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Lot 56 D

Peter Halley - White Prison

Auktion 1177 - Übersicht Köln
17.06.2021, 18:00 - Moderne/Zeitgenössische Kunst - Evening Sale
Schätzpreis: 40.000 € - 50.000 €
Ergebnis: 62.500 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

Peter Halley

White Prison
2003

Acryl und Roll-A-Tex auf zwei aneinander montierten Leinwänden. 121 x 112 cm. Rückseitig auf der Leinwand signiert und datiert 'Halley Halley 2003'. - Mit geringfügigen Altersspuren.

“ […] It started with the prisons. And then I began to think about prisons being connected to each other. And then I began to think that prisons were maybe a bit 19th century, and that I should get rid of the windows…so they became cells. And so it's been prisons and cells, connected by conduits, ever since then. I do feel that each painting is both autobiographical and a view of the external world; each painting is both a self-portrait and a landscape at the same time. […]
I grew up in New York, and when I came back to live here in New York in 1980 after finishing my MFA at the University of New Orleans, I moved into a loft on East 7th street. Living alone in New York, I felt like I was in some kind of prison; it was an isolating experience. I didn't know many people and it was difficult psychologically. So I began to think of the prison cell as an analogy for urban life. The breakthrough was discovering how I was connected electronically - like when I picked up the phone or turned on the radio or something.
I've been saying this for a long time, but I think sitting in front of a computer is a prison. You're really tied to this thing. And I do think it isolates people - you're stuck looking at Facebook or some financial application or whatever your obsession is. The story behind my work is that I believe that people have become more and more physically isolated, and more and more dependent on electronic communication to connect.”
(Peter Halley, In the Studio with Painter Peter Halley, Interview by Alexandre Stipanovich with Kathy Grayson and Jeremy Liebman, Opening Ceremony New News, April 15, 2013, homepage Peter Halley, https://www.peterhalley.com/interview-with-alexandre-stipanovich)

Zertifikat

Mit beiliegendem Photozertifikat des Künstlers, New York, vom Juli 2003.
Wir danken dem Peter Halley Studio, New York, für hilfreiche Auskünfte.

Provenienz

Galerie Xippas, Athen; Privatsammlung, Nordrhein-Westfalen