Peter Hide

"Several years ago I chose Peter Hide 311065 as my stage name (my real name is Franco Crugnola) deriving from the oxymoron between PETER PAN (the eternal good kid) and Mr HYDE (the brutal and dark side of Dr. Jekyll). The two names are both very well known, the former representing the good, innocence, purity and beauty, and the latter the evil, the cruelty and the brute strength.
As in R. Stevenson novel, where the uneven struggle opposing Dr. Jekyll (good) and Mr Hyde (evil) puts at stake evocative issues like the metamorphosis and the double, the mirror and the look-alike, up to the striking of the more intimate chord, so in my work I try and recreate the evil that can prevail upon us through an easy going and lively image. I try and represent the opposites through our day-to- day life images, apparently in harmony, and to open a sort of imaginary door towards the danger of the overwhelming ephemeral in the mind of the viewer that wishes to read deeply into it. In the current society, where everything is measured by money, where it often feels that not only is the matter subdued, but also the intangible, the part that mostly defines the human being, namely the money, to me represents the danger of a vast cultural decay, and by...

Degree in Architecture-Design Politecnico University of Milan in 1994

2014
"PETER HIDE 311065" personal show at IL CAVEDIO GALLERY, via F. Cavallotti, 9 Varese , from 11-02-2014 to 11-03-2014
2014
"GIORGIO GOST & PETER HIDE 311065" TV show organized by ORLER FACTORY and ORLER GALLERY, 17 febbrary 2014
2014
"5 ARTISTS 10 PICTURES -AUCTION 2096-" Auction at MEETING ART Vercelli, I session 05-02-2014
2013-2014
“DINNER WHIT PETER HIDE 311065” solo show at AL 37 OSTERIA,
Monticello Brianza (MB), Italy, from 14 December to16 febbrary 2014
2013-2014
"SAVE MY DREAMS” group show organized by SPAZIO TADINI, at the SPAZIO TADINI GALLERY
Milan,Italy, from 7 December 2013 to 15 Gennuary 2014
2013
"With a little help from my friends" group show organized by MAGA (Museo Arte GAllarate),
Gallarate (VA), Italy, from 23 November to 22 December 2013
2013
"APERILIBRO” solo show with scriptor R.B.Araldi ART VILLA CUSANI
Carate Brianza, (MI),Italy, 19 october 2013
2013
"PETER HIDE 311065” solo show organized by MEETING ART ART the EXPOSITION ROOM MEETING ART, With Final TV show
Vercelli, Italy, from 27 september to 5 october 2013
2013
“FOOD ART AWARDS 2013” group show-competition organized by Arteelevataalcomune, at the DUCALE CASTLE of Ceglie Messapica (BR), Italy, from 13 to 18 august 2...