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Peter Halley — Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison
Peter Halley

Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison

Peter Halley's *Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison* employs his signature geometric vocabulary of cells and conduits rendered in bold, flat acrylic and glowing fluorescent hues against a textured Roll-a-Tex surface. The work abstracts the systems and structures of modern society—networks, confinement, and connectivity—through the stark interplay of electric blue and vivid red rectangular forms. Halley's use of industrial materials and synthetic color reinforces his critique of the coded, grid-like frameworks that define contemporary urban and social existence.

Medium
acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Roll-a-Tex on canvas

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Under the Influence

March 4, 2015

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Peter Halley, Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison

Peter Halley's *Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison* employs his signature geometric vocabulary of cells and conduits rendered in bold, flat acrylic and glowing fluorescent hues against a textured Roll-a-Tex surface. The work abstracts the systems and structures of modern society—networks, confinement, and connectivity—through the stark interplay of electric blue and vivid red rectangular forms. Halley's use of industrial materials and synthetic color reinforces his critique of the coded, grid-like frameworks that define contemporary urban and social existence.

Medium
acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Roll-a-Tex on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cell And Conduit Imagery, Blue And Red Palette, Institutional Critique, Acrylic On Canvas, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Hard-Edge Painting, Urban Critique, Contemporary Artist, Textured Canvas, Neo-Geo, American Artist, Geometric Abstraction, Fluorescent Colors, Blue And Red, Late 20th Century, Prison Imagery, Acrylic Painting, Square Format, Textured Surface

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