Peter Halley: Maintain Speed [Hardcover]

Susan Kandel (Author), Thyrza Nichols (Author), Cory Reynolds (Editor), Peter Halley (Author), Rudi Fuchs (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2000

Edited by Cory Reynolds. Contributors include Rudi Fuchs, Susan Kandel, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

First emerging as a Neo-Geo practitioner and art critic in the early 1980s, Halley is here presented as a middle-aged, Baudrillard-spouting Warhol wannabe tightly entwined with the avant-garde New York art world. Most recently, he has produced brightly colored canvases of rectangular shapes with vertical bars that he styles cells, leaving the exact meaning of this term to the viewer. In this well-printed and beautifully designed book, we are treated to examples of the full range of his work as well as to a laudatory biography and five essays, three of which will be best appreciated by graduate students. Dozens of thumbnail photos show Halley in the studio, Halley's paintings installed in various galleries, and Halley at parties with various art world figures. All this is intended to present a portrait of the earnest intellectual-writer-critic-painter struggling to depict the alienating modern world of flow charts and prison cells. In the end, however, the real value of this book lies in the full-page illustrations of his big canvases; they are pretty. If we dismiss the simplistic metaphors implied in the titles, the vibrant colors and contrasting textures are sumptuous and enjoyable. Blurring the lines between artist's book and monograph, this is recommended for serious contemporary art collections.
-David McClelland, Philadelphia
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"Maintain Speed" is gorgeous and brilliantly conceived, a conceptual glove as sumptuous and smart as the work it conveys. - Jane Harris -- BOOKFORUM Magazine, Fall 2000

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (March 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891024167
• ISBN-13: 978-1891024160
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,098,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Book, September 6, 2000

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Kazuhiro Tachibana (Kyoto, Kyoto Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peter Halley: Maintain Speed (Hardcover)

Peter Halley's works have been cool related these city world. This book is good for design to show his works variety. Book color is nice which reminds his vivid paintings. His chronological texts is very interesting with scenes of his many exhibitions.