A s the largest work by Peter MacDonald to ever be offered at auction, Peter’s Opening (2020) presents a pulsating, electrifying vision of joy and exuberance, perfectly encapsulating the artist’s unique graphic language. Depicting in all its chaotic effervescence a gallery opening of his own works, Peter’s Opening captures in sumptuous colour the dynamics of modern life. Cleverly portraying, through clouds of vibrant colour, the connections between people and their surrounding as they drink cocktails and celebrate the artist’s work, McDonald offers a striking vignetter of the actual and psychological spaces of the spirited gallery scene. McDonald’s trademark giant balloon heads – enlarged, irregularly-shaped and translucent multi-coloured heads that represent each character’s inner zone of dreams, ideas, concerns and desires – overlap and intermingle, suggested at the connectedness between people and their environment. These luminous, psychedelically charged manifestations resonate rhythmically and chromatically with the various balloons in the composition’s background, relating each individual and every piece of artwork to one another.

Born in 1973 in Tokyo, McDonald studied at Central Saint Martins and the Royal Academy Schools and lives and works between Tokyo and London. In 2008, McDonald was awarded the John Moores Painting Prize for his work Fontana, which featured the artist Lucio Fontana – depicted with a balloon head – slashing an egg-shaped canvas; in 2011-12, he completed a year-long residency at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; and in 2017, he was awarded a fellowship at the British School in Rome.

《彼 得的開幕》（2020年）是彼得 · 麥當勞在拍賣上登場的最大尺寸作品，畫面的節奏活潑，令人眼前一亮，呈現了一個流淌著歡樂和活力的場景，完美地概括了藝術家獨一無二的圖像語言。《彼得的開幕式》描繪了他的展覽在畫廊開幕時一片喧鬧的場景，以華麗的色彩呈現了現代生活的動感活力。麥當勞以雲朵狀的明亮色彩，巧妙地描繪了觀衆舉杯歡呼作品的時刻，呈現當時出人們與周圍環境之間的關聯，為畫廊熱鬧場景中的物理與心理空間營造奪目的暈影效果。麥當勞標誌性的巨型氣球腦袋——尺寸誇大、形狀不規則、半透明的彩色頭部，代表了每個角色内心的夢想、想法、關注和慾望——互相重疊和融合，揭露了人與環境之間的聯繫。這些迷幻透光的視覺表現形式與畫面背景中各式各樣的氣球互相輝映，形成色彩繽紛的動人節奏，讓每個人和每件藝術品都聯繫了起來。

麥當勞在1973年出生於東京，曾於中央聖馬丁藝術學院和皇家藝術學院學習，如今在東京和倫敦兩地生活及工作。2008年，麥當勞憑著作品《封塔納》獲得約翰·莫爾斯繪畫獎，畫中主角正是藝術家盧齊歐・封塔納，麥當勞把他畫成頂著氣球腦袋的人，準備擊碎一塊蛋形畫布；2011至2012年，他在日本金澤21世紀美術館完成了爲期一年的駐留項目；2017年，他獲得了英國羅馬學院的獎學金。