Head 15
Drawing
2009 (drawn)
2009 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Peter Peri (b. 1971) studied at Central St Martin's School of Art and Design in London, and in 2003 graduated from the MA Fine Art Programme at Chelsea College of Art. He works in various different media, but drawing is of central importance to his practice.
Working with graphite on unbleached paper, Peri uses a minutely detailed technique of hairline strokes. He builds up these lines to create abstract forms, which are sometimes curved and organic but more often derived from angular Modernist and Constructivist sculpture. In 'Head 15' tension is created by the interplay between the complex and austere angular forms and their component lines, which however tightly controlled, break through the contours and escape into stray tendrils at the edges.
Working with graphite on unbleached paper, Peri uses a minutely detailed technique of hairline strokes. He builds up these lines to create abstract forms, which are sometimes curved and organic but more often derived from angular Modernist and Constructivist sculpture. In 'Head 15' tension is created by the interplay between the complex and austere angular forms and their component lines, which however tightly controlled, break through the contours and escape into stray tendrils at the edges.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Head 15 |
| Materials and techniques | Graphite on unbleached paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, graphite, 'Head 15', by Peter Peri, Britain, 2009. |
| Physical description | Graphite drawing on unbleached paper. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased from the Bortolami Gallery, New York, 2011. |
| Summary | Peter Peri (b. 1971) studied at Central St Martin's School of Art and Design in London, and in 2003 graduated from the MA Fine Art Programme at Chelsea College of Art. He works in various different media, but drawing is of central importance to his practice. Working with graphite on unbleached paper, Peri uses a minutely detailed technique of hairline strokes. He builds up these lines to create abstract forms, which are sometimes curved and organic but more often derived from angular Modernist and Constructivist sculpture. In 'Head 15' tension is created by the interplay between the complex and austere angular forms and their component lines, which however tightly controlled, break through the contours and escape into stray tendrils at the edges. |
| Bibliographic reference | Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 190, fig. 152 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.258-2011 |
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| Record created | March 23, 2011 |
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