[detailed resume]	Peter Mallo Artist Statement My recent work depicts 'dynamic systems' that operate in seemingly opposing fashions; some are designed to appear logical and mathematical, while others give the impression of being random or chaotic. The natures of these are misleading. The more architectural looking patterns are designed with inherent flaws. The chaotic markings follow a pattern, and are ordered to a larger extent than they initially appear. They travel mirrored paths through opposite contexts in certain pieces, and through the same context in others. The most recent 'dynamic systems' have been brought together to create an essential type system; that which would encompass the ordered and the chaotic, they move throughout each other, each influencing and supporting the other. While I am very interested in the sciences, these ideas are not borrowed from them. This little world and its physics are of my own making. The term 'dynamic system' can refer to many different things: a relationship between two persons, a family, a culture, the whole world, and the number of relationships that can exist between the micro and the macro. Even the struggle between the opposing forces of body and mind that make up a person qualifies a dynamic system within each individual. A 'dynamic system' can be described simply as anything with a duality that operates within a highly complex environment, which also contains the ability to change or mature if its placement in its environment is no longer suitable. These systems can be seen as integral parts of their context. No system is necessarily grander or more profound than any other. Each is equipped with essential idiosyncrasies and subtleties. It is for this shared commonality that dynamic systems can be spoken of in similar terms. Portraying 'dynamic systems' visually as patterns and textures that travel through a certain surface or context is partially my focus. My other concerns lie within workings of the viewers' perception. The surfaces I create are highly layered and detailed with subtle shifts in color and form. Like all dynamic systems, the subtlety and pattern is not readily apparent, but designed to melt into the noise of other converging or overwhelming circumstances. My overall goal is to present people with the challenge of reading these systems for themselves. Some pieces are more difficult to decipher than others, and each contains different relationships between system and context. To understand each piece, on e must have studied it from many different conceptual and physical vantage points. This perceptual shift is vital. The reading and understanding of the nature of these systems and their relationship takes some effort. Like the search for any truism, understanding only comes from paying close attention. My works act as narrative. They are designed to unfold, giving up more to those who are willing to spend the time. In the end the pieces challenge our perceptions, and how we come to understand what we encounter. At first they seem simple some even appear empty. When closer, one can depict certain subtleties. As these subtleties come into focus they appear to have a certain nature to them. After time this nature changes and matures into something else. As with life, your perception determines your truth, and this perception is yours to change. The works I've begun since December of 2001 are steps into a new direction. The objects are no longer wall mounted, but are becoming spatially oriented to specific sites. In an effort to make the work versatile, and accomplish things that are difficult when the objects are locked to the wall, I've begun to make the form of these pieces as important as the surface. They will ask that one change not only their visual and mental perception, but also their physical orientation to take in the work as a whole.