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JIM PETERS: On Stage - Recent Paintings and Constructions

September 21 - October 21, 2009

2009

University Art Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Galleries)

Anthony Fisher

The exhibition, Jim Peters: On Stage, brings together a wide range of work from 2000-2009. Using his skill as a virtuoso painter and draftsman, Mr. Peters creates two dimensional illusory space which he often skillfully integrates with three dimensional constructions made of found materials, wood, glass, wire, and discarded metal. The theme running throughout the work is unabashedly sexual with depiction of figures in beautifully crafted, cramped and crude theatrical spaces. Jim Peters' canvases and constructions are fecund arenas of marathon struggles where the work goes through months or years of elaborate mutation. Mr. Peters says "my work is a constant revision, changing and honing images until fantasy and reality meet." Jim Peters was born in Syracuse, NY, in 1945. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD in 1967 (BS, Atomic Physics), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA in 1969 (MS, Nuclear Engineering). He began painting while serving on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy and, using the G. I. bill, graduated from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 1977 (MFA, Painting). Jim Peters has exhibited regularly since then, and received many honors and awards. His work is in many collections and museums worldwide.

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Peter, Jim

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Jim Peters was born in Syracuse, NY, in 1945. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD in 1967 (BS, Atomic Physics), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA in 1969 (MS, Nuclear Engineering). He began painting while serving on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy and, using the G. I. Bill, graduated from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD in 1977 (MFA, Painting). A painter and constructionist, he has exhibited regularly in NYC at CDS Gallery (since 1986) and ACA Galleries (at present), in Cambridge, MA, at Pierre Menard Gallery, and in Provincetown, MA at artSTRAND Gallery. Awards include Fellowships at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (1982-83 and 1983-84), Massachusetts Artists Grants (1985,1988), Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Fellowship (1999), and Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship (2002, 2008). He has work in many collections world wide including William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Flint Institute of Art, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Jim Peters lives and works in Barrington and Warren, Rhode Island, with his wife, the text image artist Kathline Carr. Jim Peters is a member of the Visual Arts Committee at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He presently teaches painting and/or drawing at the Rhode Island School Of Design, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design's MFA Program in Provincetown, and the Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program.

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[Assorted Sculptures]

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