Caroline’s work investigates culture’s discursive surface: materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy.
Her latest work uses the materiality of a collection of abandoned rusted objects, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically restaging the found objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Combined with sound Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says that, there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed.
Artist Statement
Caroline’s work investigates culture’s discursive surface: materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy. Through her multidisciplinary work Caroline attempts to create allegorical narratives that encourage the viewer to question their knowledge and perception.
Her work is inspired by paint, new media, the performative process of photography, digital manipulation and surface. It is a marriage between new and old forms that are all valid in their own right. The process of painting transforms ephemeral light, captured through a photographic lens or computer application to its basic components of contrast and form, without their inherent limitations. She says, "new media for me is a starting point and tool, but ultimately I feel that paint can convey an immediacy and personal interpretation that no other media can fulfil". While paint is the main focus she also creates installations that use the materiality of objects and surfaces, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically re-staging these objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says that, there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed and empathy and understanding more easily achieved.
Her latest work uses the materiality of a collection of abandoned rusted objects, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically restaging the found objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Combined with sound Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says that, there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed.
Artist Statement
Caroline’s work investigates culture’s discursive surface: materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy. Through her multidisciplinary work Caroline attempts to create allegorical narratives that encourage the viewer to question their knowledge and perception.
Her work is inspired by paint, new media, the performative process of photography, digital manipulation and surface. It is a marriage between new and old forms that are all valid in their own right. The process of painting transforms ephemeral light, captured through a photographic lens or computer application to its basic components of contrast and form, without their inherent limitations. She says, "new media for me is a starting point and tool, but ultimately I feel that paint can convey an immediacy and personal interpretation that no other media can fulfil". While paint is the main focus she also creates installations that use the materiality of objects and surfaces, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically re-staging these objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says that, there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed and empathy and understanding more easily achieved.
Caroline is a multidisciplinary artist born in the West Midlands and now living and working in South Derbyshire. Her portfolio includes paintings, installations and digital works. Her work is inspired by paint, new media and the performative process of materials and surface.
Her current body of expressive abstract paintings are an autobiographical display of her desire to explore paint. Through these works, she uses shifting spaces that bounce between freedom and control. She is intrigued by how we perceive and our emotional response to visual sensations, saying, "new media, whether photography or digital, is a starting point and tool, but ultimately I feel that paint can convey an immediacy and personal interpretation that no other media can fulfil". This is why her starting point is sometimes purely paint. While paint is the main focus, she also creates installations that use the materiality of objects and surfaces, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically re-staging these objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed and empathy and understanding more easily achieved.
Caroline received a First Class Degree in Fine Art from the University of Derby. She also received the Vice Chancellors Award and her work is in the University collection. Following her success she was awarded the Gertrude Aston Bowater Scholarship supporting her Masters in Fine Art at the University of Birmingham, which she completed in 2017. Caroline has exhibited in the UK and internationally and two previous Flux Exhibitions
She attempts to create allegorical narratives that encourage the viewer to question their knowledge and perception, investigating materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy.
Her current body of expressive abstract paintings are an autobiographical display of her desire to explore paint. Through these works, she uses shifting spaces that bounce between freedom and control. She is intrigued by how we perceive and our emotional response to visual sensations, saying, "new media, whether photography or digital, is a starting point and tool, but ultimately I feel that paint can convey an immediacy and personal interpretation that no other media can fulfil". This is why her starting point is sometimes purely paint. While paint is the main focus, she also creates installations that use the materiality of objects and surfaces, as a symbolic medium to examine how perceptions are influenced by outward appearance. Through dramatically re-staging these objects, she engages the viewer with the immediate surface. Caroline creates an allegorical narrative to encourage the viewer to question the possibility that there is more than one way of seeing. She says there are more than our preconceived judgements and by finding out further information, negative perceptions could be transformed and empathy and understanding more easily achieved.
Caroline received a First Class Degree in Fine Art from the University of Derby. She also received the Vice Chancellors Award and her work is in the University collection. Following her success she was awarded the Gertrude Aston Bowater Scholarship supporting her Masters in Fine Art at the University of Birmingham, which she completed in 2017. Caroline has exhibited in the UK and internationally and two previous Flux Exhibitions
She attempts to create allegorical narratives that encourage the viewer to question their knowledge and perception, investigating materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy.
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Caroline lives in Mickelover, Derby.
07816 486833 carolinelowe1@gmail.com Caroline’s work investigates culture’s discursive surface: materiality in terms of both its tangible fabric and philosophical contexts, and the psychoanalytical methods of perspective and empathy. Through her multidisciplinary work Caroline attempts to create allegorical narratives that encourage the viewer to question their knowledge and perception. |