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Peter Halley — Four Prisons (commission for LES Hotel)
Peter Halley

Four Prisons (commission for LES Hotel)

A monumental four-part geometric abstraction, this commissioned work embodies Halley's signature visual language of interconnected cells and conduits rendered in vivid acrylic and shimmering metallic pigments. The textured Roll-a-Tex surface lends a tactile, almost industrial quality to the boldly flat, hard-edged forms, evoking the social and architectural systems that regulate modern urban life. Created specifically for the LES Hotel, the work resonates with the dense, structured energy of its Lower East Side surroundings.

Medium
acrylic, metallic acrylic, Roll-a-Tex on canvas, in 4 parts

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Under the Influence

March 4, 2015

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Peter Halley, Four Prisons (commission for LES Hotel)

A monumental four-part geometric abstraction, this commissioned work embodies Halley's signature visual language of interconnected cells and conduits rendered in vivid acrylic and shimmering metallic pigments. The textured Roll-a-Tex surface lends a tactile, almost industrial quality to the boldly flat, hard-edged forms, evoking the social and architectural systems that regulate modern urban life. Created specifically for the LES Hotel, the work resonates with the dense, structured energy of its Lower East Side surroundings.

Medium
acrylic, metallic acrylic, Roll-a-Tex on canvas, in 4 parts
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Multi-Panel Work, Institutional Critique, Acrylic On Canvas, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Contemporary Artist, Neo-Geo, American Artist, Geometric Abstraction, Late 20th Century

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John McNally