Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 7

Peter Buchman Heroine White Neon, 2025

About the Item

Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's Heroine White Neon is a provocative piece that blinks 3 different words randomly: Heroine - Hero - Heroin. The concept for this piece came from his love of words, storytelling, and movies. He is constantly sketching, writing and looking at words as part of his artistic process. So when the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died Peter took a pause, because he was from his hometown - and mine. Then a light bulb went off in his head and the word heroine visually came to him. He instantly saw its importance and versatility. Peter felt that Mr. Hoffman shined in front of the light and yet was engulfed in the darkness that had him tethered as well. The neon asks the question - Is there not light and darkness in all of us? The word 'Heroin' might have had a role in Mr. Hoffman's demise, yet he was a 'hero' of sorts to many. The role of the 'Heroine' and the 'Hero' has been explored throughout history through comedy and / or tragedy. Even in our own stories, these three words together have such a compelling power that Peter felt the need to find a way to communicate their significance through his art. He simply thought they needed to see the light of day. Signed with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. This is a commissioned piece and will ship directly from the artist's studio. American artist Peter Buchman has BFA in Illustration from The Rhode Island School of Design and did a Sculpture Residency at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Peter's artwork has been exhibited throughout the US since 1981 including the Parrish Art Museum (Southampton, NY), Cooperstown Museum (NY), Delaware Museum of Art, Kidder Smith Gallery (MA) and Vered Gallery (East Hampton). His work is included in the portfolios of collectors including Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nicole Miller, David Yurman and Howard Schultz. He is currently located in New York and East Hampton.
  • Creator:
    Peter Buchman (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Style:
    Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    2025
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(One of a Kind)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    7-8 weeks
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PB 0221stDibs: LU863323217362

More From This Seller

View All
Peter Buchman American Graffiti Neon, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's American Graffiti Neon is in white for a reason. It's clean, clear, not cluttered, not everywhere and no...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

Peter Buchman "How to Disappear" Neon, 2024
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "How to Disappear" white neon offers customizable settings: blink fast, blink slow, or remain static—the choice is yours. Every few years...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Blown Glass

Peter Buchman "Star Wars”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's 'Star Wars' is created using laser-cut plexiglass, acrylic medium, and enamel on wood. It's part of his Voice-Over series, in which the a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

Peter Buchman "Goodnight Moon”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Goodnight Moon” is made of laser cut plexiglass, acrylic medium and enamel on wood. It's a part of his Voice-Over series. To explain tha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

Peter Buchman "Exit Strategy”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Exit Strategy" is made of laser cut plexiglass, acrylic medium and enamel on wood. It's a part of his Voice-Over series, in which the artist culls linguistic phrases in a journey to immortalize how wonderfully other cultures have contributed to the American Diaspora. To explain that Buchman's word paintings are 'A Figure of Speech' is underestimating the level of soulfulness at which these works reside. They are markings directly from the artist’s hand yet are indications of many people before him. These are words from familiar phrases, music albums, his funny brand of irony and the human form itself. As far as "Exit Strategy" goes, Peter Buchman tends to dream a lot when he sleeps. When it's a really deep sleep, he is usually in an espionage kind of caper. Maybe James Bond meets film noir. He doesn't know why, but he's woken himself up running in place, sweating, and truly believing that he's killed someone. It is such a relief to sit up in bed and find that nothing's really happened, and all is well in his little corner of the world. With that said, there's a twisted, funny side to all of this, which leads him to something that everyone is familiar with: getting out of a sticky situation and how to address it. Facing it head-on and with a sense of humor is his default. Signed and dated en verso. This is a commissioned piece and will ship directly from the artist's studio. American artist Peter Buchman has BFA in Illustration from The Rhode Island School of Design and did a Sculpture Residency at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Peter's artwork has been exhibited throughout the US since 1981 including the Parrish Art Museum (Southampton, NY), Cooperstown Museum (NY), Delaware Museum of Art, Kidder Smith Gallery (MA) and Vered Gallery (East Hampton, NY). His work is included in the portfolios of collectors including Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nicole Miller, David Yurman and Howard Schultz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

Peter Buchman "Now Showing”, Voice-Over Paintings Series, 2025
By Peter Buchman
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's 'Now Showing' is created using laser-cut plexiglass, acrylic medium, and enamel on wood. It's part of his Voice-Over series, in which the artist gathers linguistic phrases to immortalize the valuable contributions of other cultures to the American Diaspora. To describe Buchman's word paintings as 'A Figure of Speech' is an understatement of the profound soulfulness they embody. They bear the marks of the artist's hand but also carry the collective spirit of those who came before him. These words derive from familiar phrases, music albums, his unique brand of irony, and the very essence of the human form. 'Now Showing' draws inspiration from Film Noir, a genre that held a profound influence on Peter's film and cinematic journey. The strident and punctual dialogue always fascinated him, along with the black and white director's perspectives. As an artist who spent hours drawing and sketching in pencil, the dramatic black and white hardened scenes just gripped him. He wanted smoke and spit and to rough something up. He wanted to emulate those textures, those scenes, that gut reaction with danger but in a poetic sense. The work reflects someone who is under interrogation, spilling their guts out, or just spilling the beans. It's a collection of phrases Peter unearthed or scratched out from movies or vintage pulp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Enamel

You May Also Like

"Leo '79" Signed Print by Peter Blake, 1969
By Peter Blake
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Largely considered to be the founder of the British Pop Art Movement of the 1960s, Sir Peter Blake made a name for himself with colorful prints, collages, and paintings that combined the past and present. While best known for designing the iconic album cover to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "Leo '79" is part of his highly desirable print series titled, "Six French Postcards". Hand-signed and numbered 73 out of 75 by the artist. This piece is a wonderful investment that will impress and intrigue for years and years to come. Great for collectors of pop art, Beatles memorabilia...
Category

Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Metal, Chrome

"The Bird Nest I" Abstract Expressionist Collage by Peter Astrom
Located in New York, NY
Peter Astrom abstract expressionist paper collage entitled "The Bird Nest #1. Crafted with Japanese rice paper on Arche paper. Created in 1990 in ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Tejo Black and White Handmade Decorative Tile Panel
By Theia Tiles
Located in Lisbon, PT
This handmade decorative tile panel combines the traditional Portuguese faience tile making techniques with a modern approach of shapes and color, res...
Category

2010s Portuguese Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Faience, Wood

Dahlia A Piece of 3D Sculptural White Leather Wall Art
By Louise Heighes
Located in Margate, GB
Dahlia: A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of white leather woven together by Louise Heighes. Measurements are 17 x 17 inches or 43 x 43 cm Inspire...
Category

2010s European Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Leather

Wildflower: A Piece of 3D Sculptural White Leather Wall Art
By Louise Heighes
Located in Margate, GB
Wildflower: A piece 3D sculptural of wall art designed and made from two layers of white leather, woven together by Louise Heighes. Measurements are 11.6 x 14 inches or 29.5 x 35.5 ...
Category

2010s European Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Leather

Blossom a Piece of 3D Sculptural White Leather Wall Art
By Louise Heighes
Located in Margate, GB
Blossom: A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of white leather, woven together by Louise Heighes. Measurements are 25.5 x 25.5 inches or 65 x 65 cm T...
Category

2010s European Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Leather

Recently Viewed

View All