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Peter Saari
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American
, born 1951)
Peter Saari
Fresco Painting,
1975
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Biography
Exhibitions
Public Collections
Literature
Exhibitions
2009
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
2005
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
2004
Seeing is Believing: American Trompe l’oeil, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2003
Everything OK at OK Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
2001
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Disjecta Membra, Broadway Windows, New York, NY (solo)
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1998
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1995
Art after Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
1993
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1990
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
1989
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
1988
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Classical Mvth and Imagerv in Contemporary Art, The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
The 51st Annual National Mid-Year Exhibition,Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1987
Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1986 - 1987
New York New York, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1986
Olvmpus Revisited, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
Uncovering the Past:Tribute and Parody, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Acme Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Architectural Inspirations - Venice and Rome, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, CA
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
he Artists of O.K. Harris, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Architectural Ornament: Is More More?, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC
Highlights of the Season, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
The Column Show: Metaphor and Motif, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1985 - 1986
More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe L’oeil, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Norton Gallery of Art, West PaJm Beach, FL
Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, NJ 1 986
Connections, Leila Taghinia-Milani Gallery, New York, NY
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Illusion: Between Life and Art, Museum of Holography, New York, NY
Artists of O.K. Harris, Helander/Rubenstein Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
The Classic Tradition in Recent Painting and Sculpture, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Art + Architecture + Landscape: The Clos Pegase Design Competition, San Francisco, CA
1985
Bevond Antiquitv: Classical References in Contemporary Art, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Games of Deception: When Nothing Is As It Appears, Artisan Space, Fashion Institute of
Contemporary Classicism, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Acme Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1984
O.K. Harris Artists, Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Illusions, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
1983 - 1985
Contemporary Trompe l'Oeil Painting and Sculpture, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID;
1983
Material Illusion/Unlikely Material, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Great Illusionists, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Leila Taghinia-Milani Gallery, New York, NY
The Fragment, Fragmentary, Fragmentation, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982
Architectural Images: Contemporarv Paintings, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
The Constructed Image, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Homage, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1981
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1980
Illusionism, O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
Radical Realism, Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1979 - 1981
Reality of Illusion, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; travelling exhibition
Directions, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
1979
Small is Beautiful, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
Late Twentieth Century Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania,
Corners: Sculpture Invitational, Elise Meyer Gallery, New York, NY
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1978
Expressions of the Seventies, Minskoff Cultural Center, New York, NY
Current Work from New York, Slippery Rock State College, Slippery Rock, PA
Artists Look at Art, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, University of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1977
This Is Today, Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
1976 - 1978
International Realist Exhibition, Rothmans of Pall Mall, Ontario, Canada
Abstraction. Alive and Well, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY
1975
Report from SoHo, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
1974
Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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Public Collections
Sydney and Francis Lewis Foundation, Richmond, VA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Remington Hotel, Dallas, TX
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Robert De Rothschild, New York, NY
Neil Jenney, New York, NY
Max Palevsky, Los Angeles, CA
Ludwig Collection, Aachen, Germany
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Literature
2005
New Art In An Old City: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans, LA; Text: David S. Rubin, 2005.
1995
Art After Art, (catalogue), Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY, 1995.
1989
.The Historical Mode: Fashion and Art in the 1980s, Richard Martin and Harold koda, Rizzoli, New York, pp. 11, 26, 1989.
1987
Art & Antiques, “Openings", April 1987.
Finance (France), "Impressions de New York", Ninon Gaulthier, p' 26, 13 April 1987.
Art & Auction, "Corporate Collections 1987: The Southland Corporation", p. 170, October 1987.
"A Question of Space: Architectural Inquiries", (catalogue), The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY; Introduction: Mary Delahoyd, 1987.
"Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind", (catalogue), Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Introduction: Louis Zona, 1987.
Art & Antiques, "Sketchbook: Art and Cuisine", Charles E. Allen, p. 28, October 1986.
Contra Costa Times, "Exhibit pleasing, thought-provoking", Carol Fowler, September 30, 1986.
Westart, "Inspirations from Venice and Rome", August 22, 1986.
