Jason Kowalski Shows at LewAllen Galleries For The First Time
Fri, Oct 08
|Santa Fe
Pictured: Causal Conversation by Jason Kowalski • oil and mixed media on panel • 16 x 16 in
Time & Location
Oct 08, 2021, 10:00 AM – Nov 13, 2021, 5:00 PM
Santa Fe, 1613 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
New to LewAllen Galleries’ roster of artists, Jason Kowalski is regarded for his reverential images of the American built landscape of the mid-20th century that he paints as it exists today: old bowling alleys, motels and their fading marquee signs, antique automobiles, abandoned filling stations, and sun-bleached roadside eateries. All are painted by Kowalski with meticulous realism and remarkable, unflinching detail, choosing not to shy away from evidence of the passage of
time. Instead, Kowalski conveys his subjects with a sense of veneration, drawing on memory and nostalgia to invoke the stories and romantic associations that we might have with the past.
An exhibition of new paintings by Kowalski, entitled Rural Grandeur, begins on Friday, October 8 and remains on view through November 13, 2021 (no reception).
Hidden within the mottled textures of Kowalski’s paintings is a trove of collaged materials—handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, faded photographs, vintage postcards, and other…