Peter Joseph

Peter Joseph Cv

Known for his two-colour, tonal canvases of precise, carefully considered hues, Peter Joseph's work historically exists within self-imposed, specific structures and parameters - the effect being one of unlimited freedom confined within the parameters of a framed construct. Within Joseph's new paintings there is a now a shift into compositional improvisation, creating a new sense of freedom that exists outside of the geometry or 'architecture' of his earlier work. Not only does Peter Joseph not consider himself a minimalist artist, he sites early Venetian and Florentine painting as influences and subscribes to a methodology usually associated with that of Renaissance painters. Regarding himself as a classicist, he intends that his paintings, which should be seen as they were painted, in natural light, be 'absorbed' rather than viewed or analysed.

Intrinsically 'experiential' they emphasise a time-based sensibility and through the tonality of his colours evoke a sense of melody and rhythmic harmony. An intuitive painter, Joseph has few contemporary affinities, among them are Rothko and Barnet Newman, whom he uniquely credits with evoking an emotional space within their work. As Joseph himself observed, "A painting must generate feeling otherwise it is dead…The aspiration is to find that moment when feeling is not just emotional expression, but is transformed into a value".

Peter Joseph lives and works in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
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Doppelte Rotation - Doppelte Rotation
Works from the Lafrenz Collection
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
Until 10 September
ANeues Museum Weserburg Bremen

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