Camilla LØw

Camilla LØw's sculptures lean, suspend, float, dangle or stack. They combine a synthesis of colour, material, surface and form: beautiful, cool, elegant and funky.
  

Despite surface allusions to Russian Constructivism or Minimalist sculpture, the work does not distance the viewer. Glossy surfaces of paint on wood or metal, or crisp-cut Perspex combine with the shape and form to create seductive objects set in a dialogue with their surroundings.

Their craftsmanship evokes the precision of Scandinavian aesthetics, whilst her use of the three-dimensional gives the impression of 'breathing life into Russian abstraction'.

The titles, such as 'Elegant Gothic Lolita', or 'Coca Cola Douche', offer contextual inroads to works that draw you in and hold your attention. ''Moody', (2003), a flat, wood triangle with a surface made from concentric shapes, which resembles parquet flooring, hangs on the wall and communicates a sense of pictorial space'. (1)

LØw has exhibited widely during the past two years and over this time has developed a striking and individual body of work. Sutton Lane, London, was the venue for her first solo exhibition (November-December, 2004). Here, designs reminiscent of Kandinsky and Stepanova were projected out into the space of the installation.

Diana Baldon notes how the works are 'clearly reminiscent of De Stijl and Concrete Art but also consider how, after Process Art, Minimalism and Conceptual Art, there are ‘no mysteries about the object anymore and that quotation has worn down modernism'.

To avoid direct recycling of sources, LØw perceives inspiration from pioneering ideas by artists.  For example, LØw takes from the British sculptor Henry Moore's concept of the hole having equal status to solid mass.  Low's sculptures pervert the idealism implied in their vertical and diagonal orientations (2).

LØw exhibited in many group shows in 2004 including Brittania Works, The British Council, Athens (curated by Katerina Gregos), Synth, Kunstraum B/2, Leipzig, Germany, Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales, Seam 273 Gallery, Glasgow, and Soft Sun Down at Doggerfisher, Edinburgh. Camilla LØw is represented by Sutton Lane, London (1). Dan Smith, review of East International, Art Monthly, issue 269, August 2003, p. 29. (2). Diana Baldon, review of Camilla Low, Sutton Lane, published in The Map (Edinburgh), #1, February 2005.