Press
Peter Pranschke Commission Release Party, by Byron Kerman, Sauce Magazine, January 2010
Peter Pranschke is an artist whose work occupies a curious overlap where the joyful meets the sick. Not sick as in disturbed, but sick as in physically ill. His previous projects have included cartoonish drawings of himself receiving dialysis and sculptures made from used pill bottles. Through a welter of pain, Pranschke somehow manages to transmit a certain childlike elation. So it goes with his latest commission: two-dimensional Band-Aid people, absolutely adorable creatures made from a variety of bandages. His new show at PSTL Gallery @ Pace Framing offers up his collection of attempts to complete the commission, and so provides a window (in a window gallery) on the artistic process, and also a play group of cute little characters that aim to ease your boo-boos.
Review: Burton's work fits nicely at PSTL, by Ivy Cooper, Beacon Art Crtic, St. Louis Beacon, July 2009
http://www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/10203/259/
Pace Framing and PSTL Gallery to Move, by David Bonetti, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 2009
Peter Pranschke is an artist whose work occupies a curious overlap where the joyful meets the sick. Not sick as in disturbed, but sick as in physically ill. His previous projects have included cartoonish drawings of himself receiving dialysis and sculptures made from used pill bottles. Through a welter of pain, Pranschke somehow manages to transmit a certain childlike elation. So it goes with his latest commission: two-dimensional Band-Aid people, absolutely adorable creatures made from a variety of bandages. His new show at PSTL Gallery @ Pace Framing offers up his collection of attempts to complete the commission, and so provides a window (in a window gallery) on the artistic process, and also a play group of cute little characters that aim to ease your boo-boos.
Review: Burton's work fits nicely at PSTL, by Ivy Cooper, Beacon Art Crtic, St. Louis Beacon, July 2009
http://www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/10203/259/
Pace Framing and PSTL Gallery to Move, by David Bonetti, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 2009
Pace Framing: A Moving Picture, by Lisette Dennis, St. Louis Arts Examiner, March, 2009
http://www.examiner.com/x-2064-St-Louis-Arts-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Pace-Framing--a-moving-picture
http://www.examiner.com/x-2064-St-Louis-Arts-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Pace-Framing--a-moving-picture
Best Frame Shop-Pace Framing, by Bonnie Spinola, Riverfront Times- Best of 2008- 9/25/08-10/01/08 Volume 32 # 39
For a small space, Pace Framing packs a big punch. The always-charming Sandra Marchewa (who is also an accomplished artist) and her business partner Paul Young have operated Pace at its Grand Center location since 2007, after first occupying a basement space in the Philip Slein Gallery for two years. Since its relocation, Pace has truly blossomed. The shop offers a range of services, carries standard and specialty frames (such as museum-quality and hand-finished frames) and caters to every budget. All framing is done on-site. But what really sets Pace apart is the PSTL (Pace St. Louis) window-front gallery adjacent to the shop. PSTL showcases work from local artists in an inviting and accessible space, and the artists seem more approachable within the friendly confines of Pace. Marchewa and Young don't accept commissions on sales, either: The gallery exists as a labor of love — which is evident in everything Pace does.
Screen Testes: Before there was You Tube, there was Brett Williams, By Malcolm Gay, Riverfront Times, June 2008.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-06-18/culture/screen-testes-before-there-was-youtube-there-was-brett-williams
A-List, Saint Louis Magazine, 2006
Formerly located under the shingle of the Elliot Smith Gallery, PACE FRAMING now operates from the basement of the local gallery (Philip Slein) that best continues Smith's legacy. The gallery is where the best artists in town want to show, and the basement is where many of them get their work framed. The pace is deliberate, the craft exacting, the service warm and the product museum-grade.
For a small space, Pace Framing packs a big punch. The always-charming Sandra Marchewa (who is also an accomplished artist) and her business partner Paul Young have operated Pace at its Grand Center location since 2007, after first occupying a basement space in the Philip Slein Gallery for two years. Since its relocation, Pace has truly blossomed. The shop offers a range of services, carries standard and specialty frames (such as museum-quality and hand-finished frames) and caters to every budget. All framing is done on-site. But what really sets Pace apart is the PSTL (Pace St. Louis) window-front gallery adjacent to the shop. PSTL showcases work from local artists in an inviting and accessible space, and the artists seem more approachable within the friendly confines of Pace. Marchewa and Young don't accept commissions on sales, either: The gallery exists as a labor of love — which is evident in everything Pace does.
Screen Testes: Before there was You Tube, there was Brett Williams, By Malcolm Gay, Riverfront Times, June 2008.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-06-18/culture/screen-testes-before-there-was-youtube-there-was-brett-williams
A-List, Saint Louis Magazine, 2006
Formerly located under the shingle of the Elliot Smith Gallery, PACE FRAMING now operates from the basement of the local gallery (Philip Slein) that best continues Smith's legacy. The gallery is where the best artists in town want to show, and the basement is where many of them get their work framed. The pace is deliberate, the craft exacting, the service warm and the product museum-grade.
