Rebecca Lowry: AFTERTHOUGHTS 2-and 3-D text-based works November 2, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - Saturday, December 3, 2011; Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Cain Schulte Contemporary Art is pleased to present a solo show by Rebecca Lowry. Using materials such as silk, printed paper, and c-print for her 2-D works, and cassette tape, twine, and steel chains for her 3-D pieces, Lowry's work is a form of object-based poetry. Her use of unusual materials combined with an emphasis on subtle texts reinforces the association between the physicality of the object and accompanying words.
For example, in the "Shogai" series, she visually transforms five Japanese haiku into barcodes inked on paper. In "Poem", a c-print of Allen Ginsberg's translation of Basho's "old pond" haiku, she demonstrates careful attention to this poetic form. In "L'Etoile", Lowry transcribes Braille text of "Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman" over a map of the Parisian night sky. In the margins, she records the scintillation index, or the measure of solar wind that causes the twinkling of stars. Using a vigorously exact approach, and by often using poems as basic element of a piece, Lowry examines every aspect of her work in the same way a poet manipulates every aspect of language - rhyme, alliteration, line endings, and spacing together with a manipulation of grammar.
In "Single Family Dwelling", Lowry examines the role of day-to-day documents through the knitting of three sweaters made from shredded home purchase and mortgage contracts. In her public work project "Regard.", Lowry installed eleven municipal signs containing haiku poems, rather than traffic instructions, in West Hollywood.
All of these works stimulate a viewer's thought by altering the common context of a word or object. This multidimensional reading of the work results in various interpretations upon each successive viewing. Where does meaning lie and at what point is meaning lost?

Rebecca Lowry is a native of Northern California, She lived nearly a decade in Boston, Massachusetts, where she earned degrees at Boston University and Harvard's Design School.

Official Website: http://cainschulte.com/exhibitions/ex_lawry_2011.htm