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Tristan Lowe's enormous, inflated pink "Dumbo" elephant is a portion of a piece originally installed in the Pete and repete exhibition at the Dumbo Center for the Arts in New York in 2001. Much of Lowe's work deals with adulthood and childhood, and the polarities of each as they exist in our collective unconscious; he often uses fairy tales and myths to explore these topics in a less threatening way. This piece presents the dream side of what might be a dark subject, the magic and innocence of a fairy tale seen through a child's eyes. Lowe has shown extensively in Philadelphia, most recently in Cathartic-Gestalt-Disgust at the Project Room. In 2001 he was the first recipient of the Lois Fernley Award for excellence and innovation from Arcadia University, which will include the publication of a monograph on his work. In 1998 he was an Artist in Residence at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, and in 1994 was recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art. |
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