Joe LoVasco describes his work and his creative process as, "..engaging with forms as the primary driver in his artistic practice." In this show we are lucky to see a range of the media he uses when creating his work. Included here are LoVasco's wonderful collages that are created with an initial shape and then various aspects are added. We also have some of his small painted works and two sculptural pieces. In those last two works we see his three-dimensional approach to his aesthetic process. LoVasco describes this as beginning with,"a loose gesture of a familiar form that eventually gets refined over several iterations." In his sculptures and drawings, as well as the collages he states that, "These forms, rarely organic, tend to be a mix of distinct curves and angles, inspired by his surroundings and everyday interactions."

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It is always interesting to understand an artist's process and with Lovasco's work that process can be seen here applied to a range of mediums.  The similarity of this process and his aesthetic, across these mediums, can be seen quite closely, especially in the sculptural work Marquee Study, Red Oak, Series of 4. Notice how the curves and edges evoke some of the collaged and painted works.

 

When viewing all his work, look for these visual clues and you can delve much deeper into them. On the surface they may seem much more direct, but in essence they reflect his on-going involvement with the interaction of forms.

 

LoVasco holds a BA in Fine Art from Montserrat College of Art and has had solo exhibitions at Hallspace Gallery in Dorchester, MA, the Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, and Mingo Gallery in Beverly, MA. He lives in Haverhill, MA with his wife, 2-year old son, and their dog, Pluto.