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Black Light: Peter Halley

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Black Light
, Gallery | Brussels, 7.09 - 21.10.2023Peter Halley

Black Light: Peter Halley

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Peter Halley State of Unity, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 200.7 x 185.4 cm 79 x 73 in
Peter Halley
State of Unity, 2023
acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
200.7 x 185.4 cm
79 x 73 in
In the early 1980s, Peter Halley established a distinct visual language consisting of cells, conduits, and prisons that he has continued to explore throughout his career. The seemingly limitless possibilities of these elements are present in Black Light, where interlocking canvases combine to create off-balance, precarious structures. 

 

With the predominant use of the colour black, Halley expands on ideas established by Malevich and Albers, exploring both black’s symbolic and ideological meaning as well as the colour’s nuanced range of depth and materiality. The various shades of black are then set off by flashes of neon pinks, reds, and electric blues, reflecting our unpredictable and changing world. 

Peter Halley was born in New York in 1953. He studied first at Yale University and then at the University of New Orleans where he received his MFA. A prolific colourist, he is also a respected art critic and theorist, revered for his essays and as the publisher of the magazine INDEX, which featured interviews of people in a wide range of creative fields.

 

His paintings are found in collections worldwide including MoMA, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tate Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, among many others. Halley is currently the subject of a major retrospective at the MUDAM Luxembourg focused on his formative works from the 1980s. 

Black Light is the second of two exhibitions by Halley this year, marking the artist’s more than 20-year relationship with the gallery.

 

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Works
  • Peter Halley The Covenant, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 195.6 x 189.2 cm 77 x 74 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    The Covenant, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    195.6 x 189.2 cm
    77 x 74 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley State of Unity, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 200.7 x 185.4 cm 79 x 73 in
    Peter Halley
    State of Unity, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    200.7 x 185.4 cm
    79 x 73 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 115.6 x 115.6 cm 45 1/2 x 45 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    115.6 x 115.6 cm
    45 1/2 x 45 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Dark Asset, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 208.3 x 218.4 cm 82 x 86 in
    Peter Halley
    Dark Asset, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    208.3 x 218.4 cm
    82 x 86 in
  • Peter Halley Two Cells I, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 74.9 x 105.4 cm 29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Two Cells I, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    74.9 x 105.4 cm
    29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Unlocked, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 186.7 x 161.3 cm 73 1/2 x 63 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Unlocked, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    186.7 x 161.3 cm
    73 1/2 x 63 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 134.6 x 141 cm 53 x 55 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    134.6 x 141 cm
    53 x 55 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 123.2 x 119.4 cm 48 1/2 x 47 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    123.2 x 119.4 cm
    48 1/2 x 47 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 120.7 x 106.7 cm 47 1/2 x 42 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    120.7 x 106.7 cm
    47 1/2 x 42 in
  • Peter Halley The Covenant, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 195.6 x 189.2 cm 77 x 74 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    The Covenant, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    195.6 x 189.2 cm
    77 x 74 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley State of Unity, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 200.7 x 185.4 cm 79 x 73 in
    Peter Halley
    State of Unity, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    200.7 x 185.4 cm
    79 x 73 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 115.6 x 115.6 cm 45 1/2 x 45 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    115.6 x 115.6 cm
    45 1/2 x 45 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Dark Asset, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 208.3 x 218.4 cm 82 x 86 in
    Peter Halley
    Dark Asset, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    208.3 x 218.4 cm
    82 x 86 in
  • Peter Halley Two Cells I, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 74.9 x 105.4 cm 29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Two Cells I, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    74.9 x 105.4 cm
    29 1/2 x 41 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Unlocked, 2023 acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 186.7 x 161.3 cm 73 1/2 x 63 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Unlocked, 2023
    acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, Flashe, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    186.7 x 161.3 cm
    73 1/2 x 63 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 134.6 x 141 cm 53 x 55 1/2 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    134.6 x 141 cm
    53 x 55 1/2 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 123.2 x 119.4 cm 48 1/2 x 47 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    123.2 x 119.4 cm
    48 1/2 x 47 in
  • Peter Halley Black Prison, 2023 acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas 120.7 x 106.7 cm 47 1/2 x 42 in
    Peter Halley
    Black Prison, 2023
    acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas
    120.7 x 106.7 cm
    47 1/2 x 42 in
News
  • Peter Halley: La joute des couleurs

    Peter Halley: La joute des couleurs

    By Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj 21.9.2023 Read more

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