Form+Content Gallery is pleased to announce Kristen Lowe's exhibition, Ballad of the Red Fox. The artist introduces a new body of work utilizing new materials and processes—first hand-carving richly painted soft wood with intricate patterned, animal occupied compositions to generate “drawings” that reveal detailed charcoal scenes nestled within the landscape. Though neither dialogue nor vocal narration is used, the influence of Scandinavian ballads represent the artist's deep longing to integrate her aesthetic education as an artist growing up in the United States with her Scandinavian heritage.

The exhibition includes more than a dozen (various sizes and price points) artworks.

Kristen Lowe's Artist Statement
More than ever it is a sense of connection with the natural world we crave. Stories emerge as we coexist alongside creatures in the landscape. In challenging moments, these shared and interactive experiences with various species bring us home to what Carl Jung referred to as the "animal body." Whenever possible, I cherish opportunities when I can emerge from the technology swamp, which has never described the world in which we live, to patiently work in the landscape over an extended period of time. Observing an array of vivid sensory details brings greater integration of the human psyche and instinctual animal modalities. When we reconnect with elemental forces, we can explore our childlike imagination, and a visceral, powerful wholeness innate, moving through all things.

Kristen Lowes’s Artist Biography
Kristen Lowe was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. Growing up she summer-schooled at her Scandinavian grandparent's farm in Southern Minnesota. She completed her BFA in Fine Art at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and earned her MFA in Fine Art and Filmmaking in 1990 from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Lowe's drawings and film work have been exhibited and screened in solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Paris. Her drawings are in private and public collections; she has earned several public art awards, and served as an art juror for over 3 decades. Her feature length documentary, Painting the Place Between, premiered at the Fitzgerald Theater in 2012 and was regularly broadcast on PBS for several years. She spent her first dozen years teaching for Minneapolis College of Art and Design under the leadership of Hazel Belvo. Lowe is currently Associate Professor of Studio Art and Art History at Gustavus Adolphus College, and has been a member of the Board of Governors at Form+Content Gallery since 2019.

Exhibition Dates: September 16 - October 23, 2021

Opening Reception
Saturday ,September 18, 6 - 8 PM

Virtual Artist's Talk
Sunday, September 26, 4:00 - 5:00 pm CST via Zoom.

Exhibition Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12:00 – 6:00 pm
Appointments are not required. If you wish to visit outside of gallery hours please email formandcontent@gmail to make an appointment.

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