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Cleon Peterson Art

Cleon Peterson’s bold, stylized paintings and prints depict a world of brute, authoritarian violence and caustic debauchery. The artist draws on fine-art influences such as Leon Golub and Paul McCarthy, as well as the aesthetics of Greek pottery, graphic design, and political propaganda posters. His striking compositions feature characters packed into dense, kinetic scenes of high-contrast conflict. Peterson works with a spare color palette, often limiting himself to black, white, red, and yellow. He received his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art before going on to exhibit in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Paris, San Francisco, and beyond. His work has fetched five-figure prices on the secondary market. By explicitly depicting acts of violence, Peterson hopes to highlight the overreach of authoritarian power in contemporary society.
(Biography provided by Gallery Auximenes)
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Artist: Cleon Peterson
Dealer: Dellasposa Gallery
Sirens of the Night (gold)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Cleon Peterson Sirens of the Night (gold), 2022 Hand-pulled screen print on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges 61 x 45.7 cm Edition of 100 hand-signed and numbered by the a...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

Sirens of the Night
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Cleon Peterson Sirens of the Night (White), 2022 Hand-pulled screen print on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges 61 x 45.7 cm Edition of 100 hand-signed and numbered by the ...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

The Reflection-White
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled screen print on 290gsm Coventry rag paper with deckled edges.
 Hand-signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Paper size: 40.6 × 99.1 cm
 Edition of 125 Cleon Peterso...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

Promised Land (Night)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled screen print. printed on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges 61 x 61 cm 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 hand-signed and numbered on the front Cleon Peterson is a conte...
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2010s Street Art Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

World on Fire (Red - Large)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled, large format screenprint, printed on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges. 
H121.92 x W91.44cm (H48″ x W36″) 
Edition of 50 hand-signed and numbered by the arti...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

Amphora
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Screenprint on 290gsm Coventry rag paper with deckled edges
 46 x 61 cm
 Edition of 150 hand-signed and numbered by the artist Cleon Peterson is a contemporary American artist known...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Kylix
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Screenprint on 290gsm Coventry rag paper with deckled edges 
86 x 28 cm
 Edition of 150 hand-signed and numbered by the artist Cleon Peterson is a contemporary American artist known...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

World on Fire (White - Large)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled, large format screenprint, printed on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges. 
 H121.92 x W91.44cm (H48″ x W36″)
 Edition of 50 hand-signed and numbered by the arti...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

Promised Land (Day)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled screen print. printed on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges 61 x 61 cm 24 x 24 in Edition of 75 hand-signed and numbered on the front Cleon Peterson is a conte...
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2010s Street Art Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

Aryballos
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Cleon Peterson Aryballos , 2018
 Screenprint on 290gsm Coventry rag paper with deckled edges 40.5 x 40.5 cm 
 Edition of 150 Cleon Peterson is a contemporary American artist known f...
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2010s Contemporary Cleon Peterson Art

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Screen

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