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Peter Halley — Yellow Prison with Underground Conduit
Peter Halley

Yellow Prison with Underground Conduit

1985

Peter Halley's *Yellow Prison with Underground Conduit* features his signature geometric abstraction, presenting a bold yellow cell-like form connected to a subterranean conduit rendered in vivid, synthetic hues of acrylic and Day-Glo paint. The textured Roll-a-Tex surface adds a gritty, industrial quality to the composition, reinforcing Halley's critique of social confinement and the hidden systems that govern modern life. The work exemplifies his Neo-Geo style, using stark, diagrammatic forms to evoke the invisible infrastructures of power and control embedded within contemporary society.

Medium
acrylic, Day-Glo and Roll-a-Tex on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 17, 2016

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Peter Halley, Yellow Prison with Underground Conduit, 1985

Peter Halley's *Yellow Prison with Underground Conduit* features his signature geometric abstraction, presenting a bold yellow cell-like form connected to a subterranean conduit rendered in vivid, synthetic hues of acrylic and Day-Glo paint. The textured Roll-a-Tex surface adds a gritty, industrial quality to the composition, reinforcing Halley's critique of social confinement and the hidden systems that govern modern life. The work exemplifies his Neo-Geo style, using stark, diagrammatic forms to evoke the invisible infrastructures of power and control embedded within contemporary society.

Medium
acrylic, Day-Glo and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
Year
1985
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Yellow And Black, Institutional Critique, Acrylic On Canvas, Male Artist, Contemporary Artist, Neo-Geo, American Artist, Social Commentary, Geometric Abstraction, Fluorescent Colors, Late 20th Century, Prison Imagery, Bold And Graphic

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Collected by

John McNally