Loie Hollowell's Overview Effect at Pace Gallery

Loie Hollowell's latest painting series, Overview Effect, is on view at London's Pace Gallery. The series, named after the term astronauts use to describe seeing Earth from space, coincides with the Artemis II moon mission. Hollowell, speaking from her studio in Queens, New York, describes the timing as magical. The large-scale canvases feature twin concave and convex sculpted circles that would mirror each other if folded vertically. Hollowell's abstract works draw inspiration from childbirth manuals, Georgia O'Keeffe, and her own experiences of pregnancy and motherhood. She has previously described being 'super horny' when making her early work, which often depicts abstracted breasts and vaginas. The artist also references her cosmic birth and out-of-body experiences as influences.