June 05, 2009 — August 16, 2009
Philosophically, all objects are ‘becoming’ in a continuous process of birth and death, because nothing is permanent. -Jason Peters
During his Salina Art Center residency (May 4 – July 24) Jason Peters created art with objects we use every day: plastic buckets, tires, chairs, and surprise materials found in Salina industry and agribusiness. These then become modules of larger forms relating organically to the Art Center’s exhibition space, made to a scale bigger than we are, but not so big as to be out of reach.
Peters’ sculptures have been called dystopic, futuristic, spectacular, and just plain beautiful. They undulate, twist, and climb up and over each other, seemingly with energy of their own. Newest are light-emitting forms such as his recent installation in St. Louis. He aims to first create an emotion or an impact, which the viewer can later analyze and perhaps remember when using a bucket to wash a floor.
Currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY, Jason Peters received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and a Minor in Asian Art History from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Since then, Peters has participated in residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, and the Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA. His most recent work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, at Slowdown, Omaha, NE, and at the Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Peter’s work was also featured as part of The Light Project at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO.
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Salina Art Center programs, exhibitions and films are presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which believes that a great nation deerves great art.