About
Peter Clouse's art practice implements ecological frugality; his paradigm is to create art “from nothing.” His approach to material gathering is democratic; choosing materials everyone has access to. Clouse creates using found, discarded, or donated materials in his works.
Clouse’s works ponder society and the materials and objects communities rejects and discard.
What is waste is reclaimed and re-conceptualized. Inputs are organized and elevated to create functional pieces of art. Wire weavings may become site-specific structures that allude to spider webs in form and function. While upon closer inspection, inputs include discarded wire from family VCRs, audio receiver connections, and stereo components. Viewers must ask themselves: how much waste is discarded? How can we live more eco-consciously?
Clouse’s works ponder society and the materials and objects communities rejects and discard.
What is waste is reclaimed and re-conceptualized. Inputs are organized and elevated to create functional pieces of art. Wire weavings may become site-specific structures that allude to spider webs in form and function. While upon closer inspection, inputs include discarded wire from family VCRs, audio receiver connections, and stereo components. Viewers must ask themselves: how much waste is discarded? How can we live more eco-consciously?
