Loie Hollowell

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In episode 36 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the sensational artist, LOIE HOLLOWELL!!!! [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!] And WOW was it fascinating to hear all about the ideas behind Loie's MIND-BLOWING, electric-like paintings that abstract the body through fragments of geometric shapes. Always using a vibrant colour palette, her PULSATING and PSYCHEDELIC works explore themes around sexuality, birth, women's bodies, which we discuss in-depth! First appearing as highly textured two dimensional works, witness them in real life and her works evolve from flat geometric masterpieces into an almost sculptural sphere that at once give the illusion of expanding and contracting, merging and converging. Having only just given birth for the second time a matter of months ago – during a pandemic! – Loie created an incredible body of work titled "Going Soft" in reaction to this, which didn't just depict how the body changed, but how the mind absorbed everything happening... Having grown up in Northern California in the 80s and 90s and now based in Queens, New York, Loie still bases much of her work on her upbringing in the expansive West Coast land, as well as citing from her influencers Agnes Pelton and Georgia O'Keeffe. Through her works, Loie is reimagining the way we don’t just see, but experience women’s bodies in painting, and I hope you enjoy our discussion around this!! WORKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE! Beacon (2018) A Gentle Meeting of the Tips (2018) Post Partum (2018) Birthing Dance (2018) Deep Tear (2020) Perspective from Above and Below (23 April 2020) Descent into Chaos (1 June 2020) Further reading: https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/loie-hollowell/ https://www.pacegallery.com/online-exhibitions/loie-hollowell/ This episode is sponsored by Alighieri https://alighieri.co.uk/ @alighieri_jewellery Use the code: TGWA for 10% off! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Amber Miller (@amber_m.iller) Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Great Woman Artist's podcast. I hope you are all doing well. I am so delighted to say that this podcast is brought to you by one of my favourite jewellery, Alighieri, is a collection of jewelry, inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Each piece corresponds to one of the poet's 100 poems. As the
0:23.5	pilgrim journeys through the realms of hell, purgatory and paradise, he encounters mythical
0:28.7	creatures, scragy landscapes and terrifying demons. Just like Dante's subjects, each piece of jewelry
0:35.5	is battered, imperfect, and a little bit melancholy. Every piece
0:39.7	tells a story, embodying a modern heirloom that will travel with you on your own adventures.
0:45.5	I am so excited to announce that from August 1st to the 22nd, the gates of Aligieri Old Town
0:51.5	will be open, bringing loved ones together to reunite, shop, dine and
0:56.6	explore in an old Italian piazza, placed in the centre of London. Close to Old Street Station,
1:03.4	Ford Dingley Place will be transformed into an Italian utopia, transporting you to the holiday
1:08.8	that 2020 has not yet allowed. The town will offer
1:13.0	Allegieri's signature modern heirlooms, bespoke talismans, flash treasure trove discounts, and one-of-a-kind
1:19.4	souvenirs. In the heart of the piazza lies Casaluna, the town's oldest restaurant, where they serve
1:25.8	antipasti, hand-wold pasta and dolce.
1:29.0	Visit allegieri.com.com.com for more details and to book your shopping appointment in the
1:34.2	Allegieri Old Town or to book dinner at Casaluna. Meanwhile, Aligieri will be donating 10% of all
1:41.3	online orders to refuge. And I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:50.0	Hello everyone and welcome to The Great Women Artist's podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:58.0	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in
2:02.1	October 2015, which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old
2:08.6	masters. Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating
2:14.6	female artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.
2:18.2	And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career or artists, writers,
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