5 April - 10 May 2008

As the year shifts gear, here is a new exhibition that encourages us to pause and contemplate. In this show Kim presents a suite of layered monoprints and relief prints that echo hanging scrolls and relate to genealogical symbols like lattices, kowhaiwhai and the family tree.

Fresh from exhibiting with Marilynn Webb and Simon Kaan and currently completing her Masters of Fine Art at Canterbury University, Kim Lowe draws on her Chinese heritage in her investigation of historical Chinese art and design forms. ‘Lao Shu’ the Neolithic Chinese design system representing the centre – the Emperor and his people – is based on a magic square of 9 and is often found in Chinese decorative patterns and latticework. Kim’s use of subdued colours evokes the southern climate and kowhaiwhai painted patterns while including recognisable symbols from nature such as toetoe heads, tide marks and the bare branches of a Canterbury winter. A subtle and beautiful show not to be missed.

	Kim Lowe, Trees in Pomegranate / Black Relief Print on 540 x 150 mm paper, from an edition of 9, 2008. Contact gallery.
	Kim Lowe, Trees in Red / Red Relief Print (Framed) on 540 x 150 mm paper, from an edition of 9, 2008. NZ$520 incl GST framed; NZ$370 incl GST unframed.
	Kim Lowe, Trees in Silver / White Relief Print on 540 x 150 mm paper, from an edition of 9, 2008. NZ$370 incl GST.
	Kim Lowe, Mangopare with Lao Shu Relief Print on 530 x 300 mm paper, from an edition of 9, 2008. Contact gallery.
	Kim Lowe, Winter - South East and Central Relief Prints on Paper (535 x 1040), 1 of 1. Contact gallery.
	Kim Lowe, Weaving and Water Relief Prints on Paper (530 x 1110), 1 of 1. Contact gallery.
	Kim Lowe, Family Tree Relief Prints on Paper (535 x 2480), 1 of 1. Contact gallery.
	Kim Lowe, Harakeke and Lattice Relief Prints on Paper (Framed - detail) (745 x 1000), 1 of 1. Sold.