Graham Peacock

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Graham Peacock (born July 26, 1945 in London ) is a representative of abstract painting in Canada .

Life

Peacock studied from 1962 to 1966 at Goldsmiths, University of London , then for a year at Leeds College of Art. In 1969 he went to Edmonton and followed a call to the University of Alberta , where he is professor at the Department of Art and Design to this day works for painting. He has also taught at numerous international art schools as a visiting professor. He is a founding member of the New New Painters artist group, founded in 1990 .

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Under the influence of artists such as Jackson Pollock , Jules Olitski and Larry Poons , Peacock experimented with thick layers of acrylic paint poured on top of one another, which were poured onto strips of canvas about 10 meters long on the floor. Since the layer below is not yet fully hardened, material stresses and various cracks develop. With this process Peacock had developed the most important element of his unmistakable process painting, which finally helped him achieve his artistic breakthrough with the Polo series around 1982.

Like most of the above-mentioned artists, he only sets the boundaries of the picture after the completion of all painting procedures. Only then is the part marked as an autonomous image extracted from the large screen and stretched onto a frame. The irregular polygon, elliptical and teardrop formats of the 80s give way in the 90s to much more complex forms that result from the development of the composition from the center of the picture outwards. Overly aggressive forms that correspond only inadequately with the composition of the picture are reworked in the following years. From the mid-1990s onwards, the artist also used polyurethane foam, insulation tubes, collage elements such as glass beads, highly reflective fragments and holographic materials, as well as glitter . From the “Cut Out” series in 2000, painted canvas parts of a picture are cut out and replaced by new fragments that develop an illusionistic effect.

Ken Carpenter wrote in 2001 in "Art of America": “Peacock cut out these canvases in irregular, wavy shapes and mounted them on frames. By using insulating hoses, wire mesh mats for carpets and polyurethane filling, he carved out ridges and hills within the colored areas. The material quality of these works seems to bring his painting closer to sculpture. In a kind of striving for otherness, as Walter Pater put it, the power of one art could sometimes provide the form for another. But instead of sculptural, these images could be described as topographical. They are in line with Miro's claim to remain within pure painting and at the same time to go beyond it. "

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2012 The University of Calgary, "The India Suite"
  • 2008 Gallery One, Toronto, "Graham Peacock, Highlights, 1982-2006"
  • 2005 Art Gallery of Alberta, "Graham Peacock at 60 - A Retrospective Exhibition 1980 to 2005"
  • 2003 The New New Painting Museum, Toronto, "New New Illusionism"
  • 2002 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, "Paris Suite Collages"
  • 2001 Gallery One, Toronto, "Coeur de Lion"
  • 1996 The Edmonton Art Gallery, "Reflective and Refractive Works in Glass"
  • 1995 Dambier Masset Gallery, Paris, "1982-95 Survey Exhibition"
  • 1994 Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Canada, "Circularity Paintings"
  • 1994 University of Alberta, Edmonton, "Color and Dimension"
  • 1992 The Works Visual Arts Festivals, Edmonton
  • 1989 Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Canada
  • 1988, 89, 91 Gallery on Whyte, Edmonton
  • 1987 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, "Paint Process and Spirit, 1982-87 Retrospective"
  • 1986 Waddington Shiell Galleries, Toronto, Canada
  • 1986 Hughes Art Ltd., Victoria, BC, Canada
  • 1986 Don Stewart Gallery, Montreal, Canada
  • 1983, 84 Martin Gerard Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1981, 82 Hett Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1979 Glenmore Gallery, Toronto
  • 1977 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, "Fans and Pillars"
  • 1976 Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, "Screens"
  • 1975 Woltjen Udell Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1972 The Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, "Striations"
  • 1973, 74 Art Circuit, Touring Exhibition, Atlantic Provinces
  • 1971 Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, "Atlantic Provinces Touring Exhibition"
  • 1971 Lefebvre Gallery, Edmonton
  • 1971 Alberta College Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
  • 1979 The British School, Rome, "Grid Paintings"

literature

  • Graham Peacock. A retrospective . Edmonton, 2008
  • Nasgaard, Roald: Abstract Painting in Canada . Douglas & McIntyre, Ltd, Vancouver, 2008
  • New New Illusionism. The recent paintings of Graham Peacock . The New New Painting Museum, Toronto, 2004
  • Baker, Lucy; Neal, Irene (Ed.): New New Painters at the 69th Regiment Armory . 26th & Lexington Avenue, New York City, 2000
  • Meyer, Werner (ed.): New New Painting . Municipal Gallery Göppingen, Edition Cantz, Ostfildern, 1993
  • Moffett, Kenworth: New New Painting . Nouvelles Editiones Françaises & Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, 1992

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ken Karpenter, Art in America, December 2001, pp 126
personal data
SURNAME Peacock, Graham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH London