Exhibition Schedule:
Opening Reception:
First Friday, Jan. 4, 5:30 - 8:00pm
Additional Hours:
Saturdays through Feb. 23,
12:00 - 4:00pm

First Friday, February 1, 5:30 - 8:00pm

Peter J. Evonuk
Dystopian Polemetrics
(fun with bricks & bulbs)

Peter Evonuk is equal parts meticulous craftsman and mad physicist - who else would use the sparks from a crackling CD in a microwave oven to burn a print onto a sheet of paper?
Evonuk uses everyday, hardware store objects to unravel Einstein's theory of relativity, demonstrate quantum physics and investigate cultural valuation. He creates laser guided sledge hammers, over engineered mouse traps and lamps that use a dill pickle for a bulb all in a potent search for meaning and relevance in a crazy world.
For the viewer it is a journey of unexpected beauty; gold leaf on cut cinder block, paintings that illuminate when energized, solid graphite diamonds and a full scale, high polish marble carving of a common building block. Peter Evonuk uses his metalsmithing skills to elevate and recompose the base materials of our everyday environment into would be luxury toys of the super rich: Designer furniture, huge gemstones and of course works of art. In doing so he reminds us of the cultural power of the craftsperson and the role of design and education in defining our social positions.
– James Hull, Curator

Images of installation: Peter Evonuk ( all images available at 300 dpi upon request james.hull@mac.com)

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Installation view (with Marble Block and Brick Knuckles)

Marble Block
2007
Vermont Danby marble
$8000

Heavy Lamp
Peter Evonuk and Steve Bowden
2004
Cinder Block, Ductial iron plumbing parts, electrical componants
$1500

Door Chair
Peter Evonuk, Steve Bowden
2004
Victorian style door, Steel
(Commission only $3000)

Tenth Cut
2007
Cinder block, 24 karat gold leaf
8 x 8 x 16 in
$7300

Precision Instrument
2005
Steel, laser, Wood, Cinder blocks
$5500

Schrodinger's Lamp
2007
Light Bulb, Electrical components, Cement, X-ray exposhure, Probability
Special thanks to Lisa Fanning, Med, Rt(R)(Ct)
Associate Professor of Radiologic Sciences
$6500

Pickle Lamp (and video of pickle lamp functioning)
2004
Steel, Copper, Stone, Electrical components, Deli pickle
30 x 14 x 12 in.
$7000

Paper light, Paper Light Remnant
2007
printer paper, tungsten filament
$600

Electic Thermochromatigraphic print #1 (3 views of same art work: 1st-switched off, 2nd- switched on for 10 seconds, 3rd-switched on for 40 seconds)
(2008) Paper, Conductive ink, Acrylic medium, Electrical components, 
Some funky nano-partical from China
$730

Mousetrap #3 (22 cal. ballistic model)
2004
Steel, Brass, Wood, Laser, Cheese, .22 cal rim fire cartridge
4 x 9 x 15 in.
$5000

Speculative Analysis of Digital Residue (detail)
2008
Compact Disk containing: 
The Special Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein, 1905
Compact Disk containing: 
The Book of Genesis, God
Compact Disk containing: 
The Decent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Charles Darwin, 1871
Paper, Ink, Microwave generated ohmeric arcing
$600

Digital Reproduction
2008
Paper, Microwave generated ohmeric arcing
$600

Carbon Facets
2008
Paper surface used to polish graphite gem, Graphite gem (carbon)
$3700