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Nov 25, 2027 – Jan 8, 2028
Newzones is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by contemporary painter, Peter Hoffer, who is known for his textural landscape paintings. Trained in both sculpture and painting, Hoffer’s attention to materiality is always evident in his work. He paints directly on wood panel and often leaves part of the surface visible. Each painting is finished with a highly reflective clear resin, with intentional inconsistencies such as scratches, sporadic markings and ripples. For Hoffer, this sets up a necessary balance between the naturalness of the painted and organic landscape, and the artificial sense of the precious “objet d’art”. A contrast emphasized between the controlled hand of the artist and the force of the material. Peter Hoffer has a Masters of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montréal, Québec. Hoffer’s paintings can be found in several prominent public, private, and corporate collections, including Cirque de Soleil, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery and ING New York, New York, Rodin Law Firm Litigation Counsel, Calgary, AB, to name a few.Reference is made to theatrical backdrops. The rapid execution of these paintings creates a generalized suggestion of a place or setting. The viewer is both the actor in the scene and becomes a player within a scenario where the trees and landscape are personified and situated within the stages.
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