Cook's, "Food Im½ates Art", Mary CaIdwell, pp', 38-48, 80, May/June 1986
Uncovering the Past: Tribute and Parody", (catalogue), Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Introduction: Patricia L. Boutelle, 1986.
"Architectural Inspirations: Venice and Rome", (catalogue), Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA; Introduction: Ann Harlow, 1986.
1986
"The Column Show: Metaphor and Motif", (catalogue), Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1986.
Los Angeles Times, "Galleries: Santa Monica", p. 16, January 17, 1986.
1985
Middlesex News, "The DeCordova Museum Reaches Beyond Antiquity and Highlights a Return to Classicism", Cate Coulacos, July 11, 1985.
American Art Now, Edward Lucie-Smith, William Morrow & Company, New York, NY, 1985.
"More Than Meets The Eye: The Art of Trompe L'Oeil", (catalogue), Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Foreword: Budd Harris Bishop, 1985.
Arts Magazine, Peter Saari", Carlo M. Lamagna, Vol. 59, No. 8, p.18, April 1985.
Corporate ArtNews, “Ceiling Mural Adorns Office Building”, September/October 1984.
Images and Issues, "Reviews: Peter Saari at Acme Art", Alfred Jan, p" 48, July/August 1984.
New York Magazine, “How The Smart Money Decorates”, Marilyn Bethany, September 24, 1984.
1984
The Post (West Palm Beach, FL), "Is What You See All You Get From Illusionist Art?", Gary Schwan, February 26, 1984.
Arts Magazine, "Material Illusion: On the Issue of the Ersatz Objects", Carol Donnell-Kotrozo, pp. 88-91, March 1984.
1983
Images and Issues, "Peter Saari at Tortue", Kathy Zimmerer¬McKelvie, March/April 1983.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), "Illusory Art", Tim Behrens, November 20, 1983.
"Contemporary Trompe l'Oeil Painting and Sculpture", (catalogue), Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID; Dennis O'Leary, 1983.
"Material Illusion/Unlikely Material", (catalogue), Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Heather Hallenberg, 1983.
1982
Los Angeles Times, "The Galleries: Santa Monica", October 29, 1982
New York Times, "There's Poetry in the Newest Office Portals", David L. Shirey, December 5, 1982.
Interview, "My Life in Ruins", Robert Becker, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 40~41, August 1981.
1981
"Late Twentieth Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation", (catalogue), Richmond, VA, Frederick R. Brandt and Susan L. Butler, 1981.
Arts Magazine, "The Reality of Illusion - Eclipse of Realism", John R. Clarke, Vol. 55, No. 6, p. 158, February 1981.
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, "Classical Themes in Contemporary Art Focuses of Danforth Museum Exhibit", May 8, 1981.
Artforum, "Reviews", Douglas Blau, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 86-87, Summer 1980.
1980
Ocular, "Peter Saari", (reprint of interview in Archetype), Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 81-83, Spring 1980.
1979
“Directions", (catalogue), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Howard N. Fox, 1979.
Archtvpe, "Peter Saari", Andrew Batey, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 33-34, Spring 1979.
Archtvpe, "Peter Saari", Andrew Batey, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 33-34, Spring 1979.
1978
Village Voice "Form Follows Fiction", Peter Frank, April 24, 1978.
1977
"Why Art", Gregory Battcock, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, pp. 112-113, 1977.
Village Voice, "Is Peter Saari Faking It?', Ray C. Smith, Vol. 22, No. 16, April 1977.
1976
Arts Magazine, 'Peter Saari' 5 New Paintings", John R. Clark, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 58-59, February 1976.
Newsdav, 'Art: A Realistic Course', Malcolm Preston, February 26, 1976.
1975
Domus, Art in America: Saari, Hirshmann, Oppenheim', Gregory Battcock, pp. 53-54, May 1975.
1974
SoHo Weekly News, “On Art”, John Gruen, Vol. 2, No.13, p.10, January 2, 1974.
Artforum, Reviews, Alan Moore, Vol. 12, No. 10, p. 78, June 1974.
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