Lynne Harlow: Loomings

In her installation and interdisciplinary practice, the Providence, Rhode Island artist, Lynne Harlow, transforms traditional and nontraditional spaces using modest materials and processes. Taking inspiration from the Minimalists and the Light and Space artists of the 1960 and 1970s, Harlow uses industrially made materials, such as tinted Plexiglass, vinyl, and house paint, to create immersive and multi-sensory experiences for the viewer that are vibrant, sometimes provocatively garish, and also at times soft, subtle, and barely there. In her installation for the 301 Frame Gallery, Harlow uses broad swaths of color and playful curtains of bright pink vinyl that dynamically and playfully interact within the narrow confines of the space. Harlow’s less is more approach is not just an homage to minimalist art traditions or created for simple visual effect. Rather, her installations explore the dynamic physicality and the phenomenological possibilities of light and color.  Harlow states, “I arrive at my pieces by reducing physical and visual information.  This process of reduction, a steady taking away, is ultimately intended to be an act of generosity.  In each piece I’m looking for the point at which these reductions allow me to give the most.”

About Lynne Harlow

Lynne Harlow has exhibited her work internationally for the past 20 years. Gallery exhibitions include several solo shows at MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, NY, and Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, TX. Museum exhibitions include the Hofstra Museum of Art in 2020 and the deCordova Biennial at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in 2013, as well as shows at MoMA PS1, Brattleboro Museum, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, and Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca. Harlow has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Chinati Foundation, Rhode Island Foundation, and BAU Institute, and her work has been reviewed in publications, such as Artforum, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, and Artnet Magazine, among others. Harlow’s work is included in public collections, such as The Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Hunter College (all New York, NY); RISD Museum (Providence, RI); and The Philips Collection (Washington, DC). Harlow holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Framingham State College.

Lynne Harlow: Loomings is presented in collaboration with bkprojects