Peter Stegall
An Equal Playing Field: New Work by Peter Stegall
Curated by Dina Dusko
January 17 - February 17, 2008
An Equal Playing Field, 2007
gloss enamel on masonite panel
10" x 14"
Triple Base Gallery and guest curator Dina Dusko are pleased to present An Equal Playing Field: New Work by Peter Stegall. This is the Sacramento painter's first Bay Area solo show and the culmination of Stegall's 30 year immersion in the “powerful playing field of color.” His investment yields a body of work ever-changing with each subtle stroke, careful composition and color choice. In striving for a certain kind of perfection, the work emerges new, a near surprise to the artist who exclaims, "Color has me on the end of a string!" Stegall dedicates himself to the fundamentals of painting, this exhibition of small-scale gloss enamels on masonite is his personal variation on those fundamentals.
Stegall earned his M.A. in Art from California State University, Sacramento. He is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and an Adolf and Esther Gotleib Foundation grant. His work was included in the Crocker Art Museum exhibition "Neo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction" and “Color and Geometry” at Mills College Art Gallery curated by Phil Linhares.
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LIMITED EDITION POSTER AVAILABLE
It is designed and hand screen printed by Miles Stegall and Fiona Bruce of Idiot or Genius? in Portland, Oregon.
View poster
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VIEW
Selected works in the exhibition
Installation shots
Works on paper in the Flat Files
Images of the Opening Reception
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PROFILE
Peter Stegall cv
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INTERVIEW
Peter Stegall interview by curator Dina Dusko
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PRESS
"Peter Stegall prefers small, subtle statements"
by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle