About

Peter Puklus is among a generation of artists for whom photography isn’t taken as a straight­for­ward medium. Instead, it is a tool bogged down by a trail of cul­tural, artistic, com­mer­cial and political associations and cor­relations. Rather than con­sider this aspect as a weak­ness, the artist con­sciously exploits this con­text to invert it to his own advan­tage. The par­ticular allure of the artist's prac­tice is derived from his ability to con­struct visually cap­tivating, multi-​layered images out of basic elements, figures and iconographic frameworks that are within our reach. He …