Peter Flaccus

Having moved from New York to Rome in the early 1990s, Peter Flaccus has particularly devoted himself to encaustic; a technique that dates back to antiquity. It is a process based on the use of bees' wax. The wax lends itself brilliantly to the effects of light and color that Flaccus puts together with the themes typically found in his pictorial abstractionism: of processes and structures related to nature, ranging from the microscopic scale to cosmic dimensions, references to the wall paintings of ancient Rome, the ellipse that unites nature and geometry. Significant recent solo exhibitions include: Palazzo Merulana, Rome (2023); Gallerie Riunite, Naples (2023), Arte Fiera Bologna (2023); Mac Maja Arte Contemporanea, Rome (2022); Galerie L& C Tirelli, Vevey, Switzerland (2021).
Peter Flaccus is Professor Emeritus at John Cabot University, Rome.

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Encaustic improvisations

The works that Peter Flaccus is exhibiting at Bracciano Art Week, are important formats, and are part of the artist's most recent production. They are the result of the continuous experimentation with the encaustic technique (the use of beeswax on a rigid support) that Peter Flaccus has been practicing for more than three decades, always making new combinations of pigments of strong and incisive colors in the creation of complex compositions that, while being completely abstract, reflect dynamics from the phenomena of nature.

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Tanja Lelgemann