Cartoon Explosion, 2009

For this edition, Peter Halley arranged five differently colored "exploding cells" next to each other. Though the "exploding cell" motif appears to contradict the structured, geometric compositions that define Halley's work in both form and content, it is a recurring element in his oeuvre. In fact, this work also references an earlier series of editions the artist published with Schellmann Art, Exploding Cell (1994), where the artist created a cartoon-style narrative of a cell undergoing various transformative states.