Galerie Thomas

Tuerkenstrasse 16
80333 Munich
Germany

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Peter Halley

New York 1953 - lives in New York

Peter Halley

"Prison with conduit", 1998

Silksceen

120 x 88,5 cm (47 1/4 x 34 7/8 in.)
Peter Halley

"Stander", 2003

Acrylic, Day-glow and Roll-a-tex on canvas

214 x 171 x 9,5 cm (84 1/4 x 67 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Peter Halley

"Explosion", 2017

Archival UV-cured ink on brushed chrome vinyl, mounted on dibond

88,9 x 88,9 cm (35 x 35 in.)
Peter Halley

"The Trap", 2019

acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

204 x 158 x 10 cm (80 x 62 x 4 in.)
Peter Halley

"Code 8", 2019

acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

174 x 196 x 10 cm (68 1/2 x 77 x 4 in.)
Peter Halley

"Vivarium", 2019

acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

198 x 150 x 10 cm (78 x 59 x 4 in.)
Peter Halley

"Lost Transmissions", 2019

acrylic, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

198 x 150 x 10 cm (78 x 59 x 4 in.)

Artist info

Peter Halley's art is set on Constructivist Colour Field Painting, the composition of his pictures being based on the relationship between - mostly rectangular - forms and the colour fields. As a third element, he adds various colour qualities and surfaces to his repertoire of forms, for instance by using neon and industrial colours or mixing sand or other particles into his paint, adding a three-dimensional relief-quality to his works. On account of these formal aspects of Peter Halley's works, they have been classified as Postmodern Concrete Art and Neo-Geo Art. In terms of content, however, Halley refers to our contemporary semiotic system and forms of communication, especially to digital code systems such as the Internet or circuit diagrams. He perceives this technological structure of the world as a prison of perception, which is why he calls his geometrical colour fields themselves 'prisons'. With his bold colour contrasts and his cultural criticism, Halley combines a powerful aesthetic element with great intellectuality. This makes him one of the leading abstract painters of his generation.

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Galerie Thomas Modern is representing Peter Halley exclusively in Germany and has shown his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

In 2017, Galerie Thomas Modern jointly published an edition with Peter Halley titled “Explosion”.

'I grew up with the notion that paintings create light, that picturing light was really important. As my work developed, I wanted to make paintings that created light, not natural light, but an artificial light.'
– Peter Halley

Downloads & Links

Videos

Halley Zoom Conversation 2020

Peter Halley•about his artistic approach, his references and concepts.

With the artist himsel, Michelle Cotton, (Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxemburg), David Moos (art advisor and curator, former Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto) and Silke Thomas.

Peter Halley - New Paintings - 2019

Peter Halley•Artist Talk

Bildschirmfoto 2020 04 01 um 12 18 51

Peter Halley•Long Shot

Exhibitions

Fairs

Catalogues

Peter Halley • New Paintings
2019
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Masterpieces Modern
2019

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