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Born 1947 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Sculptor-abstraction.
"The art world likes to categorize artists. When I think about my position in the art world, I realize it is extremely mobile because I include and cross over so many boundaries.". Peter Shire's... Read full biography
"The art world likes to categorize artists. When I think about my position in the art world, I realize it is extremely mobile because I include and cross over so many boundaries.". Peter Shire's overt dismissal of being defined by a label clearly acknowledges his concern with opening an aesthetic... Read full biography
"The art world likes to categorize artists. When I think about my position in the art world, I realize it is extremely mobile because I include and cross over so many boundaries.". Peter Shire's overt dismissal of being defined by a label clearly acknowledges his concern with opening an aesthetic dialogue free of preconceived norms and ideas. A comprehensive and updated understanding of the arts is an essential attribute of his artistic vision. "If Leonardo were alive today he would probably be... Read full biography
"The art world likes to categorize artists. When I think about my position in the art world, I realize it is extremely mobile because I include and cross over so many boundaries.". Peter Shire's overt dismissal of being defined by a label clearly acknowledges his concern with opening an aesthetic dialogue free of preconceived norms and ideas. A comprehensive and updated understanding of the arts is an essential attribute of his artistic vision. "If Leonardo were alive today he would probably be working at Cape Canaveral" the artist stated in an interview. Rejecting the limitations imposed by specific fields and "proper" techniques, Shire has transgressed the orderliness of painting or sculpture traditionally defined as the "fine arts" and... Read full biography
"The art world likes to categorize artists. When I think about my position in the art world, I realize it is extremely mobile because I include and cross over so many boundaries.". Peter Shire's overt dismissal of being defined by a label clearly acknowledges his concern with opening an aesthetic dialogue free of preconceived norms and ideas. A comprehensive and updated understanding of the arts is an essential attribute of his artistic vision. "If Leonardo were alive today he would probably be working at Cape Canaveral" the artist stated in an interview. Rejecting the limitations imposed by specific fields and "proper" techniques, Shire has transgressed the orderliness of painting or sculpture traditionally defined as the "fine arts" and has included fields such as ceramics, furniture, and toys that have been consistently marginalized by the modernist discourse. Shir... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Furniture and/or Cabinet Design and Making
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Art Pottery
- •Bronze
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Enamel Paint
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Painting on Glass, Glass Design, Studio Glass Art
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Stoneware, Stone, Stonecut, Sandstone
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
Art Association
- •Memphis Group
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty