Talk
AGBI Artist Talk: Jeff Lowe in Conversation with Abbie Griffiths
2 May 2024
Regular hours
- Thu, 02 May
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- 15 Churton Street
- Pimlico
- London
England - SW1V 2LY
- United Kingdom
Sculptor Jeff Lowe will be in conversation with Artist and Curator Abbie Griffiths as part of our current exhibition, titled Portals.
About
Portals is an exhibition featuring works by Jeff Lowe and Brendan Neiland at the Artists' General Benevolent Institution.
Doors open at 6, talk starts at 6.30
Limited capacity, RSVP essential to admin@agbi.org.uk
The works in this exhibition encourage us to reconsider our relationship to space, perception, and the interplay between the tangible and the intangible. Through their vastly different mediums, both Jeff Lowe and Brendan Neiland use imagery and object to imply active barriers, surfaces, and ambiguous spaces that lead us to explore openings or thresholds to other hypothetical or abstract realities.
Jeff Lowe's sculptures serve as a compelling exploration of active barriers, challenging perceptions of what lies within and outside and interrogating the very "skin" that delineates these realms. Employing colour as a symbolic code, Lowe's sculptures prompt viewers to question the boundaries between internal and external spaces and provide audiences with a captivating exploration of ambiguity and depth. While each of Lowe's sculptures appear as a singular object, the experience of engaging with them is dynamic and fluid. They possess the ability to draw spectators in while simultaneously pushing them away. Particularly in his larger works, there is a palpable sense of encountering art and its rules—like the prohibition against touching—while also reconnecting with a childlike urge to engage physically and imaginatively with the artwork. As audiences interact with the curvilinear forms, they navigate through portals, both literal cut-outs and metaphorical openings to new perspectives.