Surveillance 3

Surveillance 3

Piece description from the artist

In 2019, Peter Ivanoff just before the Covid 19 pandemic began a visual diary. 2020, Signs, Symbols and Warnings. The series draws from on-going themes in his work and a variety of contemporary interests and concerns. The 50 plus 12”X12” paintings are based on common urban signage with mythological and historical references merged with his personal iconography in idiosyncratic ways.

There is a mall group of painting in the series with the theme of Surveillance 1-7 (some with cameras others just abstract mysterious spaces). During the pandemic when the artist Peter Ivanoff was restricted to walking his local neighborhood he noticed a proliferation of surveillance signs and cameras. The artist imagined anonymous people-less spaces viewed on hidden screens.

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About Peter Ivanoff

Palo Alto, CA

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.

See Peter's portfolio here
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