The Pavilion 1969 - 1972

Editor: Here we have L.S. Lowry's "The Pavilion". It's undated, but it’s giving me all the seaside feels, that wistful, British kind. There’s something about the stick figures populating the beach, they look like they’re all having a blast but at the same time, they’re kind of lonely. What catches your eye? Curator: Oh, the people, definitely. Lowry's people always seem to be hurrying somewhere, even when they're supposedly at leisure. They're almost like shadows, aren't they? Do you think he's showing us fleeting moments, or something more permanent about life in those industrial towns? Editor: That's interesting, fleeting moments versus something permanent. I was thinking more that it was of a specific time. I suppose it could be a mirror to society in general, too. Curator: Absolutely! And isn't that the brilliance of Lowry? It's specific, yet universal. A memory caught in charcoal dust.