Jun 29, 2025
Bright, Acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas (2016) by Peter Halley
Peter Halley uses fluorescent color and geometric abstraction to explore the structures of contemporary urban life. He transforms the language of modernist painting into diagrams of social confinement and connection, reflecting the divided yet networked spaces of the digital age. Halley’s tactile surfaces, achieved with Roll-a-Tex and vibrant acrylics, both seduce and confront the viewer, echoing the artificial glow and textures of postmodern environments; a vivid meditation on how power, technology, and architecture shape our psychological and physical realities.
Peter Halley lives and works in New York City.