Peter Alberice
Statement: Architectural Abstractions
The work represents the further development of concepts in the design of space in architecture. Layers, transitions, offsets and shifts are explored as a means of defining horizontal and vertical space. Painting is the tool that leads to this exploration of shapes as definers of space. The shapes represent space shown in plan, section or elevation. The paintings may be read as a plan or a section or an elevation of a structure in its environment.
These concepts are further influenced by the natural and built environment in Italy. The yellow, ochre and smoky olive-green colors in the landscape as well as the ancient, degenerating buildings that reveal their many layers of multi-colored plaster are developed in abstraction. The quality of light in this region is extraordinary and the colors are incredibly vivid and intense. The traditional Italian agrarian landscape provides an interesting model how the natural and man made environments meet.
The Walls and Light series is influenced by the great American architect Louis Kahn’s concept of light only having meaning when it meets a wall.
The Vertical series is influenced by the long term transition of the man made environment from horizontal to vertical.
The paintings are also influenced by the great Swiss architect Mario Botta’s statement that architecture begins not with a stone being placed on a stone but a stone being placed in the land.
In a sense, my work represents an ongoing philosophical discovery of the duality of architecture being abstract and self referential as opposed to architecture integrated with the natural environment.
Resume
Education
1968-1971 Wellesley Senior High School
Wellesley, Massachusetts
1971-1976 Bachelor of Architecture Degree
Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, Virginia
1982-1983 Masters of Architecture Degree
Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, Virginia
1983 – 2005 Independent travel and study
Switzerland– 1999 & 2005
Italy – 1999 & 2005
Architecture
1976–1981 Intern Architect
1982–2006 Architect
Exhibitions
2001 Going Online
Upstairs Gallery
Tryon, NC
ArtEscape
Tryon Downtown Association – juried exhibition
Tryon, NC
2002 The Line
Upstairs Gallery
Tryon, NC
2002 Studio ItaliAna
Asheville, NC
2003 Art of Architecture Exhibit
Duke University Museum of Art
2003 Studio ItaliAna – Scoperta Italiana – Italian Discoveries
Asheville, NC
2005 Architectural Abstractions
Upstairs Gallery
Tryon, NC
