Genevieve Lowe

Hypertufa, Jesmonite, enamel, soil, plants, ~18 in x 84 in x 4 in (each), 22 panels

Landscape Painting is a site-specific installation comprising over 200 handmade slag "sister objects" (cast sculptural forms made from Jesmonite, enamel, and pigment) mounted on hypertufa panels, marking 200 years since the construction of the Gridley Blast Furnace (1826). Accompanying the slag pieces are other materials, including crystalline objects cast from Hudson Valley minerals, railroad spikes, sticks, and other miscellaneous objects from the area. Living among the cast objects are plant species endemic to the area, weaving together the region's geological, industrial, and ecological histories. 

The installation is intentionally unfinished on the walls closest to Maxon Mills, and over the course of the summer, community members will be invited to attach their own crystal forms decorated during workshops, expanding the work into a living, collective portrait of place, memory, and renewal. 

Genevieve Lowe was born and raised in rural Idaho and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BA from Colorado College and her MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. Lowe’s work revolves around conceptions of the American landscape; utilizing a variety of materials from printmaking to photography to sculpture to explore its different representations. Her work has been shown at various spaces throughout the United States, including The Java Project, David Krut Projects, Sediment Arts, Collar Works, Chashama, Trestle Gallery, Field Projects, Anderson Ranch Arts Center and The Wassaic Project. Lowe is also an educator and co-director and curator at Transmitter Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

Landscape Painting is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.