Research Catalog

Title

Rebecca Morris : 2001-2022 / [curated by] Jamillah James.

Author

Morris, Rebecca, 1969-

Publication

Los Angeles : Institute of Contemporary Art ; New York : DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.

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Additional Authors

• Ellegood, Anne
• James, Jamillah, 1980-
• Walker, Hamza
• McHugh, Camila, 1993-
• Jen, Alex (Writer and curator)
• Elms, Anthony
• Institute of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), host institution.
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), host institution.

Description

287 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 29 x 25 cm

Summary

"Featuring a range of paintings produced since 2001 and showcasing the artist's progression of styles and rigorous commitment to experimentation and abstraction, the exhibition includes 27 paintings. It highlights several formal tendencies that Morris has developed over the years, resulting in a distinct and recognizable visual language. Her arsenal of techniques includes erasure, dripping, and spray painting, applied to canvases lying flat on the floor in an active, physical process. Recurring motifs--such as atomization; the use of patterns, grids, and checkerboards; interlocking geometric forms; painted borders delimiting the picture plane; and her characteristic use of color, including metallic hues and saturated tones, are traced through groupings of works. orris's dynamic paintings contain formal tensions and contradictions through their embrace of patterns and textures, and the visibility of the artist's hand in every gesture. Her work pushes against the historical foundation of her chosen medium and offers a glimpse into new ways forward for the constantly evolving and expanded field of painting."--

Alternative Title

Rebecca Morris 2001-2022

Subject

• Morris, Rebecca, 1969- > Exhibitions
• Painting, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in cooperation with the Musuem of Contemporary Art, Chicago and held at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Oct. 1, 2022-Jan. 15, 2023; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sept. 30-2023-Apr. 7, 2024.

Contents

Installation views -- Foreword / Anne Ellegood -- Acknowledgements / Jamillah James and Rebecca Morris -- Plates -- Who's afraid of pink, silver, and brown? / Jamillah James -- Manifesto (for Abstractionists and friends of the non-objective) / Rebecca Morris -- All that glitters is glitter / Hamza Walker -- Borderlines / Camila McHugh -- On vacant paintings / Alex Jen -- 27 x 21 x 28 / Anthony Elms -- Studio timeline -- List of works -- Artist's biography -- Contributors -- Staff and Board.

Call Number

JQF 24-427

ISBN

• 9781636811222
• 1636811221

OCLC

1409203454

Author

Morris, Rebecca, 1969- artist

Title

Rebecca Morris : 2001-2022 / [curated by] Jamillah James.

Publisher

Los Angeles : Institute of Contemporary Art ; New York : DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Ellegood, Anne, writer of foreword.

James, Jamillah, 1980- organizer, writer of supplementary textual content.

Walker, Hamza, writer of supplementary textual content.

McHugh, Camila, 1993- writer of supplementary textual content.

Jen, Alex (Writer and curator), writer of supplementary textual content.

Elms, Anthony, writer of supplementary textual content.

Institute of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), host institution.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-427