Aaron L. Peterman is an art gallery, located at Holden St, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, United States. Visit their website www.aaronlpeterman.com or LinkedIn profile for more detailed information.

The purpose of pattern and decoration is to render an object innocuous within a space. The pattern itself may be filled with rich color and imagery, but conversely, the objects are utilitarian in nature; drapes, upholstery, and wall coverings exist to fill space with visual interest greater than solid color. However, when pattern visually supersedes the object that it covers, by means of scale and measure, it becomes ostentatious or even garish. This does not affect the quality of the design, but does affect the once bland nature of the object. Drapes begin to dominate a space and wallpaper pushes in on a volume.I create highly patterned three-dimensional geometric forms. These objects are arranged together to form an installation designed to envelope the viewer in color and pattern, and in turn, the installation forms a structure and volume that surrounds the viewer. The highly patterned environment is over-stimulating, as the viewer is drawn from the overall piece, into the pattern, and then to the small elements from which the design is constructed.Ivy, flowers, and other stylized versions of nature provide the architecture for most traditional pattern. The patterns I create replace these idyllic notions of beauty with images of gay male pornography, the scale of which is only evident upon close inspection. The images are digitally cropped and reflected, copied and pasted to create designs that reference traditional patterns.

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