""These works are about amplification-about making things more ideal. There's a poem by Fernando Pessoa where he writes about wanting flowers to be more flowers than flowers, and in this body of work I'm using my material as a way to make paint more paint than paint.""
""Lou parses the relationship between gesture, intention, organic forms, and the brushstroke as a subject unto itself, tapping into the legacy of Abstract Expressionism.""
Artists like Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock pioneered painterly abstraction with loose brushstrokes. Liza Lou innovates by using beads in her artwork, creating installations like 'Kitchen.' Her recent works, featured in a solo exhibition, explore the relationship between gesture and intention. Lou questions the nature of painting and brushstrokes, aiming to amplify their essence. Each bead is meticulously placed, forming a chromatic topography that challenges traditional painting methods and concepts.
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