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Peter Halley : paintings of the 1980s : the catalogue raisonné

Title

Peter Halley : paintings of the 1980s : the catalogue raisonné / Cara Jordan ; editor, Clément Dirié.

Publication

Zurich : JRP Ringier, [2018]
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191 pages : color illustrations; 28 x 29 cm

Summary

New York based Peter Halley (born 1953) is a prominent figure in contemporary art. A protagonist of the dynamic New York art scene of the 1980s, and founder of the seminal Index magazine, he gained recognition as one of the main champions of the neo-geo movement with his geometric paintings rendered in intense fluorescent Day-Glo acrylic paint and Roll-a-Tex texture additive. Since the mid-1990s his site-specific installations and permanent public works have extended his practice to a larger scale. A landmark publication for all those interested in contemporary painting, this catalogue raisonné of Peter Halley's paintings from the 1980s gathers together the complete body of 186 works realized between 1980 and 1989 and fully documents them for the first time. Showing the evolution of his work, it makes clear how Halley built his own geometric and chromatic vocabulary to challenge the then prevailing ideas about the nature and history of abstract painting, and how motifs such as the cell, the prison, the conduit and the brick wall came into existence, in parallel with his own thinking inspired in part by French Structuralist theory about modern life (urban design, media, new mass digital technologies) and the increasing geometrization of social space.

Alternative Title

Paintings of the 1980s : the catalogue raisonné

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Genre/Form

Catalogues raisonnés.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

(C.R.) MCX H187 19-3711

ISBN

9783037644812
3037644818

OCLC

977473396

Title

Peter Halley : paintings of the 1980s : the catalogue raisonné / Cara Jordan ; editor, Clément Dirié.

Publisher

Zurich : JRP Ringier, [2018]

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Note

Catalogues Raisonnés Collection (NYPL, Art & Architecture).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Jordan, Cara M., author.

Dirié, Clément, editor.

Halley, Peter. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

(C.R.) MCX H187 19-3711

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