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Lives and works in London
The works of Peter Joslyn form a meeting point between painting and sculpture. Predominantly wall- based, they derive imagery from a number of diverse sources - postcards, the hills of Bavaria, the clothing of American cheerleaders, LED wall displays from Wall Street and so on. For instance, the work exhibited in Bass Diffusion Model is a subversive appropriation from a Labour Party tapestry, depicting a march. The artist made the pictural representation on a wooden boarding. Formally simplified and flattened, Joslyn’s version of the Labour Party tapestry is also ornamented with ironic scrolling LED texts. The work is inspired by the artist’s need to escape – to escape from his surroundings and the dreaded normality of life, and the desire to find idealism without content. The pursuit itself is the goal.
Group exhibitions
2008 Jargon of Landscape, Wallis Gallery, London Is The World Flat?, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam Fall In Theatre 2, Takecourage Gallery, London
2007 Year 07, County Hall, London Lobby, Hales Gallery, London Fall In Theatre, V22, London
2005 You're Welcome, House Gallery, London
2004 You're Welcome to Come, Vyner Street, London
2002 One Plus Two Equals, 14 Wharf Road, London
2001 Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London
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