World on Fire (Red)
Artwork details
- Artist
- Cleon Peterson
- Title
- World on Fire (Red)
- Date
- 2020
- Medium
- Screenprint in colours
- Edition
- 125
- Sheet
- 61 x 45.7 cm cm
- Status
- Available
- Price
- £900.00
With an aesthetic rooted in graphic design and a style reminiscent of Greco-Roman vases, Cleon Peterson’s art depicts a world in which deviance is the norm and violence, sex, and drugs bring a hollow pleasure. A former drug addict who initially struggled to recover, Peterson does not rely on symbolism or allusion, as many other artists do; instead he depicts a chaotic and chilling reality—police brutality, stabbings, and strangulation. Influenced by Leon Golub, Paul McCarthy, and Mike Kelley, Peterson portrays a world in which hostility and violence are rendered senseless and without context.