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Peter Demetz, 'Beyond the Corner (Detail)', 2021. Photo: Egon Dejori.
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Peter Demetz, 'On Side', 2020.
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Peter Demetz, 'Behind the Light', 2021.
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Peter Demetz, 'First Floor', 2018.
Exhibition
Peter Demetz: Die Stille der Zeit[losigkeit]
30 Mar 2023 – 3 Jun 2023
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 16:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- Impulse Gallery
- Haldenstrasse 19
- Luzern
Canton of Lucerne - 6006
- Switzerland
Acclaimed Italian sculptor Peter Demetz will have his first major exhibition in Switzerland at Impulse Gallery. Titled ‘Die Stille der Zeit[losigkeit]', the exhibition reflects the artist's fascination with time, silence and timelessness. It features 19 works, many of which have never been shown.
About
Considered one of the most interesting and established wood sculptors working today, Peter Demetz is best known for his incredibly realistic hand-carved wooden sculptures of people caught in contemplative, in-between moments. His scenes are like snippets of everyday life; suspended in a timeless universe and demarcated from reality through the silence and simplicity of the surrounding space.
Demetz sculpts his subjects with stunning meticulousness, reproducing tiny folds in clothing, facial wrinkles, and individual strands of hair. Conversely, the figures’ minimalist surroundings are left open to interpretation. Using a few lines, block colours and, above all, theatrical lighting, the artist creates fictitious spaces. It is we who imbue them with meaning, who see them according to our own diverse experiences in the real world.
Peter Demetz was born in Bolzano, Italy, and lives and works in Ortisei in the Dolomites. After his studies at the Ortisei Art Institute, Demetz began an apprenticeship under Maestro Heinich Demetz and earned his Master's Degree in sculpture. Demetz has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Italy, Austria, Germany, the United States, South Korea, Belgium, Netherlands and Turkey. Peter Demetz has won several art prizes, including the "Premio Sulmona" and the "Premio Pio Alferano", both in Italy.
