Apartment House — Fine Art

Apartment House - 1981 by Peter Halley divides the sheet into hard edged colour blocks. The blocks sit close together, and the lines between them stay sharp. The painting follows the geometric shape work of post war american painting, where flat planes meet and stack.

The fine art print sits on a matte sheet, so the colour fields stay flat and the edges do not flash under a lamp. A dark frame on a pale wall lets the painted blocks hold their own space.

On a kitchen wall near the sink, the hard lines read as clean shapes while you wash up. The colour blocks stay steady against the daily movement of the room.