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PETER KORONAKOS
Assemblage Animals | Sculptures of all Matters of Materials
The stuff and junk we produce and use speaks to artist Peter Koronakos. The twist of wire in the street, the debris left over from a house remodel, the plastic toy found in the dirt, the .38’s found in his grandmother’s sewing basket, the paper and photos and rusted steel and old machine parts, the wooden spoon from the flea market, the fragments of safety glass in the parking lot of a WalMart, the bits of washed up and worn smooth junk on the beach—all speak to him. He is attracted to the history they embody, the patterns of wear and use, the evidence of being part of someone’s life. Peter researches each actual animal before he constructs them, and always seeks to show the true character of that animal, for instance, the “squirreliness” of a squirrel, or the “monkiness” of a monkey.
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