Previous Exhibitions at SVMA
Gord Peteran 2008
One of the Most Innovative Artists Working in North America Today
Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets Its Maker
JANUARY 10 - MARCH 1 2009
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Subversive, Funny, Sinister.
Adjectives not normally used when describing furniture. But these are exactly the words one could use to describe the works of Canadian furniture maker, Gord Peteran. It is furniture unlike any other. A table that doesn't hold objects, chairs not made for sitting, objects that appear to function as torture devices or for the sexually experimental. Despite the dubious functionality of many of the pieces in the exhibition, one can recognize, using Peteran’s word, the “furnitural” quality of the object.
Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets Its Maker
JANUARY 10 - MARCH 1 2009
Click to view additional exhibition information)
Subversive, Funny, Sinister.
Adjectives not normally used when describing furniture. But these are exactly the words one could use to describe the works of Canadian furniture maker, Gord Peteran. It is furniture unlike any other. A table that doesn't hold objects, chairs not made for sitting, objects that appear to function as torture devices or for the sexually experimental. Despite the dubious functionality of many of the pieces in the exhibition, one can recognize, using Peteran’s word, the “furnitural” quality of the object.