LOCATION: Southeast Ticket Hall End Wall

DESCRIPTION:
This work consists of a two-dimensional eight-piece monumental painting. Each of the eight individual cells represents an abstract urban landscape depicted with intense hues and contrasting textures, which creates a three-dimensional effect.

“I hope that my work can play a role similar to the grand transportation murals of airplanes, trains and cars that enhanced air and train terminals around the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. Those murals used social realist vocabulary to depict specific events. My project would use abstract form to convey the dynamism of the Dallas/Fort Worth complex and all that it stands for.

“Although my work uses abstract vocabulary, I nevertheless view my paintings as a celebration of contemporary technology. My work is specifically inspired by the speed of modern life and the complexity of the social relations that the World Wide Web, television and international air travel have created.

“The DFW program calls for large works that will “read” well from far away. I believe that the language I use in my work – clear color with large simple shapes – projects effectively in a large-scale environment. I hope to be able to create works that will, over the years, do justice to the admirable civil spirit symbolized by this world-class facility.”

(see Dallas/Fort Worth website)

DESCRIPCIÓN:
Este trabajo consiste en una pintura monumental de ocho piezas. Cada una de las celdas individuales representa un paisaje urbano abstracto realizado a base de texturas y colores muy contrastadas creando un efecto tridimensional.

La intención del artista es dar a este obra un rol similar al de los grandes murales sobre transportes que ocupaban las principales estaciones y terminales de Estados Unidos en los años 30 y 40. En aquellos murales se utilizaba un vocabulario social realista para resaltar determinados acontecimientos.

Para Peter Halley, su proyecto utiliza la forma abstracta para ilustrar el dinamismo del aeropuerto de Dallas/Fort Worth y todo lo que ello representa.