EDDIE PEAKE

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    Eddie  Peake's  work in London  has lived in  Jerusalem, Rome, London.

LONDON-BASED ARTIST EDDIE PEAKE (BORN 1981) HAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR HIS PAINTINGS, INSTALLATION AND  PERFORMANCES.THEY REFLECT ENGAGEMENT WITH MODERN URBAN LIFE AND AN INTEREST IN THE AMBIGUITY OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER. PROVOCATIVE AND SURPRISING, PEAKE ADOPTS MANY ROLES AT  ONCE- PAINTER, SCULPTOR, PERFORMER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND AT TIME CURATOR-  TO STIMULATE HIS AUDIENCE.  A LARGE ROOM INSTALLATION OCCUPIES THE CENTRE OF THE MAIN  GALLERY: THE CUMBERSOME STRUCTURE ALLOWS ONLY  PARTIAL VIEWS OF  THE   WORKS HUNG  ON THE  WALLS, CHALLENGING THE AUDIENCE  TO CONFRONT  ANOTHER KIND  OF NEGATIVE  SPACE AND FORCING IN IT TO MOVE  AND  ACT LIKE A VOYEUR AMONG THE WORKS OF ART. THESE WORKS REFER TO THE INTENSE EMOTION OF LIFE, AND INCLUDE THE WORDS OF TEXT MESSAGES, REFRAINS FROM SONG, SPORT SLOGANS, AND OTHER ANTHEM.