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Photography Exhibition - One woman show
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Pinyon Portraits By Vicki Conover Ming C. Lowe is a painter Her works were first exhibited at a show in Long Beach in 1978. A reviewer of the January 2000 22 year retrospective show held in Cathedral City described Ming's oil paintings as abstract/neo-expressionist with death as a recurring theme. But death is not the theme of Ming's ongoing exhibit, abstract/neo-expressionist is not the style, and oil painting is not the medium. Ming has been up to something rather different: the medium is black and white photography, the style is realism, and if there's a theme it must be life, for Ming Lowe's photographs are intimately detailed, honest and real portraits that capture the true character of her subjects. And those subjects are Pinyon Pines people and their pets Ming herself is a Pinyon resident and a friend of Alexandra Bickler who owns the Sugarloaf Cafe. Before moving to Pinyon and opening a restaurant and real estate office, Alexandra lived in London and worked in an art gallery. So it was only natural for her and Ming to partner in presenting Ming's photography exhibition at the Sugarloaf. February 23rd 2002 was the opening reception for the show, and most of her subjects of the photographs were in attendance. Also in attendance was Eric Burdon of the rock band The Animals, who is a long-time friend of Ming's. In fact, several members of various 1960s and 70s rock bands have Ming C Lowe Paintings in their private collections. Ming's photographs will remain on the walls of the Sugarloaf Cafe. Stop by and meet some interesting Pinyon characters.
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