through the use of fragile, hand-made and unassuming materials. In an installation titled Empire Style, Lowe's updated Napoleonic salon contrasts her slightly cartoonish antique furnishings and ornaments with hand-painted wall paper depicting present-day American suburbia, in which strip mall parking lots have replaced 19th-century vistas of idealized nature. Lowe deftly nests a contemporary sense of dislocation within the midst of a faux neo-classical setting, reminding the viewer of the power establishment’s reliance on style to absorb, insinuate into, and project cultural ideals. Also exhibited are shelves and books from The Library of Dr. Pohatten, as well as Apollo and Daphne, a series of cast pieces referring to Bernini’s sculpture of the same title. | |||||||
| Empire Style: |
| The Library of Dr. Pohattan: |
 Detail of Tall High End Bookcase, 2004 Enamel on papier-mâché |
 Long Distance Whiner, 2003 Enamel on papier-mâché 13 3/4 X 11 X 3 inches |
 Empire Bookcase, 2004 Enamel on papier-mâché 89 X 42 X 14 inches |
 Detail of Empire Bookcase, 2004 Enamel on papier-mâché |
 Don't Forget to Party, 2003 Enamel on papier-mâché 16 X 9 1/2 X 2 1/2 inches |
| Apollo and Daphne: |
 Installation view of Apollo and Daphne series, 2003 Enamel on cast papier-mâché |
 Apollo and Daphne (Giant Redwood), 2003 Enamel on cast papier-mâché 23 1/4 X 13 X 9 inches |
55 Orchard Street, New York, New York 10002 212 989 5467 fax 212 989 5642
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