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With controlled gestural drips, Peter Wu makes abstract paintings that on first approach appear like Rorschach tests under the influence of hallucinogenics. |
With controlled gestural drips, Peter Wu makes abstract paintings that
on first approach appear like Rorschach tests under the influence of
hallucinogenics. Informed by his multi-media and video training, Wu’s
paintings are like calculated television static: brilliantly colored
paint pourings, run in rivulets over obsessive black ink backgrounds
which read alternately as butterfly wings, skulls or stereo-optic
nudes. But in the end – this cornucopia of references – from Black
Metal to Chinese calligraphy – is all in the mind’s eye.
– Simon Watson
Based
in Los Angeles, Peter Wu received an MFA from the San Francisco Art
Institute and will be having a solo exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery
in Tokyo (Opening October 21st). He shows and is represented by
Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles.
