My whole life is nothing but drawing. I have a billion drawings. That’s what I do. –GP
Peteran draws almost constantly, an artistic exercise that finds its way into his work in surprising ways. Electric Chair consists of the tubular steel frame of a found Marcel Breuer–style chair, a cord, and a light bulb. The artist has described the work as “a drawing in space.” The piece is one of Peteran’s simplest and most direct ideas—a fact that may be recognized in the bulb, which (as in a comic strip) seems to declare, “eureka!”