{"product_id":"peter-halley-peter-halley-9781942607625","title":"Peter Halley: Boats Crosses Trees Figures 1977-78","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoats Crosses Trees Figures 1977-78\u003c\/i\u003e is a survey of Peter Halley's (born 1953) early works on paper made during his years as a graduate student at the University of New Orleans.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready pointing clearly to the pictorial concerns that he would focus on throughout his career these works initiate Halley's interest in the interaction of opposites, primarily abstraction and figuration but also interior and exterior, foreground and background, light and dark, appearance and disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the color and sound of New Orleans, Halley translates the physical world into bright, geometric compositions constructed of gridded squares of color, where, through the combination of formal severity and openness as equal partners, seemingly simple compositions turn into complex amalgams of various possible views of an image and its space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Halley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942607628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942607625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Karma, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.50h x 10.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Peter Halley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983918956799,"sku":"9781942607625","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d305a9bf-4694-40e9-8ef7-8d3d1370d0a3.jpg?v=1683269472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peter-halley-peter-halley-9781942607625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}