Installation Snapshots

Alongside formal installation photographs, the Peter Halley Archive contains hundreds of installation snapshots, offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the intricate and rarely scene process of setting up an exhibition or crafting artwork. From initial sketches and raw materials to the final placement of pieces, these images capture the hands-on labor, creative decisions, and technical expertise involved. Whether it's the careful positioning of sculptures, the precision of lighting adjustments, or the teamwork required to bring a vision to life, this series invites viewers to appreciate the unseen effort that culminates in a finished masterpiece.

Untitled, Commission for One Chase Manhattan Plaza Boardroom, 1990

Halley executes his first site-specific work—a three-painting installation—for the board room at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

The work was commissioned by David Rockefeller and inspired by the site's modernist Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill 1960’s interior.

Peter Halley: Oeuvres de 1982 á 1991

Organized by the CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux. And curated by Jean-Louis Froment.
Exhibition traveled to FAE Musée d’art contemporain, Pully/Lausanne (3 April – 31 May 1992), the Reina Sofia, Madrid 23 June – 31 August 1992), and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (12 September – 1 November 1992).

Reina Sofia, Madrid

Fiberglass Relief Sculptures, 1989 - 1994

Between 1989 and 1992, Halley creates two series of fiberglass relief sculptures with the Los Angeles based production company, Scenery West. The second series comprised of three pieces, each executed in an edition of three with one artist proof and each piece painted in a unique combination of shades of gray.