Peter Halley: The Complete 1980s Paintings
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Author: Edited by Clement Dirie, Cara Jordan. Cara Jordan, Peter Halley.
New York–based Peter Halley gained recognition as one of the main champions of the neo-geo movement with his geometric paintings rendered in intense fluorescent Day-Glo acrylic paint and Roll-a-Tex texture additive. A landmark publication for all those interested in contemporary painting, this catalogue raisonne of Halley's paintings from the 1980s gathers together the complete body of 186 works realised between 1980 and 1989 and fully documents them for the first time. Showing the evolution of his work, it makes clear how Halley built his own geometric and chromatic vocabulary to challenge the then prevailing ideas about the nature and history of abstract painting, and how motifs such as the cell, the prison, the conduit and the brick wall came into existence, in parallel with his own thinking -- inspired in part by French Structuralist theory -- about modern life (urban design, media, new mass digital technologies) and the increasing geometrisation of social space. Introduced by art historian Cara Jordan, editor of this extensive research-based publication, the book also includes an illustrated biography and an anthology of key texts written by the artist in the 1980s.
ISBN 9783037644812. JRP|Ringier. hb. 144 pages, 215 colour, 35 b&w. 27.9 x 27.3 cm.
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New York–based Peter Halley gained recognition as one of the main champions of the neo-geo movement with his geometric paintings rendered in intense fluorescent Day-Glo acrylic paint and Roll-a-Tex texture additive. A landmark publication for all those interested in contemporary painting, this catalogue raisonne of Halley's paintings from the 1980s gathers together the complete body of 186 works realised between 1980 and 1989 and fully documents them for the first time. Showing the evolution of his work, it makes clear how Halley built his own geometric and chromatic vocabulary to challenge the then prevailing ideas about the nature and history of abstract painting, and how motifs such as the cell, the prison, the conduit and the brick wall came into existence, in parallel with his own thinking -- inspired in part by French Structuralist theory -- about modern life (urban design, media, new mass digital technologies) and the increasing geometrisation of social space. Introduced by art historian Cara Jordan, editor of this extensive research-based publication, the book also includes an illustrated biography and an anthology of key texts written by the artist in the 1980s.
ISBN 9783037644812. JRP|Ringier. hb. 144 pages, 215 colour, 35 b&w. 27.9 x 27.3 cm.
available