Peter Diepenbrock
The Ephemeral Nature of Time
2022
Installation generously supported by BankNewport
Stainless steel, Glass, white bronze
108" x 44" x 42"
BankNewport, 31 Conanicus Ave, Jamestown RI 02835
GPS: 41.49545, -71.36747
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About the Work:
How do we measure time? How can this elusive aspect of our life, measured in such units, actually represent the dimensionality of life? This work eludes to how time can be seen to move, like bubbles emerging, from a moment onward, upward, expanding, and eventually dissipating into the ether. The passage of a moment, first arises as a fresh thing, a beginning possibility, then evolves, grows, expands, and ultimately disappears. The secondary reference is toward the nature of my own evolution as a sculptor, away from solid form generation, and toward the random organization of elements: essentially exploring random order, and structural transparency.
about the Artist:
Peter Diepenbrock has achieved a distinguished record of accomplishment as one of Rhode Island’s most prolific contemporary sculptors. Diepenbrock holds a BFA, and a BID in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has exhibited his mid-scale work locally and nationally in prestigious museums and fine art galleries. In addition, Peter has received several awards for his earlier design work including the Marc Harrison Award for Excellence; Best Design Award at Accent On Design, New York International Gift Show; Excellence in Design for Dansk International; as well as multiple Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) Fellowships in Craft, Design and Sculpture. Past design projects include flatware for Dansk International; functional objects for The Museum of Modern Art; metal furnishings for Dennis Miller Associates in New York; and the Troy Collection, founded by Peter, as a collection of sculptural and functional objects, sold through Barneys, The Nature Company, and over 400 boutiques across the country.
His current public art practice has produced dozens of larger commissions which can be seen publicly and in private collections throughout the northeast. Past public sculptural projects include the 9/11 Memorial for the Rhode Island State House, Torsion III for The University of Rhode Island, Torsion IV for The Glass House in Bridge Water, New Jersey, Transversion for The Lakewood Public Library, Lakewood, Ohio, and the monumental roof top Clock Man for The Foundry in Providence RI. Current commissions underway, are three ‘Bunny Bikes’ for the City of East Providence to be placed along the bike path at River Side Square, and a large suspended sculpture for the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence RI.
