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February Issue
2011
311 West Martin Street Gallery and
Studios in Raleigh, NC, Offers Works by Gayle Stott Lowry
311 West Martin Street Gallery and Studios
in Raleigh, NC, are presenting the exhibit, Passing Through:
New Paintings by Gayle Stott Lowry, on view through Feb. 28,
2011. The exhibition includes richly painted, precarious and provocative
terrains from the American west.
Lowry offers the following statement about this exhibit, "We
frequently move through our lives traversing easy paths on level
ground or sometimes gaining momentum on downhill slopes. At other
times we struggle to establish a foothold on rocky, uphill terrain.
During the arduous passages, we might stumble, hesitate or retreat.
We attempt to gather the strength and resources to move forward.
Where we are heading? Why is this path so difficult? What is to
be gained from this passage? Will we know the answer once we're
further down the path?"
"These transitions between divergent places test us,"
Lowry continues. "At first, our resistance to change and
uncertainty seems ingrained. The future is obscure. All we can
hold onto is this current moment in our existence. Acceptance
of and engagement with the context of our lives is our starting
point. Acknowledgment of the infinitesimal nature of human existence
and the relevance of life, no matter how brief, opens the way.
We are all part of an ever-moving, ineffable process. Trust that
process and know that the only certainty is that we are moving
toward what awaits us. We are passing through this life that we
call ours."
Lowry's work is collected nationally by individuals and corporations
alike and has been acquired by the North Carolina Museum of Art.
She studied Art and Primary Education at East Carolina University.
Lowry continued her studies of painting with Wolf Kahn and Sidney
Goodman and was awarded a Residency at the Vermont Studio Center.
Her art has been exhibited in shows at Meredith College, Duke
University, the Fayetteville Museum of Art, the University of
Virginia, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
She has also presented lectures at the Lucy Daniels Foundation,
the Duke Museum of Art, the Mint Museum of Art, the Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art, the Asheville Art Museum, and the
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute.
311 West Martin Street Galleries and Studios is located in the
Warehouse District of Raleigh, including gallery spaces, tenant
studios, and a print studio. The exhibition spaces feature the
work of tenant artists and alternately, that of emerging artists
as well as some of Raleigh's favorite established artists. The
Print Studio, established by printmaker Judy Jones is located
in the back of the facility. Starting out as a private studio
space it has evolved into a common studio for tenant printmakers
and a meeting place for The North Carolina Printmakers.
For further information checkour NC Commercial Gallery listings,
call 919/821-2262 or visit (www.311galleriesandstudios.org).
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