{"product_id":"peter-halley-conduits-paintings-from-the-1980s-9783775755108","title":"Peter Halley: Conduits: Paintings from the 1980s","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Geometricised World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, Peter Halley painted his first \"prisons,\" re-deploying the language of geometric abstraction in response to physical and bureaucratic environments. Radically deconstructing the language of abstraction, he re-imagined it not as a utopian source of liberation, but as a dystopian symbol of the regulation of physical and social space. As he wrote in 1990: \"I wanted to draw attention to this geometricised, rationalised, quantified world. I saw it as a world characterised by efficiency, by regimentation of movement, bureaucracies, whether in the corporation, government, or university.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorking in the era of the mass adoption of personal computers and the advent of the Internet, he developed a tightly organised system of discrete, geometric forms that he refers to as \"prisons,\" \"conduits,\" and \"cells.\" Adopting non-traditional materials such as Roll-A-Tex, a paint additive that provides a readymade texture, and Day-Glo fluorescent colours, he referenced a pervasive mechanisation of the human touch and technology in the postmodern environment. Set within the context of a prolific period of painting and critical writing in the 1980s, this catalogue traces the development of Halley's singular pictorial vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597499777260,"sku":"9783775755108","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6c17cd52a3eb541ebb66057a423880dd.jpg?v=1777958482","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/peter-halley-conduits-paintings-from-the-1980s-9783775755108","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}