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Peter Combe Featured in Visual Art Source (VAS)

6/22/2016

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"The patriotic title notwithstanding, Peter Combe’s "Stars and Stripes" is less about the impending Independence Day holiday, or the sci-fi-film sequel, than the mysteries of appearance and representation. So what better subjects than the film stars of the 1960s and the Op Art and hard-edge abstraction of the same period? If this sounds like yet another postmodern-PC critique of celebrity culture and formalism, the tools of devilish global capitalism, be advised: they’re delightful and ingenious contrivances that call into question the nature of vision as well: they’re art-as-philosophy, without tears.

"Combe’s medium- to large-size assemblages may read as paintings, but  they’re also kinetic artworks that change slightly as the viewer moves, somewhat like lenticular photographs. The studio glamour head shots of Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Tyrone Power and Dirk Bogarde appear from a distance to be shimmering, yet semi-ironic homages, á là Warhol, especially when partially obscured by large red block letters spelling out DICK, POWER, and DILF. Approach further, however, and the works become mysterious, phantasmic. Combe: “There is a magic that occurs, a trick of the eye where color seems to occupy space — a void — at once ethereal, yet seen from another angle the whole appears as if a ghostly image, veiled in gossamer.”


—DeWitt Cheng
The full article is continued on the Visual Art Source website.
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Peter Combe the Focus of Video Interview with Jeremy Cohen

6/20/2016

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See the full video on Vimeo.
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Peter Combe in the San Francisco Examiner

6/15/2016

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Mathematical in conception and mystical in effect, Peter Combe’s artwork consists of paint swatches punched into circles and assembled into pictures distinguished by subtle, and sometimes spectacular, hue-shifting illusion.
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In “Stars & Stripes,” opening today at Andrea Schwartz Gallery in The City, Combe’s portraits of movie icons and abstracts feature his personal blend of science, elegance, mystery and cool.

— Anita Katz
The full article is available on the SF Examiner website.
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Peter Combe Reviewed on ArtBusiness.com

6/15/2016

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"Originally from Canada, Peter Combe is now an American citizen. He tells me that when he initially reflected on who Americans revere the most, the answer to him was clear--Hollywood movie stars. These golden-age-of-film portraits are an ode to that. For those of you keeping score at home, they're made entirely from small paper circles of color hand-punched from paint swatch samples. Worth seeing."

—Alan Bamberger
The full review is continued on the ArtBusiness website.
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"Stars and Stripes" in San Francisco Examiner's "Featured Features"

6/14/2016

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Peter Combe: The San Francisco artist — who uses hand-punched paint swatches in creating portraits of celebrities and abstracts –opens his solo show “Stars & Stripes” with a reception. [5:30 p.m., Andrea Schwartz Gallery, 545 Fourth St., S.F.]
This event and more may be found on the SF Examiner website.
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Cara Barer Featured in New "Bookmark" Series on Don't Take Pictures

6/6/2016

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The definition may sound simple, but the world of artist books can be a bewildering place. From the familiar pairing of images and text, to sculptures created out of paper and complicated bindings that create a performance each time the book is opened, nearly anything can be called an artist book if there is intention and consideration. This series showcases artists from different realms of the art world exploring the structure and meaning of the book.

These days it’s hard to miss the photographs of Cara Barer, an artist whose work blurs the lines between sculpture and photography. Recently featured at AIPAD 2016 and KunstRAI Art Amsterdam, Barer’s work spans multiple markets and has caught the attention of photography and art book collectors alike.

--Elizabeth K. Harris
The full article is continued on the Don't Take Pictures website.
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Robin Kandel to Participate in Group Exhibition at St. Mary's College Musuem of Art

6/5/2016

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Robin Kandel will participate with artists nif hodgson, Linda Simmel, and Noah Wilson in Scene/Unseen which aims to understand concepts such as vastness, memory, and incompleteness through use of traditional landscapes.

The show opens June 5, 2016 with a reception and panel discussion of the artists' works at 2:30pm.

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        • Tom Bolles
        • Piero Spadaro
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        • Summer In SOMA
        • Wynne Hayakawa
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        • Group Show
        • Ned Evans & Jeff Metz
        • Gwen Manfrin & Tim Yankosky
        • Alex Couwenberg
        • Donald Bradford
        • Barbara Kronlins & Sarah Wililams
        • Patrick Dintino
        • Suhas Bhujbal
        • Seamus Conley & Albert Dicruttalo
      • 2017 >
        • Mitch Jones Julian Voss Andreae Exhibition 2017
        • John Belingheri Exhibition 2017
        • John Bonick - Tracy Krumm Exhibition
        • Chad Hasegawa
        • Cara Barer and Jamie Brunson
        • Gugger Petter
        • Tom Bolles
        • Piero Spadaro
        • Wynne Hayakawa - Ferdinand Florence
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        • Robin Kandel
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        • Palladini and Weinstein
        • Alex Couwenberg
        • Imboden and Lobato
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        • John Belingheri
        • Krumm and Manfrin
        • Surface
        • Tom Bolles
        • Seamus Conley
        • Bell, Corrigan, and Tidwell
        • John Nelson
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