Intense uses of Black and White, Peter Halley Biography:
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"I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the color." -Jeff Bridges
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PRISON
Disjecta
Portland, OR, 2012
Peter Halleyb. 1953, New York
"Peter Halley was born in 1953 in New York. He began his formal training at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1971. During that time, Halley read Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color (1981), which would influence him throughout his career. From 1973 to 1974 Halley lived in New Orleans, where he absorbed the vibrant cultural influences of the city. In 1975 the artist graduated from Yale University, New Haven, with a degree in art history. After Yale, Halley returned to New Orleans, where he received an MFA in painting from the University of New Orleans in 1978. He had his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, that same year.
In 1978 Halley spent a semester teaching art at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He has continued to teach throughout his career. In 1980, Halley moved back to New York and had his first solo exhibition in the city at PS122 Gallery. At this time, Halley was drawn to the pop themes and social issues addressed in New Wave music. Inspired by New York’s intense urban environment, Halley set out to use the language of geometric abstraction to describe the actual geometricized space around him. He also began his iconic use of fluorescent Day-Glo paint as shown in the image above."
I grouped the images on this specific exhibit together because they are of the same artist. Also they all demonstrate the influence of black and white. How would the colors in these paintings jump out at you if they all were the same tone. If you look at the paining below the top, vary right panel, how would the neon jump out at if grey, blue, orange, black and were not there it would still surprise you but it would not stop[ you in your tracks and make you stare at the painting. I gathered these paintings because the different hues created by the blacks and whites help the other colors jump out. Even if black and white are not the main color they help in little ways to make a big picture even bigger.
http://www.peterhalley.com/ARTISTS/PETER.HALLEY/Exhibitions.FR2.htm
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/1315
"Peter Halley was born in 1953 in New York. He began his formal training at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1971. During that time, Halley read Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color (1981), which would influence him throughout his career. From 1973 to 1974 Halley lived in New Orleans, where he absorbed the vibrant cultural influences of the city. In 1975 the artist graduated from Yale University, New Haven, with a degree in art history. After Yale, Halley returned to New Orleans, where he received an MFA in painting from the University of New Orleans in 1978. He had his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, that same year.
In 1978 Halley spent a semester teaching art at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He has continued to teach throughout his career. In 1980, Halley moved back to New York and had his first solo exhibition in the city at PS122 Gallery. At this time, Halley was drawn to the pop themes and social issues addressed in New Wave music. Inspired by New York’s intense urban environment, Halley set out to use the language of geometric abstraction to describe the actual geometricized space around him. He also began his iconic use of fluorescent Day-Glo paint as shown in the image above."
I grouped the images on this specific exhibit together because they are of the same artist. Also they all demonstrate the influence of black and white. How would the colors in these paintings jump out at you if they all were the same tone. If you look at the paining below the top, vary right panel, how would the neon jump out at if grey, blue, orange, black and were not there it would still surprise you but it would not stop[ you in your tracks and make you stare at the painting. I gathered these paintings because the different hues created by the blacks and whites help the other colors jump out. Even if black and white are not the main color they help in little ways to make a big picture even bigger.
http://www.peterhalley.com/ARTISTS/PETER.HALLEY/Exhibitions.FR2.htm
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artists/bios/1315