"Proximity: Peter Illig"
2002-08-02 until 2002-08-18
Pirate: a Contemporary Art Oasis
Denver, CO, USA United States of America

Peter Illig, best known for his large oil paintings of layered images, refers to art history, the media, and cyberspace to comment on the artists role at the beginning of the new millennium. The title PROXIMITY refers to the condition that it isnt the pictures themselves that carry so much meaning but how they are juxtaposed.

The title PROXIMITY refers to the condition that it isnt the pictures themselves that carry so much meaning but how they are juxtaposed.

A quote from the artists statement: ... The ideas are found in how one image is placed near another and the dialogue that appears. My role is to organize (or disorganize) the information overload we are all surrounded by. Dont expect obvious interpretations. For some the combinations of images will be irritating; for others they will come together in surprising ways. Meanings intersect and overlap.

Any time you put pictures of men and women together sparks are going to fly. It is our constant cultural crisis. We are so close and so far apart. But thats just one layer of meaning. My paintings have always been metaphors for the life of the artist and the processes by which art is made ...

IMAGE:
Peter Illig
Passage
oil on canvas 40 x 60

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