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Peter Halley — White Prison
Peter Halley

White Prison

Peter Halley's *White Prison* employs his signature geometric vocabulary of stark, cell-like squares and connecting conduits rendered in acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas. The textured surface created by the Roll-A-Tex additive lends a gritty, industrial quality to the otherwise reductive composition, reinforcing themes of confinement and social control embedded within Halley's Neo-Geo framework. The work's stark palette underscores the artist's critique of the hidden systems and structures that define modern life.

Medium
acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

June 28, 2013

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Peter Halley, White Prison

Peter Halley's *White Prison* employs his signature geometric vocabulary of stark, cell-like squares and connecting conduits rendered in acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on canvas. The textured surface created by the Roll-A-Tex additive lends a gritty, industrial quality to the otherwise reductive composition, reinforcing themes of confinement and social control embedded within Halley's Neo-Geo framework. The work's stark palette underscores the artist's critique of the hidden systems and structures that define modern life.

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

Related themes

White And Neutral Tones, Minimalist Mood, Acrylic On Canvas, Male Artist, Contemporary Artist, Neo-Geo, American Artist, Geometric Abstraction, Late 20th Century, Prison Imagery, Textured Surface

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John McNally