Cast Shadows:
The Jungle Girls Project
details of unfinished works from Cast Shadows: The Jungle Girls Project
Peter Illig's solo show at
Pirate: Contemporary Art
3655 Navajo St. in north Denver
July 4 - 20, 2008
Artist's Reception: Friday, July 11
4th of July Party Reception: Friday, July 4
See Artist's Statement on SHOWS page.
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Peter Illig's works are analogies for human emotions and experiences - American psychological landscapes - reflecting how we think of several things at once. He layers images borrowed from film, TV and cyberspace and his own experience like a coded language of symbols to express his ideas and feelings.
Illig is a realist, and a surrealist at the same time. "Once upon a time, the task of the artist was to portray and interpret the 'real world,'" says Illig. "Now it is to discern if there is a reality behind the appearance of things. Reality is created by observation. This search through the 'stuff' of the world, matter and flesh, is inherently erotic. And so is the act of drawing and painting. By immersing ourselves in the physical, material world, we can see the path to the higher realm, and find the spiritual meanings behind the physical objects."
These meanings and objects intersect and overlap - in life, and in Illig's art. Where does one object end and another begin? Where does one idea end and another begin to form? Can theory become visual? These and other questions are presented in Illig's work.
Peter stands in front of Plato's Cave, his 36-ft long painting at Pirate:Contemporary Art, summer 2007
In late 2005, Peter debuted his "Modular Dialog" series, an ongoing body of work composed of individual 14 x 14-inch metaphorical oil paintings which can be arranged and re-arranged into narrative matrixes of varying sizes and interpretations. Today, Illig's studio time is divided between these black and white paintings, and the new, larger color paintings with layered images. He is also widely recognized for his charcoal drawings, some of which are more than 60 ft long. His work can be seen in several Colorado galleries, and in private and corporate collections around the world.
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Peter with his first Modular Dialog Display, titled The Meaning of Sensation. November 2005, Denver
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Peter Illig is represented by Plus+Gallery, 2350 Lawrence St., Denver, CO, 80205. PH. 303-296-0927 www.plusgallery.com
