Peter Halley (American, b. 1953)
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Peter Halley rose to prominence during the 1980s in New York. In his geometric paintings, squares become metaphors for cells, vertical lines become prison bars, and the formal interconnecting elements, "conduits". Rendered in declaritive day-glo colors and metallic Acryclics, Halley's paintings deny traditional conceptions of beauty and refer more to commercial packaging or television than to the formal concerns of abstraction. Viewing a Halley painting is like visiting a museum of the essential components of our contemporary culture. Halley has exhibited widely, most notably at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.