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Rick Lowe initiated his social practice in 1990 after he was approached by a group of high school students who suggested that rather than depicting challenges in historically underresourced communities, he actively create solutions to these problems. In 1993 Lowe, along with a collective of artists, founded Project Row Houses in Houston’s Third Ward. They purchased twenty-two shotgun houses that were in poor condition and transformed them into residences and exhibition spaces for artists, as well as housing for single mothers. The project has since expanded
to include more properties. It serves as a model for art and social engagement that Lowe has extended beyond Houston, launching and participating in other community enterprises in the United States and abroad.

Lowe’s paintings and drawings provide a more conceptual perspective on issues of equality and urban planning. ‘Project Row Houses: People and Place’ (2021) is a tribute to the people involved in his seminal initiative. Their photographs are interspersed with abstract forms resembling topographic features. These forms are inspired by overhead photographs of dominoes, a game that he played with residents of the Third Ward. The photographs reveal how patterns created by the dominoes resemble maps of urban districts. The artist traces and layers these patterns to represent the reconfiguration of communities over time.

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