PETER BREMERS Reflections of the West: Canyons & Deserts

PETER BREMERS: REFLECTIONS OF THE WEST CANYONS & DESERTS

PETER BREMERS

REFLECTIONS OF THE WEST: CANYONS & DESERTS

JULY 31 - AUGUST 30, 2015

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cover: Petrified Forest, 2015, Kiln-cast glass, 32 x 37 x 4.6 in

PETER BREMERS:

REFLECTIONS OF THE WEST

Characterized by their rich, earth-hued angular structures and intricately cut channels, the recent works in Dutch artist Peter Bremers’ exhibition, Reflections from the West: Canyons & Deserts, evoke the austere and awe-inspiring landscape formations of the American Southwest. He uses gestures of the hand to approximate the visual effects of erosion and stratification in his kiln-cast glass, and proposes a dynamic contrast between human and geologic time.

JULY 31 - AUGUST 30, 2015

reflected in the environment.” His vision is to stand inside a small crevice, a slot in the earth, surrounded by the sculptures created over hundreds of thousands of years by wind and water, reflecting light on hard and soft lines in glowing colors, and re-create that space in its essence as a composition of colors, structures, lines and volumes.

Peter Bremers was born in 1957 in Maastricht, The Netherlands, where he studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts from 1976 to 1980 and threedimensional design at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 1986 to 1988. Recognized as one of the world’s leading glass artists, his work is included in the permanent collections of such significant public institutions as the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin; the Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; the Museo de Arte Vidrio Mava, Madrid; and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, among numerous others.

Much of Bremers’ inspiration is born out of his numerous travels across Asia, New Zealand, Africa, America, and Antarctica. These voyages extend into the personal realm of a near mystical encounter with place. In his Canyons & Deserts series, he shapes glass into canyons to create an experience rather than a literal reproduction – an expression of the encounter between man and nature. As he puts it, “it’s about finding yourself

High Line Trail, 2011, Kiln-cast glass, 22 x 13 x 4 in

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Rim Rock, 2014, Kiln-cast glass, 14 x 12 x 3 in

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Wind’s Lament, 2014, Kiln-cast glass, 19 x 12 x 4 in

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Weeping Rock, 2011, Kiln-cast glass, 22 x 27 x 4 in

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Avalanche, 2010, Kiln-cast glass, 13 x 18 x 5 in

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Colorado Cliffs, 2011, Kiln-cast glass, 16x 25 x 4 in

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West Fork, 2010, Kiln-cast glass, 15 x 14 x 8 in

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Vision Quest, 2010, Kiln-cast glass, 16 x 18 x 6 in

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Brins Mesa, 2010, Kiln-cast glass, 17 x 13 x 4 in

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Sycamore Canyon, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 17 x 13 x 4 in

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Chimney Rock, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 13 x 6 x 4 in

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Arrowhead, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 11 x 20 x 3.4 in

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Broken Arrow, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 15 x 12 x 4 in

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Sunrise Over Valley of the Gods, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 21 x 10 x 4 in

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Cut Away, 2009, Kiln-cast glass, 12 x 11 x 4 in

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PETER BREMERS Born: Maastricht, Netherlands 1957 Education: 1986-88 Jan van Eyck Akademie, Post Academic

Institute for Art & Design, Maastricht,

Netherlands 1976-80 University of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department,

Maastricht, Netherlands Solo Exhibitions since 2002: 2015

2014 2013 2012 2011

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Reflections of the West: Canyons and Deserts LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, NL Stewart Fine Art, Boca Raton, USA Pismo Gallery, Aspen, CO Points of Ascent, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM Gallery of Modern Masters, Sedona, AZ The Glass Whisperer, Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, Netherlands Gal. LaForet, Verbiers, Switzerland Gallery of Modern Masters, Sedona, AZ Glass Inspiration, Burgdorff, Switzerland Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, Netherlands Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, AZ Museum Ernsting, Coesfeld-Lette, German Museo de Arte Contemporaneo en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark Etienne & van den Doel Expressive Glass Art, Oisterwijk, Netherlands Salet Arte & Moda, Maastricht, Netherlands Gal. LaForet, Verbiers, Switzerland Retrospective: Etienne & van den Doel Expressive Glass Art, Oisterwijk, Netherlands Lee Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR Raglan Gallery, Manly, Australia 17

2005 Jan van der Toght Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands

Glass Inspiration, Burgdorf, Switzerland 2004 Etienne & van den Doel Expressive Glass Art,

Oiterwijk, Netherlands

Rosenthal Studio Haus, Hamburg, Germany

Galerie le Manoir du Mad, with Bruce

Thurman, Nancy, France

Pan: Etienne & van den Doel Expressive Glass

Art, Oiterwijk, Netherlands 2003 Gal. LaForet, Verbiers, Switzerland

Etienne & van den Doel Expresive Glass Art,

Den Haag, Netherlands

Galerie Splinter, Berlin, Germany

Jacob Bach Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2002 Leon Salet Arte & Moda, Maastricht, Netherlands

Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH Selected Museum Collections: Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT

Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands

Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

Glasmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld Lette, Germany

Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Hamburg, Germany

Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin, Germany Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

Museo de Arte in Vidrio Mava, Madrid, Spain

Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, Netherlands National Glassmuseum, Leerdam, Netherlands

Nationale Nederlanen Assurantien, Rotterdam, Netherlands National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Palm Springs Art Musuem, Palm Springs, CA

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