PETER WEGNER

SCULPTURE (STACKED)

A piece of paper is often used as the definition of a flat plane. But every sheet is actually a sculptural object–it has a third dimension. View a single sheet and you might miss it, but with hundreds of thousands, it becomes unmistakable.

A similar thing happens with color. Up close, each sheet retains its own color. Take a step back and it starts to blend with the adjacent colors.

The resulting form is a hybrid. Painterly without using paint, massively sculptural even as it foregrounds the frontal plane.

GUILLOTINE OF SUNLIGHT, GUILLOTINE OF SHADE die-cut paper on cleats, both sides of existing wall, ea. 144" x 318" x 7", SFMOMA, 2008

GUILLOTINE OF SUNLIGHT, GUILLOTINE OF SHADE (detail) 2008

GUILLOTINE OF SUNLIGHT, GUILLOTINE OF SHADE (opposite side of same wall) 2008

GUILLOTINE OF SUNLIGHT, GUILLOTINE OF SHADE (detail) 2008

YELLOW INTERVAL diecut paper, cleats, 108" x 240" x 6", Berlin, 2005

small study for YELLOW INTERVAL Brooklyn, 2005

MAYBE (MAYBE NOT) die-cut styrene cards in plywood box, 61.5" x 49.5" x 4.75", 2020

MAYBE (MAYBE NOT) (detail) 2020

MIND OF WINTER die-cut styrene cards in frame, 48" x 96" x 4.75", 2020

100,000 DECISIONS die-cut styrene cards in frame, 126" x 126" x 4.75", 2020

100,000 DECISIONS (detail) 2020

FLOOR-TO-CEILING BLUES and WALL-TO-WALL REDS installed: The Bohen Foundation, NYC, 2004

WALL-TO-WALL REDS diecut colored paper, 26" x 40" x 480", installed: The Bohen Foundation, NYC, 2004

LEVER LABYRINTH diecut paper w/ steel armatures, Lever House, NY NY, 2005

LEVER LABYRINTH (detail) 2005

RED SECTION die cut paper, iron armature, installed as sectional wall in gallery, 96" x 96" x 8", 2004

RED SECTION (detail) 2004

RED EXIT die cut paper, iron armature, installed: double exterior door well, 96" x 96" x 8", 2004

RED EXIT (detail) 2004