Eric Peters

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Eric Peters (born October 3, 1952 in Stolberg / Rhld. ) Is a German painter who lives and works in Aachen .

Life

Eric Peters in front of one of his pictures

After finishing his school career, Eric Peters attended the Aachen University of Applied Sciences and graduated with distinction in 1974 with a focus on fashion design. After taking part in an exhibition of young artists in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen in 1974 , he received the promotion award of the city of Aachen in 1976 . In 1976, Eric Peters took part in the second symposium of the Franco-German Youth Office in Bordeaux, where he realized the culture-nature pyramid ( Land-Art ). In 1979 Peters received a grant from the Franco-German Youth Office, which enabled him to study in France for a longer period of time. From 1979 Peters dealt with the design and the hand-made production of furniture. In 1982 he founded the company Design-Pool . Led the interest in East Asian philosophies and attitudes Peters in 1986 in the intensive examination developed by Vanda Scaravelli yoga practice , he learned through the mediation of Sandra Sabatini. Peters has been working as a freelance artist since 1987.

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Painting by Eric Peters

Eric Peters' work revolves around the secrets of creation and the depths of the human psyche, which he unlocks with the clearly delineated repertoire of themes of portraits, animal representations and landscape motifs. Anchored in the traditions of Symbolism , Dadaism , Surrealism and also the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism , he makes use of the great treasure of art history.

Eric Peters work revolves around the secrets of creation and the depths of the human psyche, which he unlocks with the clearly delineated repertoire of themes of portraits, animal representations and landscape motifs. Anchored in the traditions of Symbolism , Dadaism , Surrealism and also the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism , he makes use of the great treasure of art history.

Eric Peters describes the process and result of his work as "Q-bistic superposition" "QBism (or derived Bayesian concept of probability ) is an interpretation of quantum theory that denies the objectivity of the quantum state " and sees it as "an expression of a subjective conviction of the observer." (Because :) "A measurement does not reveal a pre-existing state of things," says Christopher Fuchs from the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada, one of the founders of QBism, (but :) "It is something that an actor does to the world and that leads to the creation of a result, a new experience for this actor. ”What Eric Peters experiences with his work in the painterly creative process is, in a figurative sense, what the quantum-mechanical measurer does with himself and the world.

The circle as a symbol of perfect harmony can be found as a basic compositional element of Eric Peters' painting in many of the motifs shown. The circle refers to the artist's engagement with the philosophical systems of East Asia, the personal adaptation of which gives Eric Peters works an inner strength that appeals to the viewer directly. The perfect illusion in the surface and the sensual charisma awaken the observer's desire not only to explore the surface of the pictures with the eyes, but also to feel the objects in the picture, the flawless complexions of the women's faces, the fur of the wild cats and the glass and metallic ones Touching surfaces of bowls and jugs.

Exhibitions

The group exhibition “Young Artists in Aachen” in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen in 1973 marked the beginning of Peters' public perception. Then followed:

  • 1975 costume play. Drawings, Stadttheater Aachen
  • 1976 installations. Atrium, Neue Galerie, Ludwig Collection, Aachen.
  • 1979 solar systems. Installations, Galerie Hock, Aachen (cat.) - floor installations. Porsch Gallery, Düsseldorf (cat.).
  • 1987 Werkhof Bissendorf Gallery, Hanover.
  • 1993 New Works , Bock Gallery, Aachen (cat.); Palladium I, Pallas GmbH, Brühl.
  • 1994 Antestadt , Museu Nacional de Belas Artes , Rio de Janeiro (cat.).
  • 1996 Five Buddhist monks from the Dalai Lama's monastery paint sand mandalas in the Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen; Galerie Dante , Amsterdam; Idea and implementation of the project.
  • 1997 Works , Galerie Camue, Mannheim (cat.).
  • 1998 Linde Trottenberg Gallery , Bonn.
  • 1999 Westland Place Gallery, London.
  • 2001 Palladium X , Pallas GmbH, Brühl.
  • 2002 I Am The Rabbit In Your Headlight , Clinic for Epileptology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn.
  • 2003 Eleven empty bowls, MultiArt International, Bonn.
  • 2005 In the eye of the tiger, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen.
  • 2006 Twice / Was Your Queen. Gremillion Fine Art Inc., Houston, Texas, USA.
  • 2010 plays of light. Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg;
  • 2010 face to face. Painting by Eric Peters, office of the German Research Foundation, in cooperation with MultiArt International, Bonn.
  • 2012 Art Track , Zuidstationstraat 8, Ghent, Belgium
  • 2012 Gremillion & Co. Fine Art. Inc., Houston and Dallas Texas / USA
  • 2012 IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen / Belgium
  • 2013 One-man-Show , Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, art Karlsruhe 2013
  • 2014 art Karlsruhe 2014
  • 2014 Kidnap Europe , supporting program for the presentation of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen 2014.
  • 2016 Everywhere , IKOB - Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen / Belgium

literature

  • Linde Trottenberg: ERIC PETERS - circular movements . Vandenhoff & Ruprecht, 2004. ISBN 3-525-47008-8 .
  • Eric Peters - plays of light . State Russian Museum - Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Palace Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940761-74-3 .
  • Wolfgang Becker: Quantum. Eric Peters. Painting 1986–2016 ; Wienand Verlag, Bad Aibling 2016

Web links

Commons : Eric Peters  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulf von Rauchhaupt: In the eye of the beholder , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 15, 2014
  2. ↑ In the Eye of the Tiger. ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.suermondt-ludwig-museum.de
  3. ↑ Eckhard Hoog: Aachen painter causes furore in Petersburg , in: Aachener Zeitung from August 20, 2010
  4. ↑ Art Track
  5. ↑ Eckhard Hoog: Europe series by the Aachen painter Eric Peters in the coronation hall , in: Aachener Nachrichten May 2, 2014
  6. ↑ Eric Peters - Everywhere: New exhibition in Ikob , on brf.be from April 20, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Peters, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolberg / Rhld.