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Peter Delman
Peter Delman
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Peter Delman Artist Bio & Statement
Peter Delman is a painter living in Jersey City. He shows his work regularly in regional galleries. He is a curator for the gallery at Casa Colombo in Jersey City. He is currently curating a major exhibition of contemporary art that refers to history entitled The Persistence of History at New Jersey City University which opens in October 2018.
“The flower paintings are based on photographs I took over the course of several summers. I took the photographs strictly for to use as subjects for paintings. I was looking for dramatic images that would express a physical aspect of nature. I remember going to an exhibition at Mana Contemporary that featured sexually explicit images. I found these works rather repellent but also on display were a few bold black and white paintings of flowers. These works spoke to me, and had what I thought of as “flower power.” My aim was to make paintings that had a commanding presence in which the viewer would see the subject of flowers in a new way.”
“The flower paintings are based on photographs I took over the course of several summers. I took the photographs strictly for to use as subjects for paintings. I was looking for dramatic images that would express a physical aspect of nature. I remember going to an exhibition at Mana Contemporary that featured sexually explicit images. I found these works rather repellent but also on display were a few bold black and white paintings of flowers. These works spoke to me, and had what I thought of as “flower power.” My aim was to make paintings that had a commanding presence in which the viewer would see the subject of flowers in a new way.”
