This is a newly commissioned artwork for FLAG Art Foundation’s Spotlight series. Appropriating the design of a traditional altarpiece, the work is a polyptych composed of two sets of hinged panels, each made from different materials, that unfold to reveal two successive layers of imagery. The outermost panels are made of gold-painted, faux bricks cast from polyurethane, reflecting Halley’s long interest in the use of ersatz materials. These brick surfaces harken back to Halley's early paintings of brick walls made in 1980 and 1981. 

The outer doors open to reveal four horizontally-aligned panels painted with textured Roll-a-Tex in luminous fluorescent colors that Halley characteristically uses in his paintings. These doors, in turn, open onto the final, innermost panel depicting a burst or explosion, digitally printed on metallic foil, flanked by panels painted in gold Roll-a-Tex. The image of the exploding cell, or explosion, has been central to Halley's installations since the early 1990s.

More information: The FLAG Art Foundation