13 June 2024
Peter Halley: Black Light
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.
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.