GUGGER PETTER

Artist Statement
For over 20 years, I have worked with newspaper as my main medium, creating both two and three dimensional works with this material. My fascination with newspaper consists not only of its historic and informative aspect, but also that newspaper being a daily material, holds a reference point for my own daily stories used as imagery. My use of newspaper as an expressive medium also presents me with a perfect black/white/and limited color palette, which has always been my choice. My work is usually based on an oversized image. In my "Street Scenes" series, the image (an observation of daily life), is presented to the spectator as he or she must form its story. My “Female Head/Madonna” series are based on numerous sources, including paintings of Giovanni Bellini, Giotto, Byzantine icons and mosaics, as well as friends of mine that I have used as models. In all my work surfaces, subject matter, color and content are all created in order to convey tension between opposites.
           
            Gugger Petter

Education
1967-68 Den Frie og Merkantile Kunstskole,
     Copenhagen, Denmark
1970-73 Academy of Fine Art, Rome, Italy

Selected Collections (of over 50)
The White House Collection, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Royal Danish Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
Nordstrom Department Stores, various cities
Danielle Steel, San Francisco, CA
Murray & Ruth Gribin Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Anita & Ron Wornick Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Cecilie Rohwedder, London, England
Bjarne & Grete Bladbjerg, Danish Ambassador
     Denmark
Henrik Wern, Danish Counsul, Antwerp, Belgium
Andree Arty, Brussels, Belgium
Roberto Pesaro, Mexico City, Mexico
Pietro Migliaccio, Rome, Italy
Henrik Trautner, Ministery of Agriculture, Copenhagen
     Denmark
Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles, CA

Gugger Petter's Complete Resume

Opening Night, Friday, August 20, 2010

Jane and Sarah discussing Gugger's artworks

Gugger explaining her technique

Angela, Gugger, and Richard