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www.johnsonlowe.com For three decades, Bill Lowe Gallery has served as a portal to global visual c For our collectors, the gallery is an oasis of beauty.

For over three decades, Bill Lowe Gallery has served as a portal to global visual culture for art enthusiasts around the world. Our unique juxtaposition of style and substance is articulated in exhibitions that embrace universal and eternal considerations with great visual drama. This has earned the gallery recognition as a sanctuary for the cross-cultural intersection of beauty and meaning. The g

allery's philosophical architecture is built upon a reverence for the alchemical nature of artistic expression. Our vision honors the profoundly spiritual nature of visual language and the role it can play in affecting paradigm shifts at both a personal and societal level. It is with this mandate that we have assembled a world-class stable of artists who intuitively have their fingers on the pulse of the Universe. Their expression is not an ironic or satirical look at the human condition. Instead, the gallery’s program presents powerful, content-driven works that utilize technical mastery and a visual eloquence to transform the human heart and soul at intimate levels. Of civility. Of contemplation. This is coupled with a dynamism informed by a world view rooted in the metaphysical aspects of history, anthropology, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, and biology. Bill Lowe Gallery has a transformative impact that forever enlightens those who experience it. Bill Lowe Gallery has become a cultural institution in the Southern United States. Our commitment is to reflect Atlanta's emergence as the world's new epicenter of art, science, and technology through a kinetic dialogue with artists and audiences across the globe.

05/05/2023

Community News Update: Burnaway, the digital magazine of contemporary art and criticism from the American South, reviews Johnson Lowe Gallery’s ‘The Alchemists’.

“With exceptional diversity—both in breadth and scale—The Alchemists underscores the myriad of creative expressions at the heart of Black culture.”

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05/05/2023

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Community News Update: Burnaway, the digital magazine of contemporary art and criticism from the American South, reviews Johnson Lowe Gallery’s ‘The Alchemists’.

“With exceptional diversity—both in breadth and scale—The Alchemists underscores the myriad of creative expressions at the heart of Black culture.”

Click the link in our bio to read the full story.

04/28/2023

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Shanequa Gay’s (b.1977; Atlanta, GA) work draws upon ritual, personal memory, storytelling, fantasy, and the deep well of southern black traditions found in her home city of Atlanta. Gay’s fodder is play, indigenous belief systems, and the spirit of African-Ascendant Womyn and girls finding Divinity in self. She is invested in counter-narratives, mythology, and the expansion of the black imaginary. Gay engages in this practice through installations, paintings, performances, photography, video, and monumental sculptural figures.

Shanequa Gay’s work, ‘get that doe…’ extends beyond the bounds of its panel in a flurry of bodies and deer eager to outrun the adversarial hunters.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Gay’s installation in our current exhibition ‘The Alchemists’ closing tomorrow, April 29.

04/28/2023

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Opening Thursday, May 18, Johnson Lowe Gallery presents, ‘Sleeping Giants’.

Thanks to new ways of thinking about art history, especially due to the influence of postmodernist critical ideas, in recent decades, the overlooked or little-known legacies of some of modern art’s most remarkable sleeping giants have been rediscovered and are being appreciated anew. Now honored — and aroused — these artists’ creative spirits and the ideas that inspired them gave rise to distinctive bodies of work for which a new generation of art historians, curators, critics, and collectors have been making room in modern art’s familiar canon and in the broader story of its long, multifaceted evolution.

With Sleeping Giants, Johnson Lowe Gallery pays homage to the inventiveness and originality of three artists who, to varying degrees, found themselves working on the margins of modern art’s mainstream currents, even as, in their own ways, they may now be seen — and acknowledged — for having contributed substantively to the language and expressive power of the art of their time.

04/27/2023

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Masud Olufani (b.1969; Los Angeles, CA) explores the resonance of memory, the narrative traditions of African and African-American folklore, and the methodologies of constructive resilience implemented by marginalized communities to maintain cohesion and ensure survival in his practice.

