Peter Eastman

Artist Statement:
‘These monotone enamel paintings reflect on our position as a viewer. They make us aware of ourselves in relation to a painting and, more broadly, of our persona and position in the world at large. They mirror our projections onto paintings, and blur the boundaries between the intention of the artist and our preconceptions. The viewer is integral to these paintings, and, in reality, the viewer’s shadow and reflection is a fundamental part of the transient image. I paint in a studio in the city of Cape Town where I feel part of, but apart from, the masses of people, and in these paintings I play with my ambivalence toward anonymity in a familiar landscape’.

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Selected Exhibitions

  • ‘Johannesburg Art Fair’, March, Johannesburg, South Africa (2008)
  • ‘Realisme Art Fair’, January, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008)
  • ‘Supernature’, WITW Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (solo, 2007)
  • Cork Street Gallery London, UK (2007)
  • Twogether, 34 Long, Cape Town (2006)
  • South-East, 34 Long, Cape Town (2005)
  • MASHUPS collaboration with Matthew Hinldey, 34 Long, Cape Town (2005)
  • Obert Contemporary, Johannesburg
  • Sasol New Signatures exhibition, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (2005)
  • South African Art 1800 - Now, Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Cape Town (solo, 2004)
  • Art Salon, Rose Korber Gallery, Cape Town (2004)
  • ‘Reflective’, Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Cape Town, (solo, 2004)
  • Absa d’atelier, national finalists, Johannesburg (2003)
  • South African Art 1850 - Now, Michael Stevenson Contemporary, Cape Town (2003)
  • Ydesire, Two ships, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (2003)
  • Klein Karoo arts festival, Oudtshoorn (2003)
  • Aisle 5, Cape Town (2002)
  • Low lustre, High Art, Standard bank national arts festival, Monument gallery, Grahamstown (2001)
  • Young Painters, Harris Fine Art, Cape Town

Collections

  • University of Cape Town collection Cape Town
  • Didata corporate collection, Johannesburg
  • Sasol corporate collection, Johannesburg
  • Fairheads corporate collection, Cape Town
  • Hollard corporate collection, Johannesburg

Selected Catalogue List

  • Reflective, Exhibition Catalogue, Michael Stevenson, 2004
  • Art at Work: A decade and more of the Sasol art collection, 2004
  • Moving in time and space: shifts between abstraction and representation in post-war South African art, Michael Stevenson and Annabel Rosholt, 2003
  • South African art 1800 to Now, Exhibition Catalogue, Michael Stevenson, 2004