PITR highlight storefronts, signage and graffiti in super detailed city street portraits – Huge
Whether it is the doodle label depicting the underside of the retail window or the bonded pattern of bricks, the artist known as pizza in the rain, or the Pitr, illuminates the city streets and commercial ephemera with amazing details.
The Chicago-based artist takes a meticulous attention to geometry and the character of Quotidian, highlighting commercial signage and urban facades in an almost narrative way, with occasional figures hiking or bicycle passing by. At the same time, we were invited to enter, and we were invited to remember the disappearance of the past era.
From storefront to storefront, we can imagine that Pete’s work is a snapshot of a continuous city, although many unique locations are located in different places across the United States, many of the recent scenes are evocative, New Orleans with a shutter for boarding, as often seen in the French Quarter, or history markings. Circo’s Pastry Shop is a real place in Brooklyn, and the California Clippers are a famous lounge in Chicago.
PITR makes everyday details equally important from spray markings on the sidewalks, such as the types that gas companies may make to weathered awnings and neon logos. There is nothing blur in his portrait of individual buildings and maximizing urban neighborhoods. On the one hand, these positions seem realistic, but on the other hand, they are precisely drawn, with some dystopian flaws having a sense of fantasy and surrealism.
If you are in New Orleans, stop and check out these works in Max Seckel’s new work Parallel structurewill be open on September 12. More explorations were made on Pitr’s Instagram.
