Page 6 - Peter Halley News Today

STEVE LAFRENIERE : In 1986 you were in the infamous neo-geo show at Sonnabend with Peter Halley, Meyer Vaisman, and Jeff Koons. It seemed as if the critics wanted to cast the four of you in total opposition to both neo-expressionism and the Pictures artists.ASHLEY BICKERTON: That was probably all that united us. We were cool—or cold—and we were against “them.” The angry young men rebelling, and like all rebellions it was about taking control.SL: Did the four of you have the idea of being...

The conceptual artist Ashley Bickerton, at one time associated with the Neo-Geo movement in New York, has died aged 63.

KATY SIEGEL: Let’s begin with your move to New York from Chicago. What year did you come here?JEFF KOONS: I originally hitchhiked here at the end of ’76, but I didn’t officially move to New York until January ’77. In Chicago I went to the School of the Art Institute, and I enjoyed it because I was studying with people whose work and passion I really respected, like Ed Paschke and Jim Nutt. But I lost interest in my own work, which had been in kind of a personal iconography, and I realize...

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A major exhibition of the post-impressionist artist, pastoral photography from Tyler Mitchell and a science spectacular to get you thinking

a href= http://www.modernart.net target= _blank Modern Art /a announces an exhibition of new work by Peter Halley at its Helmet Row gallery. This

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The second installment of a round table discussion on ideas of utopia and modernity in painting.

The state has always been a haven for artists. Now, the rest of the art world is starting to catch up, too.