Christina Lowry: Remember to Live

In the 1700s, during the Dutch Golden Age, still life paintings demonstrated an artist’s skill and technique. In the hands of the great masters, floral still life paintings became nuanced dialogues between life and death – memento mori for a wealthy merchant class. Wealth and privilege were expressed with expensive flowers and fruit at its peak of ripeness, while the inevitability and finality of death was symbolised with insects and decay.

In her first solo exhibition with Logan Art Gallery, photographer and artist Christina Lowry responds to the theme of ‘memento mori’, Latin for: remember you will die. Essentially – live well now as you may not be here tomorrow. In our COVID era society, Lowry’s work responds to this theme and offers a more hopeful outlook. Amid all our border closures, lockdowns and disrupted lives we must still remember to live.

Remember to Live opens at the Logan Art Gallery Pop Up (Logan West Community Centre, 2 Wineglass Drive, Hillcrest, 4118) on 29 July 2022 and will be on display until 3 September 2022. Tickets for our free opening night event can be booked here.

Accompanying this exhibition are a series of workshops for adults and children hosted by the artist, Christina Lowry. Follow the booking links for more details.

Smart phone photography: still-life inspired by the Dutch Masters

Tuesday 2 August
10am to 1.30pm
Ages 16 and up

Join exhibiting artist Christina Lowry for an informative artists’ talk and tour of her exhibition Remember to live, followed by a workshop on how to use your smart phone to photograph your still-life in the style of the Dutch Masters. Participants are required to bring their own smart phone.

DSLR photography: still-life inspired by the Dutch Masters

Wednesday 10 August
10am to 12 noon
Ages 16 and up

Using your own DSLR, join still life photographer Christina Lowry in this workshop where you will learn how to photograph your still-life in the style of the Dutch Masters. An intermediate level of photography skill is required, participants must bring their own camera.

Children’s workshop: drawing from still-life with artist Christine Lowry

Saturday 13 August
10.30am to 12.30pm
Ages 5 and up plus adult guardian

In this workshop aimed at children aged 5 and up, participants will learn to new techniques to create a still-life drawing in charcoal.

Drawing from still-life with artist Christine Lowry

Saturday 13 August
1pm to 3pm
Ages 13 and up

Learn how to draw from a still-life set up. Participants will learn a variety of techniques to use when creating their own charcoal drawings.