New Concepts in Printmaking 1 - Peter Halley

An installation of printed works by painter Peter Halley (b.1953) launches an ongoing series at The Museum of Modern Art. Each exhibition will feature a recent acquisition that challenges conventional notions of printmaking.

In 1996 the Museum's Department of Prints and Illustrated Books acquired its first art works created as digital files on computer disk. These files, made by Halley, comprise wallpaper and rub-down flowcharts which are fabricated by professional printers whenever a site-specific installation of the work is mounted. For this exhibition, the wallpaper and flowcharts are installed alongside examples of Halley's more traditional prints and one painting. Halley's technology-derived images, together with his startling color combinations, produce a dense, vibrating environment that serves as a metaphor for the electronic saturation that has become part of the information age.

To help demonstrate the computer's use as an artistic tool, an educational area allows visitors to work on a computer and printer programmed with Halley's images. In conjunction with the exhibition, Halley has also created aspecial project on the Museum's Web site, www.moma.org.

Organized by Starr Figura, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, New Concepts in Printmaking 1: Peter Halley is made possible by a generous grant from Reba and Dave Williams.

New Concepts in Printmaking 1
Peter Halley
Kurator: Starr Figura