- Peter Gallo
Peter Gallo (born 1959),
Rutland, VT is a reclusive artist and writer who lives inHyde Park, VT andMontreal, Quebec . Gallo attendedMiddlebury College andConcordia University . His work has been exhibited throughout the U. S. and Europe, including White Columns, Freight and Volume Gallery, Steven Kasher Galler, and Sunday L.E.S., all in New York, Wendy Cooper Gallery in Chicago, Anthony Reynolds Gallery in London, Galerie Staub Kohler in Zurich, among others.Gallo is known for his mixed media works which often combine a variety of unconventional materials – including
dental floss ,toothpicks, chicken bones,buttons , found photographs, philosophical and literary texts. In 2005Matthew Higgs , writing for "Frieze Magazine" cited Gallo as the most significant emerging American artist of that year, and likened hisDIY mixed media sensibility to Ree Morton and to the legendary post-punk bandJoy Division . His essays and reviews have appeared inArt in America .External links
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_93/ai_n15950833 Review: Peter Gallo @ White Column in Art In America]
* [http://www.sundaynyc.com/peter-gallo.html]
* [http://www.wendycoopergallery.com/Exhibitions/petergallo2004.htm Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago (images)]
* [http://www.stevenkasher.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=246 Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (images)]
* [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Peter+Gallo:+Wendy+Cooper+Gallery-a0129550606 Review: Peter Gallo @ Wendy Cooper Gallery, Artforum]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/54621]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=%22Peter+Gallo%22]
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