Peter Wegner

Clear Blue Sky

Billboards often feature a product photographed against a clear blue sky. I liked seeing the printed sky against the actual sky, so I called up a billboard company and asked for their leftover sheets. Then I cut away the cigarette, the beer & the lifestyle until I was just left with an expanse of monochromatic sky made up of dots. Using a combination of paintings & screenprinting, I recreated those skies dot-for-dot, continuing around the edges.

Sky X/Sky Y enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78″ x 72″ x 1.75″, 1999

Sky X/Sky Y (detail) 1999

Sky 28/29 enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78" x 72" x 1.75", 2000

Sky 28 (detail) enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78" x 72" x 1.75", 2000

Sky 17 enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78" x 72" x 1.75", 1999

Sky 18/19 enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78" x 72" x 1.75", 2000

Sky 19 (detail) enamel paint & screenprint on panel, diptych installed: 78" x 72" x 1.75", 2000