Peter Sedgley

Peter Sedgley is a leading figure in the Optical and Kinetic movements who came to prominence during the 1960s. Born in London, Sedgley studied architecture before devoting himself solely to visual art from 1959. Peter Sedgley’s first solo exhibitions in 1965 were held at McRoberts and Tunnard Gallery, London and Howard Wise Gallery, New York. He was included in the influential Responsive Eye exhibiiton at MOMA, New York in 1964 and was a prizewinner at the Tokyo Biennale in 1965.

It was during the sixties that his initial interest in light and movement were developed. The transformation of these two intangible forces, together with his search for different ways of using colour as a carrier for optical communication, have become his life-long themes. This exhibition includes a number of paintings from the late 1970’s and 80’s each one creating its own particular optical effect, sometimes an illusion of depth, sometimes one of movement.

In the 1960’s Sedgley started experimenting with dichroic glass which has the unique property of transmitting one colour while reflecting its complimentary. This opened up new ways of working and led to the creation of kinetic pieces during the 1980’s and 90’s and since 2000 to the construction of what Sedgley has called ‘Windomes’. The works are both mirrors, in which viewers can see themselves and windows into a passageway beyond.

In 1971 Sedgley was invited by the DAAD to Berlin where he took up residence and during the 80’s and 90’s won large scale public commissions, mainly in Germany, working with light and sound in collaboration with composers. In 2000 Kelly Ross presented the first solo exhibition of Peter Sedgley’s work in London for seventeen years, to coincide with his 70th birthday. He was included an exhibition reviewing the 60’s, Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era at Tate Liverpool in 2005 and Traces du Sacre at the Pompidou Centre in Paris earlier this year. He has many works in public collections including Tate, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Government Art Collection and the Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis.

Blue Punkt, 1970 acrylic on card 68cm x 58cm £ 3500		Interplanes, 1978 acrylic on card 48cm x 48cm £ 1500
Vibrations, 1978 acrylic on card 46cm x 67.5cm £ 2500	Oranges & Lemons, 1981 acrylic on card on paper, 44cm x 44cm	Red Erect, 1979 acrylic on card £ 1200
Peter Sedgley Full Spin, 2003 inkjet prints on matt.hp inkjet paper, edition of 12 32.9cm x 48.3cm £ 400 (unframed)	Peter Sedgley Cyberlite, 2003 inkjet print on matt.hp inkjet paper, edition of 12 48.3cm x 32.9cm £ 400 (unframed)	Peter Sedgley Orange Twist, 2003 inkjet print on matt.hp inkjet paper, edition of 12 32.9cm x 48.3cm £ 400 (unframed)
Peter Sedgley Permeate, 2003 inkjet print on matt.hp inkjet paper, edition of 12 48.3cm x 32.9cm £ 400 (unframed)	Solar Spin inkjet print 48,3cmx 32.9cm £ 400	Cyberwave inkjet print 48.3 x32.9cm £ 400
Solar Waves inkjet print 48.3 x 32.9cm £ 400	Kelly 1 acrylic on paper 26 x 26cm £ 1200	Kellly 2 acrylic on paper 26 x 26cm £ 1200
Kelly 3 acrylic on paper 26 x 26cm £ 1200	Quartet (Red & Blue), 1983 screenprint, 60cm x 60cm £ 750 (unframed)	Quartet (Blue Circle), 1983 screenprint, 60cm x 60cm £ 750 (unframed)
Quartet (Red Circle) 1983 screenprint, 60cm x 60cm £ 750 (unframed)	Quartet (Yellow), 1983 screenprint, 60cm x 60cm £ 750 (unframed)	Counterpoint, 1964/2000 screenprint £ 320
Windome, 2000 dichroic filter glass, aluminium, wood & flourescent strip light 43cm x 54.5cm	Optical Study, 1982 acrylic on card, 34cm x 48cm sold	Optical Study, 1978 acrylic on card, 34cm x 48cm sold
installation shot 'Eighty Orbits Around the Sun' Nov 10	installation shot 'Eighty Orbits Around the Sun' Nov 10	installation shot 'Eighty Orbits Around the Sun' Nov 10