“The pounding of millet and rice is an ancient practice among many African cultures. Almost exclusively carried out by women, the repetitive movement plays an essential role in the survival of the community as an indispensable component of food production. Using a pestle and a mortar, grain is progressively ground down by one or several women delivering coordinated strikes that together, result in a tonal syncopation that mimics the pulsing rhythms of the drum. This quotidian yet consequential practice draws connections between the physical and the spiritual forces that help to shape the African diasporic worldview. The pounding of grain feeds the community, while the drum-like rhythms serve as a mediator between the world of the living and the spirit world. The realities are interwoven, the one communicating with and influencing the other.”

Witness Olufani’s work ‘Rhythm Section’ in The Alchemists through April 29 at Johnson Lowe Gallery.

Headshot courtesy of Masud Olufani

04/26/2023

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Explore our current exhibition The Alchemists online through this short video, now featured on our website.

The Alchemists presents work by twenty-eight artists who construct unique forms rooted in the Black experience and ancestral legacy to demonstrate that the modern magic of alchemy can indeed be done. Leaning on lessons gleaned from cinema, literature, music, and performance, this show peruses the influence of ideologies concerning what it means to be Black, looking through the lens of artistic practice to gaze perceptively on material culture, resistance strategies, rituals of commemoration, forms of play, speculative fantasies, and all else that lives in the house of blackness. Featuring works across a wide range of mediums, including painting, drawing, video, collage, assemblage, and installation, this exhibition aims to function as a critical platform for the manifestation of Black folks thinking their way through blackness, informally documenting Black material and ideological culture.

We look forward to welcoming new and returning visitors to Johnson Lowe Gallery during this final week of The Alchemists, closing this Saturday, April 29.

Videography by Lev Omelchenko

04/25/2023

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An undeniable energy radiates within Rico Gatson’s new works. Both spiritually and socially consequential at once, “there is a dialogue between things in space… there is a vibration” in these paintings, states Gatson. Through polyrhythmic geometric patterns and intuitive color decisions, these paintings unlock worlds.

Gatson’s varied practice transcends the traditional labels of “abstract” or “figurative.” His ‘Council Paintings’, composed of triangles and circles, present “a group of forms, loosely figurative in [Gatson’s] mind.” The concentric circle motif present throughout his work recalls targets, tactfully tracking a history of violence and resistance.

Rico Gatson’s work will remain on view in our current exhibition ‘The Alchemists’ through April 29.

Artwork details:
Rico Gatson, Untitled (Four Winds), 2022
Acrylic paint and glitter on wood
36 x 48 in

Rico Gatson, Untitled (Target), 2022
Acrylic paint and glitter on wood
36 x 48 in

04/22/2023

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Atlanta-based Contemporary artist William Downs (b.1974; Greenville, SC), works in a range of mediums, focusing primarily on drawing. ‘Otherworldly: Drawings Relating to an Imaginary or Spiritual World’ - a collection of twelve ink, ink wash and spray paint on paper drawings - entrances the audience, beckoning them into an alternate dimension of Downs’ creation.

“Each drawing is inspired by the word "otherworldly” and portrays a unique and fantastical scene that challenges the limits of our imagination. Whether it is a mystical creature from a far-off land, a portal to an unknown dimension, or a fragmented explosion of eyes and body parts, each image invites the viewer to explore a world that is both familiar and strange.

My mission is for these drawings to inspire viewers to step outside of their everyday lives, and to consider the possibility of otherworldly realms and alternate realities. By creating a bridge between the real and the imagined, I seek to open up new vistas of creativity and wonder, and to remind us that the boundaries of our world are only as limiting as our own imagination.”

Downs’ work ‘Otherworldly: Drawings Relating to an Imaginary or Spiritual World’ will remain on view at ‘The Alchemists’ through April 29.

Artwork Details:
William Downs, Otherworldly: Drawings Relating to an Imaginary or Spiritual World, 2022
Super Black Ink and Ink-wash, spray paint on paper

04/21/2023

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Mark Bradford (b.1961; Los Angeles, CA) is a contemporary artist best known for his large-scale abstract paintings created out of paper. Characterized by its layered formal, material, and conceptual complexity, Bradford’s work explores social and political structures that objectify marginalized communities and the bodies of vulnerable populations.

