FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Robert Peluce: Painter – Sculptor – Animator
A Celebration of His Life and Work
November 20 through December 12, 2004 (Fridays-Saturdays-Sundays Noon-5 pm)
Reception: Saturday, November 20, 7-11 pm
I-5 Gallery at The Brewery Art Complex
2100 North Main Street #A9
Los Angeles, California 90031
Gallery Phone: 323.342.0717 (during show hours only)
Outside show hours (during this show only): 323-225-2228
E-mail, <i-5gallery@sbcglobal.net>
E-mail for this exhibition’s curators, <gyorgyipeluce@peluce.com>
Web site:<http://peluce.com>
Detailed driving directions:<http://www.breweryartwalk.com/directions.html>
Gallery Hours: Fri –Sun 12-5, or by appointment
Robert Peluce, “Black Dog”, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24”.
And the world was made fresh with “Sir Realism.” Robert Peluce was an artist unlimited by subject matter, materials or medium. With a fanciful imagination and well-crafted technique, he had an exceptional ability to blend the antics of animation with the sophistications of fine art.
For Peluce, life’s foibles and contradictions were subjects for illumination through sight gags and puns that expressed the seriousness of play and the tragedy of humor. For what we would consider ordinary and take for granted, Peluce would command our attention by subtly nudging our sensibilities, drawing us into a world of relationships, and focusing on our perceptions of the world. We can no longer hide behind the masks of normality or take lightly our mundane actions. Peluce sees to it that we become aware of life’s absurdities and the dangers of taking it all too seriously.
Considered an “artist’s artist,” Robert Peluce was inspirational to many of his peers for whom his influence will be sorely missed.
— Chuck Feesago, Curator
Robert is all about fascination with time, clocks, and with dimensions — two, three, four — and more.
My personal Robert is the one who admired artists able to talk about their work, yet when it came to talking about his own, about its symbolism or meaning, he always answered questions with his questions: "What does it mean to you?" or, "What does this tell you that my art is about?" And always he would say, "You paint from the heart." This man always felt the pressure of not enough time for all the things he had to say, all the pictures he needed to paint.
It was magical to be part of his life and art, to see every piece be born, to wonder where they came from and where they were going. In the end there always was a new wonder. Robert's philosophy was simply "Just do it," but he also believed one can continuously develop and grow as an artist.
There is always a lot of both wisdom and whimsy in his work: he firmly believed they were supposed to exist together — it was all right to have fun in life and in art. Robert is about honesty and loyalty, too. They are displayed as intensely in his work as in his life.
— Gyorgyi Peluce, Curator
During 30 years as an animator, Robert perfected the appearance of old master’s oil paintings. In his work, cartoon imaginary is entangled with impossible situations and the imagery styles of wildly divergent, yet delightfully integrated periods—then frozen in time. Robert worked in the animation industry for many years, during which he designed and developed numerous television campaigns, short subjects, title sequences, and pilot episodes. These included the Chevron ad campaign in the 1970s, work with George Carlin and Lily Tomlin, the “Mr. DNA” sequence for Steven Spielberg's “Jurassic Park,” and title sequences for countless others. He won numerous awards for his film designs.
The I-5 Gallery is a project of The Brewery Art Association (BAA), a nonprofit organization, and made possible through the generosity of Carlson Industries, LLC.
