"Currents 83: Peter Doig"
2000-12-08 until 2001-02-18
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO, USA

British-Canadian artist Peter Doig paints lush landscapes and nature scenes that reflect on places and events he has seen, known, or imagined. Doig's paintings are a record of physical and psychological travels, presenting viewers with personal memories intensified by his own observations. He paints from his own photographs, images found in newspapers, postcards, and films, and photographs taken by friends. Doig tends to produce works in series, creating multiple images of a scene or site on canvas and on paper. Despite his personalization of places and formal elements, many of the settings in Doig's paintings are recognizable: the stadium in Buffalo, New York; a tunnel by the side of the highway in Toronto; the closing scene from the film Friday the 13th.

Currents 83: Peter Doig includes paintings and drawings from the1990s. It is the first solo museum exhibition of the artist's work in North America and was organized by the Berkeley Art Museum. Its presentation at the Saint Louis Art Museum is organized by Rochelle Steiner, assistant curator of contemporary art. Currents 83: Peter Doig is part of a series of exhibitions featuring the work of contemporary artists. This exhibition, originally titled Peter Doig/MATRIX 183 Echo-Lake, is organized by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum. The MATRIX program at the UC Berkeley Art Museum is made possible by the generous endowment gift of Phyllis Wattis. Additional donors to the MATRIX program include the UAM Council MATRIX Endowment, Ann M. Hatch, and the California Arts Council. The Berkeley Art Museum also wishes to thank Victoria Miro Gallery and British Airways for their support of Peter Doig/MATRIX 183 Echo-Lake.

IMAGE:
Peter Doig
Canoe-Lake, 1997-98
oil on canvas
78-3/4 x 118 1/8 inches
The Bailey Collection, Toronto

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