Junk Pirate III with “Roll the dice for your price!” Join in the dice rolling fun as many of the pieces will be priced by the roll of the dice! Will you pay $1? Or $50?
From October 22nd to December 11, 2016, The Compound Gallery in Oakland, CA will present Pete Glover’s third exhibition Junk Pirate assemblages. The show will feature dozens of cabinets of found and arranged objects varying from the boldly bizarre to the beautifully banal. Interspersed throughout will be singular images and items of considerable interest, particularly as they are presented without the framework of their original intended contexts.
Born and raised in New England, Pete moved to Oakland, California as a teenager to attend the California College of Arts & Crafts, where we received his BFA in Film/Video. With his wife, Narangkar, Pete operated Rowan Morrison Gallery and Bookstore in Oakland from 2006 to 2011.
In 2003, Pete obtained a job sorting donations at a reuse center, a career in “junk stores” that continues to this day. His daily experiences handling the unending flow of second-hand materials has had a profound impact on his lifestyle and creative output. He began publishing Junk Pirate zine, made from photocopied found images, in 2004. The first exhibition his found collections artwork was in 2006. In the summer of 2010, Pete joined forces with The Compound Gallery to exhibit over 150 pieces of Junk Pirate art. The power went out during the opening reception and the works had to be viewed by candle (and cellphone) light.
In addition to Junk Pirate, Pete Glover also writes and records rock music, has written articles for magazines such as Readymade and Plastic Antimony, and is co-owner of the paper goods publishing company Rowan Morrison Books. He lives in Portland, Oregon.