September 13 – November 14, 2026
Lu Heintz
August Ventimiglia
opening reception: Sunday, September 13 • 3-5pm
artist talk: Saturday, October 17 • 3pm
gallery hours: Fridays, 12-4pm and by appointment
for more information: Call or text 617.835.8255
The difficult problems are the fundamental problems; simplicity stands at the end, not at the beginning of a work.”
–Anni Albers, (from One Aspect of Art Work, 1944)
Drive-by Projects is pleased to present Seek Simplicity, an exhibition featuring folded mixed media works by Lu Heintz and drawings on painted panel by August Ventimiglia.
Anni Albers’s “rules for living”, as voiced in her prolific writings, emphasize the virtues of simplicity and the importance of allowing the the working process to guide the artist in the making of their work.
As if working with Albers in mind, Heintz and Ventimiglia each allow the making of their works to define the distilled image or form that “stands at the end”.
Lu Heintz elevates the repetitive acts of domestic work and care that are often overlooked or devalued. Her recent work grows out of processes associated with folding—laundry, wrapping, textile trades, and related practices—and transforms each process into a singular crafted object. Heintz describes this work as a conceptual and linguistic approach to honoring domestic labor and care: “I uplift this realm of labor utilizing and expanding on its particular design methodologies.”
Simple in form, yet rich with meaning and association, Heintz’s multimedia works serve as powerful testimonials to the importance of domestic labor and the inherent beauty of what it produces.
August Ventimiglia’s abstract works are inspired by forms and processes in nature such as horizons, waves, tides, patterns, and sounds. With the new drawings on milk paint prepared wood panel, he continues the use of his signature “flicked” line created by pressing and releasing the drawing toon with his finger. Repeating this process throughout each piece, he builds a drawing made up of both intentional and unpremeditated lines.
Some drawings reference a grid while others are more wandering suggesting a fractured surface. Though using a complex arrangement of marks, Ventimiglia images are unified within the parameters he determines for each drawing session.
