Rick Lowe

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Rick Lowe (* 1961 in Eufaula , Alabama ) is an American artist of social practice art .

life and work

Rick Lowe attended Columbus College (1979–1982) and studied art at Texas Southern University in Houston. In 2016 he became an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Houston (UH). He is currently “Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice” at the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts (KGMCA), which is part of the University of Applied Sciences. He lives in Houston .

Lowe is a co-founder of the Row Houses project, which began in 1993 . This involves a long-term conversion of shotgun houses in the Third Ward near Houston , which are used, among other things, as a temporary residence for artists. Other projects include the Watts House Project in Los Angeles, a project to rebuild after Katrina in New Orleans, and a community market in a densely populated neighborhood in North Dallas where the majority of residents have a migrant background .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce D. Kurtz, Karen C. Hodges: Contemporary Identities: 1993 Phoenix Triennial: 23 Artists: August 21-October 10, 1993, Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix 1993, p. 67.
  2. ↑ ISR Social Practice Art , accessed on June 23, 2019. (English)
  3. ↑ a b MacArthurFoundation Rick Lowe , accessed June 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Rick Lowe. Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice. uh.edu. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ documenta 14 , daybook Rick Lowe , accessed on June 23, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Lowe, Rick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist of social practice art
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Eufaula , Alabama