Peter Powning

A CBC New Brunswick Book List Selection "I start with an original object, break it, and transform parts of the piece into other materials. These pieces gather meaning and explanation as I work with them." Peter Powning is simultaneously referred to as a sculptor and a ceramist, but his art does not fit easy categorization, incorporating and combining elements from one medium into another. His work challenges the viewer to reconsider the object, its form, and its function. This inventiveness has resulted in numerous exhibitions, awards, and commissions for public art sculptures throughout Canada. Featuring 175 full-colour images of Pownings work along with essays by curators and critics, Peter Powning celebrates the career of one of Canadas finest visual artists and accompanies a major retrospective exhibition organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Je commence par un objet original, je le brise et jen transforme certains lments en quelque chose dautre. Ce que jai fabriqu ou encore les artfacts que jai trouvs subissent un processus de fragmentation et de transformation. Peter Powning Peter Powning est la fois dsign comme un sculpteur et un cramiste, mais son art ne correspond pas la catgorisation facile; il se dfinie plutt par lintgration et la combinaison dlments dun milieu lautre. Son travail met le spectateur au dfi de reconsidrer lobjet, sa forme et sa fonction. Cette inventivit a donn lieu de nombreuses expositions, prix et commandes de sculptures dart public partout au Canada. Avec 175 images en couleur de luvre de Powning ainsi que des essais de conservateurs et de critiques, Peter Powning : Une rtrospective clbre la carrire de lun des meilleurs artistes visuels du Canada.