About the Artist
Jurgen Peters
Jurgen Peters (b. 1936 - ) was born in Hamburg, Germany. He became very well known in the 1970s as an optical artist, a contemporary of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and Briget Riley. His works were regularly advertised in the pages of "Art In America" in the 1970s. He made beautiful use of the silkscreen medium as an integral part of his creative process, stretching the intricacies of the medium to their fullest potential — while each color requires a unique screen thus resulting in a flat plane of color, he conjured near seamless gradients with highly subtle tonal variation. His imagery is characterized by geometry and pattern, making use of these color gradients to create optical illusions of depth and dimensionality. Despite being highly angular and mathematical in nature, both his color choices and their soft tonal character lend a warmth and relatability to the works. They are often reminiscent of forms found in nature, as in crystal formations or plant cell structures, or the way light fragments kaleidoscopically. The result is a meditative and dreamlike investigation of a deceptively simple concept.
