PETERMAN'S ARTWORK IS FOCUSED ...
Peterman's artwork is focused on the consistent movement and transformation of materials that are especially reprocessed plastic, aluminium cans and flammable garbage. In using human waste for his sculpture work or installed environments he reveals the interrelated social, economic and political effects of our generation of waste. In an early work from the late 80ies called "Chicago Compost Shelter" he covered a VW Bus with composted earth to give some homeless a place for the cold days. With such a project he dares a limited intervention and shows possibilities for solving social problems on a low level.Another series of projects explores the multiple usage of plastic having once been consumed and now being transformed into new shapes which could also be used or consumed in a different function. As it lays in the quality of plastic itself he contradicts the idea of a final product and refers to the persistent continuance of their transformation.
His approach could be seen as an attempt to engage dialogue and speculation concerning the materials or events he has orchestrated and not as condemnation of particular behaviour. In linking his work directly with the public space it is beyond an anti-illusionistic proceeding and close to history with its permanent circulation.