Peter Millett

Silver

September 5 - November 2, 2024

Opening Reception: “First Thursday,” September 5, 6-8pm
Artist talk: “Saturday After”, September 7 at noon

Greg Kucera Gallery is pleased to announce our eleventh one-person exhibition of work by Seattle artist, Peter Millett. Welded in steel, the recent sculptures are powder coated in a a series of subdued grey and silvers. Millett continues to explore the flip side of the mass and weight of his work in Corten steel. This work embraces open shapes having less sense of mass or weight; no inside or outside, just pure gesture.

In contrast to the bursts of color he employed in his 2020 exhibition, this collection of sculptures exists in a much more subdued color scheme. The muted tones reference shadow, reflections, and moonlight. Silver, white, and varying shades of grey, create an exhibition that is calm and reflective. The triangular components that serve as the the sculptural building blocks twist and turn, folding in upon each other in quiet meditation.

This exhibition is in conjunction with the artist’s retrospective, Peter Millett: Building Forms, showing at Museum of Northwest Art in LaConner, WA, October 12, 2024 - January 12, 2025. The exhibition is the artist’s first museum survey, presenting artworks from Northwest private and museum collections in a review of Millett’s expansive body of work. An accompanying catalog of the exhibition will also be available with an introduction by MoNA Executive Director and Chief Curator, Stefano Catalani, and an essay by Greg Bell, the curator of the exhibition.

Work in exhibition