Michael Peck
Fighter Pilot # 3, 2011, oil on linen, 137 x 137 cm.
Target Practice # 6, 2011, oil on linen, 62 x 62 cm.
Fighter Pilot # 4, 2011, oil on linen, 198 x 198 cm.
Fighter Pilot # 5, 2011, oil on linen, 198 x 198 cm.
Spitfire, 2011, oil on linen, 198 x 198 cm.
Target Practice # 3, 2011, oil on linen, 82 x 82 cm.
Untitled, 2011, oil on linen, 198 x 198 cm.
Untitled, 2008, oil on linen,167 x 167 cm
Reservation, 2009, oil on linen, 143 x 143 cm.
Dorothy, 2009, oil on linen, 137 x 137 cm.
About The Landing Series
Using crashed World War II planes, as seen through the eyes of innocent children, the new body of work explores Michael’s relationship with his two grandfathers, who both served in World War II.
Both men passed away within months of each other in 2010, prompting Michael to contemplate how little he knew about their lives and consider our inherited experiences of conflict across generations.
About the Artist
Michael Peck’s artistic practice is concerned with the sensation of disorientation and dislocation that is often felt within the post modern world. Exploring issues regarding the loss of cultural identity, his work particularly focuses on the effects within minority groups and individuals existing on the fringe who are challenged to assimilate within the larger community.
The scenes in Michael’s paintings are quiet, the participants are paused as they stand withdrawn, juxtaposed against a dynamic population; they are overwhelmed by mass-culture; one which has been composed from the interaction, assimilation and constant change of subcultures. His work looks at the place of the individual within a pluralistic society where a constant shift of values and beliefs leaves a great uncertainty of belonging.
Michael Peck at Metro Gallery, Melbourne
Michael Peck Interview, October 2011
Michael Peck’s The Landing reviewed by Wendy Cavenett
Artist found via Design Collector
Remarkable Photographs
Thank you for visiting! Michael Peck’s works are actually paintings. They seem very photographic. An amazing artist bringing attention to culture identity.
Look closely and you will see they are oil paintings where the artist has selected a monochrome palette. More remarkable still, wouldnt you say? I really wanted to post and share this work, which I find arresting and strangely moving.
Carmelita Caruana
Thank you for setting me streight .. 😀
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