2021
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas
60 x 84 in. © Rick Lowe Studio. Image courtesy of the artist and 2023 Christie’s Images Limited.
In this large composition, Rick Lowe layers and collages vivid reds and yellows into a sprawling maze of crisscrossed pathways like those seen in old cities. Lowe drew his inspiration from a photograph of a domino game viewed from above. Untitled #071421 reflects Lowe’s ongoing fascination with games as metaphors for social interaction. He sees dominoes, checkers, and chess as channels of social exchange, since they often take place in parks and public spaces. With this painting, he transforms abstraction into a form of social cartography, mapping how people connect and network across both space and experience.