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Exploding Cell, 1994
Set of 9 silkscreens on museum board, each print 93 x 120 cm (36.5 x 48.25 in). Edition of 32, each signed and numbered.
In the edition Exploding Cell, Peter Halley continues his exploration of his iconic cell and prison motifs, which he first developed in the 1980s. In this series, created in 1994, Halley unfolds a sequential visual language reminiscent of comic book narratives: the cell undergoes various states – from its initial confinement to explosion and ultimately to its complete disintegration.
