Peter Klasen
dal 6/3/2009 al 1/5/2009
Segnalato da
6/3/2009
Peter Klasen
Sonja Roesch, Houston
Frozen Light. His series Beauties features multi-paneled paintings with sections of the nude female body. The panels are connected with a continuous neon light line that loosely follows the contours of the body.
The Gallery Sonja Roesch is pleased to announce Frozen Light, an exhibition featuring work by Peter Klasen. The exhibition will open March 7 and close on May 2, 2009.
Peter Klasen is interested in mechanical objects due to their reference to the industrial advancement of current technology, a representation of the working of our social apparatus, but most of all due to their anthropomorphic qualities. Having grown up during World War II, he witnessed the power of machines first destroying and then rebuilding and reconstructing the demolished cities.
Using photography as an entryway, Klasen deconstructs and reconstructs the images to create a composite painting juxtaposing the industrial and the sensual. These paintings call up a love/hate, familiar yet uneasy relationship between man and machine as a functional object confronts an object of desire.
His series ‘Beauties’ features multi-paneled paintings with sections of the nude female body. The panels are connected with a continuous neon light line that loosely follows the contours of the body. The light emanates from the cold industrial object causing a harsh glow against the soft female form. The industrial material, used in signage, points the way along the seductive landscape.
Peter Klasen, born 1935 in Luebeck, Germany, has exhibited his work extensively in Europe as well as the United States. He is included in more than 70 Museums, private and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Germany, and the Musee national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 5-7pm
Sonja Roesch
2309 Caroline Street - Houston
Free admission