Born 1976 in Oslo, Norway. Lives in Oslo, NO.
Camilla Løw’s works relate physically to both the visitor and to the architecture of the room. They stand freely on the floor, lean against a wall, hang suspended from the ceiling, holding the room together in several dimensions, and some of the works even seem to make ceiling and floor reach out towards each other. They have clear references to both 1960s painted steel sculptures by artists such as Anthony Caro and the minimalist Donald Judd, and to Russian constructivism, but always with an entirely individual and more playful tone. Using plain often-recurring materials such as wood, acrylic glass, string and sheet metal, she explores how simple shapes, materials and colours can interact with each other and with the space. Her structures are often painted with shiny gloss paint in bright colours. Recently, a new element has been introduced: a concrete cube that serves as a plinth and support for her fragile constructions that frame space.
Education
1998–2001 Glasgow School of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Glasgow, GB
1996–1998 Asker Kunstskole, Asker, NO
Selected bibliography
Martin Coomer: “Embraced Open Reassembled”, Sutton Lane, Art Review, December, 2008
Michael Archer: “Sing to me in French”, Camilla Løw: Straight Letters, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, May 2008
Dr Sarah Lowndes: “Straight Letters”, Camilla Løw: Straight Letters, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, May 2008
Michael Archer: “Camilla Løw: Sutton Lane”, Artforum, April, 2005
Dr Sarah Lowndes: “A kind of shiny black”, The Echo Show, Søren Andreassen, Lars Bang Larsen, Tramway, Glasgow, November 2002