"Peter Halley's 'Recent Essays 1990 - 1996,' continues his discourse on abstract painting in the context of abstractions relation to the social and its recent and specific relation to the burgeoning super-reality of our new computer culture. But instead of restricting his horizon to speculations on virtual reality and the computer age, Halley's vision widens philosophically and personally to consider such topics as the values of stasis and change in our culture, the varying roles of architectural space, and his relationship with his contemporaries. In the end, Halley gives us a concise and distinct picture of art and culture as we approach the new millennium." -- publisher's statement.