Piece description from the artist
In much of the work of the artist Peter Ivanoff an on-going theme is mobility both physical and spiritual. The painting Room is a work that was created during lockdown during the recent pandemic. Limited to walks around his local neighborhood the artist gained a heightened awareness of the proliferation of warning signs particularly surveillance warning signs. In the painting Room, the composition is an enclosed white room shape framed by a black geometric border. Within the border there are vent shapes, a separate path and an enlarged lens. The only occupant of the room is a surveillance camera. Is the narrative about safety, isolation or perhaps is the camera not a security device but a vehicle for self-reflection?
The painting technique is flat hard-edged silhouettes rendered in black and white acrylic and pigmented gesso on canvas. In this work the artist interest is in square modular formats. Room and other black and white paintings are intended to be scale-able, that is to be reproduced in a variety of sizes.
Peter Ivanoff spent most of his professional life, initially as an art director in advertising, then as a concept artist and designer
for advertising and marketing. In addition to making a living as a commercial artist,
throughout his career he has maintained a studio practice.
As a architecture student he was introduced to painting by the artist Gilbert Steed, (a color consultant for Bocour paints and a student of Hans Hoffman). He studied and was introduced to European Modernism by the photographer and painter, John Guttman, (a student of Otto Mueller) at SFSU. He also studied Life Drawing and Anatomy at the Art Student's League.
He earned his B.A. from SSU and an M.F.A from MICA (a highlight of which was his association with the late Salvatore Scarpitta). Currently, he lives and works in Palo Alto, CA.
A native of Wales, California-based artist Peter Ivanoff’s sculpture is all about going places. Crutches, ladders, plumbing fixtures, discarded furniture, and wheels deliver the message in his objects and installations. Driving this narrative, Ivanoff’s interest is in
our relationship with technology.
After the recent and ongoing wildfires, political turmoil and other disasters, his recent drawings, collages, and paintings have taken on an environmental and political shift. In these troubled times Ivanoff is presenting a much darker impression of California than for example, the artists David Hockney or Wayne Thiebaud.
Ivanoff’s techniques are purposely simple; collages are black India ink cut-outs
on Bristol and the paintings and works on paper are painted in acrylic.
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