Peter Pierobon's work is both conceptual and sensual; his style is spare, his reference his natural and cultural environment, and his craft is meticulous. The stately standing lantern, Weir, is 8' high, 36" x 30" at the base, made of yellow cedar slats with the low voltage halogen light at the top casting a fresh bright yellow cross-hatched light onto the ground and the trees.
The 8' hanging Plumb is made of red cedar slats with a low voltage halogen lamp in a water proof fixture at the plumb bob base. It casts vertical shafts of light with a slight rosy tinge.
Chair Totem is 14' high made of tubular stainless steel, one of many chair studies that Peter Pierobon has done in his career. An early Chair Totem (#1) made of sheet bronze is the central piece in the foyer of the Bellevue Arts Museum. At the time of its installation there was some controversy over the title but it was resolved that a chair is a totem of our times, signifying the advent of science and literacy and the rise of the thinking arts.
Plumb and Weir photographs by Peter Pierobon
Chair Totem photograph by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
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