“I would like to consider myself an artist who invites all parts of me into the room.” That’s a line that will stay with me for a while, and it was also the first thing Lovie Olivia told me in a recent conversation about her multifaceted piece “Space Scape Cinema,” which she completed only after it was installed as part of her Space Scape exhibition at Tinney Contemporary. This is the Houston-based artist’s second show at the downtown Nashville gallery — the first was 2023’s Beauty as a Method — but it is her first solo show since the gallery has begun to represent her, actively engaging with the artist’s creative growth and career.

Lovie Olivia: Space Scape

Through Nov. 15 at Tinney Contemporary

While speaking about her exhibition, Olivia discussed influences ranging from Carolee

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