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Current exhibition
Peter Shelton: dogstar
Skyroom
8 March - 5 April 2008
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Recent exhibitions
Seven Rooms Seven Artists
L.A. Louver Summer 2006
13 July - 2 September 2006
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L.A. Louver at Art 37 Basel
The International Art Show
Messe Basel, Messeplatz
Basel, Switzerland
Hall 2.0 / Stand W5
14 – 18 June, 2006
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Group Show
31 March - 6 May 2006
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Peter Shelton: godspipes
6 January – 11 February 2006
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Peter Shelton, gogglelipsandgeogobals for Celebes
21 January - 19 February 2005
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Publications
sixtyslippers
Published by the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum, in collaboration with L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
4 December 1997 – 31 January 1998

floatinghouseDEADMAN
Republished by Louver Gallery, New York, NY; originally published by Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
6 January – 3 February, 1990

Artist's official Web site: petershelton.net

 

Selected works by exhibition

1980 - 1989
1990 - present >>

                                                                                                                                       

Peter Shelton: Drawings
11 August – 8 September, 1990

Peter Shelton: Sculpture
9 February – 9 March, 1991
Louver Gallery, New York

shirts and monstermawbaggutheaderhead
7 December – 4 January, 1992
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

     
thingsgetwet: a work in progress
1 May – 29 May, 1993
Louver Gallery New York, NY >>

     
handsbones and thingsicanthrow
28 October – 25 November, 1995
LA Louver, Venice, CA

  Skyroom Installation
2 August – 31 August, 1996
LA Louver, Venice, CA

 
sixtyslippers
1997
LA Louver, Venice, CA

 


godspipes
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 1998-99 >>

 

blackelephanthouse
Peter Shelton, Dean Clough
1998-99
Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, England >>

      dmeananlean
22 October – 27 November, 1999
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

      Peter Shelton
Dominico Bianchi
11 April – 11 May, 2002
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

             

ROCKshadow
2002
Public Commission, Seattle, WA >>

     

gandhiG
2002
Installation view at San Diego Museum of Ceontemporary Art, San Diego, CA

 

ovalglobal
17 October – 15 November, 2003
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

         
gogglelipsandgeogobals for Celebes
21 January – 19 February, 2005
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

          caterpillar
16 May - 20 June, 2005
Skyroom Installation
LA Louver, Venice, CA

  cloudsandclunkers
2004-05
commission for the SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA >>

             
godspipes
6 January – 11 February, 2006
LA Louver, Venice, CA >>

     

 
blackdress
 


Installation photography

 
knifehead
 
doublepoodleloopheader
 
shotguncanetree
 
pagodawindowskull
 
churchsnakebedbone
 


lipbone

 
mereubu
 
sixtyslippers
 


Installation photography

 
godspipes
 


Installation photography

 


Installation photography

 


Installation photography

 
shakeyjake
 
blackhole
 
whitedrain
 
bluebullet
 
redtop
 
blackdrop
 


Installation photography

 


Installation photography

 
gandhiG
 
doubleduck
 
purplegulch
 
godshole
 
whitebuttons
 
gogglelips
 
littlemoonbird
 
redouroboros
 


frenchvent

 


caterpillar

 


cloudsandclunkers >>

                 

godspipes
West wall
 

godspipes
North wall detail
 

godspipes
South wall >>