Based on the functional qualities of painting, form, and color, Terry Haggerty’s project is an experiment in nostalgia. The colors Haggerty favors are pulled right from the packaging and advertising of the 1960s and ‘70s. Medicinal greens play against mustard yellows and muted browns that remind one of an Adidas track suit or a plastic-covered living room. Exquisitely calibrated into minimalist canvases that seem based on the infinity of line and calling to mind domestic accessories such as blinds and radiators, these works produce a visceral effect when pictured as a whole. Through the optical illusion of his vibrating line, Haggerty invites the viewer into a world that resonates with familiarity.


Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Riva, New York; 2001: Folin/Riva, New York.
Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Flair, Heather Marx, San Francisco; Now more than ever, Melbourne; Painting as Paradox, Artists Space, New York; 2001: Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum, Connecticut; Paradise, 33 Rector Street, New York; Ground Zero, 149 Lafayette, New York.