Brock Lownes

Brock Lownes is a Ph.D. student in the Art History department at Stony Brook University studying media aesthetics and the history of modern art. He lives between New York and Long Island.

Art

Sculptural Paintings That Channel the Static Soup of Television

In Tishan Hsu’s work, the canvas becomes a television, a platform of multiple channels, where what channel to tune into is the viewer’s choice.

Art

The Illusive, Intimate Nature of Mary Corse's Paintings

One must spend time with Corse’s paintings, which evolve depending on whether the paint applied to the canvas is thick or thin, whether the work is in natural or artificial light, and whether you are close or far away from the painting itself.