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Whitney Focus presents Peter Halley's "The Acid Test"

Apr 15, 2013

Peter Halley discusses his painting The Acid Test. In this video, Halley references technology, the city grid, and prisons as influences on his iconography. He also discusses his use of Day-Glo paint to express the ecstatic, euphoric feeling that went into the work.