Each month I am adding to an on-going
series of writings and works about Fine Artists who work(ed), or are primarily working in the NYC area. This month I produced definitions without showing the source word for NYC Fine Artist,
Peter Halley.
To expose to or permeate with
radioactivity. A secure room with a separate
telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in. Of or relating to human society and its
modes of organization. To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify.
Kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark. The shape or form of a surface or
solid. Something that constitutes the place or point from which something else
originates, takes form, or develops. The use of violence and threats to intimidate or
coerce, especially for political purposes. A portion of
space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts. The ultimate user for whom a machine, as a computer, or
product, as a computer program, is designed. A town permanently
abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline. Any of various games played using a microcomputer with a keyboard and often
joysticks to manipulate changes or respond to the action or questions on the screen. The science of
meter. Of or pertaining to the principles of architecture. A sudden, rapid, or great increase. A
network of horizontal and perpendicular lines,
uniformly spaced, for locating points on a map, chart, or aerial photograph by means of a system of coordinates. To take to or for oneself; take
possession of. Products that exhibit fluorescence in daylight. The profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. A systematic series of actions directed to
some end. A
diagrammatic representation showing how departments or divisions in an organization, as a large
corporation, are related to one another along lines of authority. A handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery,
characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, especially such an object found at an archaeological
excavation. A small room, as in a convent or
prison. Rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity. A sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of
popular interest. The broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that
project a view of the image on a picture tube.
Acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force. A sequential arrangement of material, especially in alphabetical or numerical
order.
To see documentation and for more information go to his
website. You can also get a
book on his work.