Using everyday materials and tools from the aisles of the hardware store, Bradford has created a unique artistic language. Referred to frequently as ‘social abstraction,’ Bradford’s work is rooted in his understanding that all materials and techniques are embedded with meaning that precedes their artistic utility. His signature style developed out of his early experimentation with end papers, the small, translucent tissue papers used in hairdressing; he has since experimented with other types of paper, including maps, billboards, movie posters, comic books, and ‘merchant posters’ that advertise predatory services in economically distressed neighborhoods.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Bradford’s work ‘Playing Castles’ in ‘The Alchemists’, on view in Atlanta through April 29.

Artwork Details:
Mark Bradford, Playing Castles, 2022
Mixed media on canvas
72 1/8 x 96 1/4 x 2 1/8 in

Image courtesy of Mark Bradford, Hauser & Wirth Gallery
Joshua White, JWPictures

04/20/2023

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Please join us Saturday, April 29 for a day long closing reception at Johnson Lowe Gallery to commemorate our inaugural exhibition, The Alchemists, with a panel discussion from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

Led by moderator Brandon Sheats, Executive Director of Burnaway, the panel discussion will include co-curators Donovan Johnson and Seph Rodney, accompanied by celebrated author and cultural critic Mark Dery, who famously coined the term 'Afrofuturism'. Together with exhibited artists Shanequa Gay, Masud Olufani, and Ato Ribeiro, they will discuss the exhibition’s inspiration and context, as well as the etymology of the word 'alchemy', the history of its ancient practice, and the ways in which it applies to the creative expressions of the artists in this exhibition.

Follow the link in our bio to RSVP for ‘The Alchemists: A Panel Discussion' on Saturday, April 29 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

04/20/2023

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Atlanta Art Scene News: New York Times article, "Can a Global Talent Agency Make Atlanta an Art Destination?", by Tariro Mzezewa

“While Atlanta’s fine art scene has long been fractured because of the sprawl of galleries and museums, the lack of consistent investment and the pull for talent to leave the city, Donovan Johnson, director of the Johnson Lowe Gallery, said that this was changing, adding that this is the perfect time to be investing in the city’s fine art scene."

Image:
Donovan Johnson, director of the Johnson Lowe Gallery in Atlanta, with “CAKEwalk #2,” by DARNstudio (David Anthone & Ron Norsworthy) at left, and Yaw Owusu’s “Equity” at right. Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times

04/19/2023

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Shervone Neckles (b.1979, Huntington, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, community worker, and advocate who uses repurposed materials and Afro-Caribbean sensibilities to retell histories and mythologies.

Neckles’ Terciopelo Series uses collage, applique, and embroidery techniques to create textile wall hangings. The series draws its symbols and imagery from the Grenadian masquerade ritual of Jab Jab. The Carnival Day begins with J’ouvert, a procession of people who display their racial pride by covering their skin in the rich blacks of molasses, burnt cane, and grease. They carry chains, ropes, and serpents to honor the survival of enslaved and oppressed ancestors. The ritual takes place at daybreak, a time when the living and dead can exchange energy. This public ritual conjures the energy needed to bring order and balance to society.

A selection of Shervone Neckles’ Terciopelo Series -- ‘Bush Woman’, ‘Germinate’, and ‘Touched’ -- remain on view through April 29 in our current exhibition, ‘The Alchemists’.

Artwork:

Shervone Neckles, Touched, 2016
Velvet, embroidery thread with fabric trim and notion
28.5 x 29 x 2 in

Shervone Neckles, Bush Woman, 2014
Velvet, embroidered thread surface, fabric trimming with embroidered loose herbs
45 x 19 x 3.5 in

Shervone Neckles, Germinate, 2015
Velvet, embroidery thread with fabric trim and notion
33 x 30 x 2 in

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