Dropshop has partnered with Peter Halley and LITO Editions to release Color, Nine Times II, an exclusive edition of multi-dimensional artworks. The result of meticulous experimentation with new technologies and craftsmanship has produced Halley's hand-painted textured surface digitally rendered and “cloned” nine times. Inspired by Halley’s Cell Grid paintings, a series that began in 2014, the work is available in a limited edition of 35. The edition offers the tactility of Halley’s iconic textured paintings combined with intense and vibrating colors.  

The texture of Color, Nine Times II is informed by Halley’s use of Roll-A-Tex in his paintings (a low-budget paint additive seen in popcorn ceilings).  Halley challenged LITO Editions to “clone" this material, repeating the nine individual cells on metal frames, which were then bolted together into a tightly packed contra-punctual grid, an effect heightened by the arrangement of each cell at a different level of relief. Reflecting on the work, the artist noted that “all nine panels have the same, identical texture.”

This edition has been conceived through digital processes — to create the texture, relief, and structure of the work — and then hand-painted. The signature palette of “Day-Glo” colors were mixed in Peter Halley’s Studio. The edition was then painted at the LITO Tech Lab — a large space in Austria. Each artwork required nine hours of technical engineering and printing, followed by 16 hours of work by hand. 

Edition of 35
Dimensions: 39 3/8 x 33 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (100 x 84 x 6 cm)
Price: $10,500