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Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of five new paintings by Loie Hollowell from her Split Orb series, which comprises sculptural paintings focused on the process of childbirth.

Taking a unique approach to color, form, and texture, the artist renders the physical experience of labor immediate and visceral.

"These works are an extension of an idea that I first explored in a鈥�鈥媙ine-part painting series, where each split opening was representative of the鈥痭ine鈥痗entimeters of dilation the cervix must undergo in preparation to push out a baby," Hollowell鈥痵ays. 鈥淚 see the consecutive nature as a kind of meditation,鈥痺ith鈥痚ach opening capturing the sensation of that moment of dilation. So,鈥痺hen鈥痶he works are鈥痸iewed in totality,you're鈥痬oving through the act of giving birth in time and space. You step from one to the other, from one contraction to the next.鈥�

The five paintings in this show continue that examination, this time鈥痷tilized鈥痑s a way to explore鈥痑s an exploration of more formal color compositions. Slightly removed from the context of the first series iteration, these鈥痺orks are as much color experiments as they are paintings about giving birth. Hollowell鈥檚 paintings often reflect the fantastical, uncanny nature of sexuality, pregnancy, and birth. Employing her distinctive manipulation of gradients, geometries, and dimensionality,鈥痶he artist鈥痓lurs鈥痶he boundary between figuration and abstraction.