Monday, July 27, 2009

Peter Schmidt - Balloon Sounds..

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Peter Schmidt producing
sound with a balloon
during a performance with
the Boyle Family at
the Cochrane Theatre,
London, 1966.
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(Photo from Boyle Family Archives, used with permission, many thanks to Sebastian Boyle)
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Peter Schmidt - Whitechapel Gallery, 1975

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Peter Schmidt at work on ‘People Walk on People’, Ink and Acrylic on dress, wall, banister and stairs, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1975. From a group exhibition he shared with his students from the Watford School of Art.
"Painting on Clothes" ran from 9 September – 19 October .
(Collection of and donated by the Whitechapel Gallery Archive, and used with permission)
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Special thanks to Whitechapel's esteemed archivist, Mr. Gary Haines.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Cycloids IV and V in New York City...

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Cycloid IV/Cycloid V(Artist Proofs), Peter Schmidt, lithograph, 1966
(Collection of John Emr)
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Recently acquired from Dominic Kemp, the extraordinary modern art dealer of London. http://www.dominickemp.co.uk/
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Taking Tiger Mountain - print #575...


































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Taking Tiger Mountain(#575 of 1500), Peter Schmidt, silk screen print,1974
(provenance unknown, recently auctioned)