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Peter Halley — Red Prison Above Black Prison
Peter Halley

Red Prison Above Black Prison

Peter Halley's *Red Prison Above Black Prison* exemplifies his signature geometric abstraction, featuring bold, hard-edged rectangular forms rendered in vivid day-glo red and stark black acrylic paint. The textured Roll-A-Tex surface adds a tactile, almost industrial quality to the composition, reinforcing Halley's critique of social and architectural systems. The stacked "prison" cells allude to his ongoing exploration of confinement, connectivity, and the rigid structures that define modern life.

Medium
acrylic day-glo paint and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 10, 2015

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Peter Halley, Red Prison Above Black Prison

Peter Halley's *Red Prison Above Black Prison* exemplifies his signature geometric abstraction, featuring bold, hard-edged rectangular forms rendered in vivid day-glo red and stark black acrylic paint. The textured Roll-A-Tex surface adds a tactile, almost industrial quality to the composition, reinforcing Halley's critique of social and architectural systems. The stacked "prison" cells allude to his ongoing exploration of confinement, connectivity, and the rigid structures that define modern life.

Medium
acrylic day-glo paint and Roll-A-Tex on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Red and Black, Bold And Stark, Acrylic On Canvas, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Neo-Geo, American Artist, Social Commentary, Geometric Abstraction, Fluorescent Colors, Late 20th Century, Prison Imagery, Rectangular Canvas, Acrylic Paint, Textured Surface

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John McNally