Sarah Morris Explained

Sarah Morris
Birth Date:20 June 1967
Birth Place:Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Nationality:American,[1] British
Field:painting, film
Training:Brown University
Cambridge University
Awards:Berlin Prize Fellow (1999–2000)
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2001)
Omaggio in Histoire(s) du cinéma at the Locarno Film Festival (2012) [2]
Artist in Focus at the Rotterdam International Film Festival[3]

Sarah Morris (born 20 June 1967 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England) is an American and British artist.[4] She lives in New York City in the United States.

Personal life and education

Morris was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, in south-east England, on 20 June 1967. She attended Brown University from 1985 to 1989, Cambridge University, and the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1989–90. She was a Berlin Prize fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 1999–2000; in 2001 she received a Joan Mitchell Foundation painting award.[5] She was married to Liam Gillick.

Work

Morris works in both painting and film, and considers the two to be interconnected.[6]

From about 1997 her paintings were geometric Modernist grid designs with flat planes of colour; a related series was of glass-faced skyscrapers with geometric landscape designs reflected in their façades. Among her earlier painting styles were screen-prints reminiscent of Andy Warhol, word-paintings, and paintings of shoes.Morris's films have been characterized as portraits that focus on the psychology of individuals or cities. Her films about cities, like Midtown, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Rio depict urban scenes, capturing the architecture, politics, industry and leisure which define a specific place. Other films describe a place through the viewpoint of an individual, like psychologist Dr. George Sieber describing the terrorist event at the Olympic Stadium in Munich in the film 1972 or the industry politics of Hollywood from the viewpoint of screenwriter and producer in the eponymous film Robert Towne.[7] [8]

Exhibitions

She has shown internationally, with solo exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001),[9] Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005),[10] Fondation Beyeler in Basel (2008),[11] Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt (2009), Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (2009),[12] and Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot (2012).[13]

She has created site-specific works for various institutions including the Lever House,[14] Kunsthalle Bremen in Germany,[15] Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany,[16] the lobby of UBS in New York City and the Gloucester Road tube station in London.[17]

Morris's films have been featured at the following:

Public collections

Filmography

Other activities

Origami lawsuit

In 2011 Morris was sued by a group of six origami artists, including American Robert J. Lang. They alleged that in 24 works (eventually discovered to be 33 or more) in her "Origami" series of paintings Morris had without permission or credit copied their original crease patterns, coloured them, and sold them as "found" or "traditional" designs.The case was settled out of court early in 2013; under the terms of the settlement, the creators of the crease patterns are to be given credit when the works are displayed.

List of affected paintings/models!Painting title!Year painted!Square painting edge sizes!Model title!Model composer
Angel2009214 cmHarpyJason Ku
Bat2007214 cmBatNoboru Miyajima
Black Ant2009214 cmHarvestman (Phalangium)Manuel Sirgo
Calypte Anna2007214 cmRuby-throated Hummingbird, opus 389Robert J. Lang
2008289 cm
Cat200753.5 cmCatNoboru Miyajima
214 cm
Chaser2008214 cmDragonfly, opus 369Robert J. Lang
Clerid Beetle2009214 cmScorpion (Buthus)Manuel Sirgo
Crane2008214 cmDancing Crane, opus 460Robert J. Lang
Cuttlefish2009214 cmSepiaManuel Sirgo
Dragon2007214 cmKNL Dragon, opus 132Robert J. Lang
Falcon2007214 cmCooper’s Hawk, opus 464Robert J. Lang
200853.5 cm
Goatfish2007152.5 cmGoatfish, opus 202Robert J. Lang
Grasshopper200776.6 cmGrasshopper, opus 83Robert J. Lang
289 cm
Hercules Beetle2007214 cmHercules Beetle, opus 271Robert J. Lang
June Beetle2009214 cmCyclommatus metalliferNicola Bandoni
Kawasaki Cube200853.5 cmKawasaki Cube #1Toshikazu Kawasaki
53.5 cm
214 cm
2009289 cm
Leaf Mantis2009214 cmLeaf MantisManuel Sirgo
Lion2007214 cmLionNoboru Miyajima
Mommoth200753.5 cmMommothNoboru Miyajima
214 cm
Mouse2007122 cmRat, opus 159Robert J. Lang
Night Hawk2008214 cmStealth Fighter, opus 324Robert J. Lang
Night Hunter2007214 cmNight Hunter, opus 469Robert J. Lang
Orchis2008214 cmOrchid, opus 392Robert J. Lang
Parrot2009214 cmMacawManuel Sirgo
Pegasus200753.5 cmPegasus, opus 325Robert J. Lang
214 cm
Praying Mantis2007214 cmPraying Mantis, opus 246Robert J. Lang
Rabbit2007122 cmRabbit, opus 186Robert J. Lang
Raccoon Dog2007122 cmRaccoon DogNoboru Miyajima
Rhino Beetle2008214 cmEupatorus gracilicornus, opus 476Robert J. Lang
Rockhopper200720.8 cmPenguinNoboru Miyajima
122 cm
2009289 cm
Swan2007122 cmSwanNoboru Miyajima
214 cm
289 cm
200853.5 cm
Tarantula200853.5 cmTarantulaRobert J. Lang
214 cm
Weasel200776.6 cmWeaselNoboru Miyajima
214 cm
2008122 cm
289 cm
Wolf2007289 cmWolfNoboru Miyajima

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sarah Morris . The Museum of Modern Art . 15 April 2021.
  2. Web site: When the Painting Ends, the Film Begins . Locarno Film Festival . 15 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Sarah Morris Artist in Focus . Rotterdam International Film Festival . 15 April 2021.
  4. Web site: College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas . Landmarks . 15 April 2021.
  5. Werner Miester (27 March 2010). Best Works by Sarah Morris on View at Gallery Meyer Kainer. Art Knowledge News. Archived 30 March 2010.
  6. Book: Holzwarth. Hans W.. 100 Contemporary Artists A-Z. 2009. Taschen. Köln. 978-3-8365-1490-3. 392–397. Taschen's 25th anniversary special.
  7. Web site: Rabinowitz. Cay Sophie. Interview: Sarah Morris. Art In America. 14 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Frieze Magazine - Archive - Archive - Sarah Morris. https://web.archive.org/web/20081218194532/http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/sarah_morris2/. dead. 18 December 2008. Erskine Design. frieze.com. 26 March 2015.
  9. Web site: DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. 26 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Tokyonews 76. palaisdetokyo.com. 26 March 2015.
  11. http://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/sites/default/files/fondation_beyeler/downloads/mm_sonderausstellungen/2008/e_sarah_morris_project.pdf Sarah Morris: Black Beetle; June 1 - September 7, 2008
  12. Web site: Sarah Morris "China 9, Liberty 37". D-sign.it. mambo-bologna.org. 26 March 2015.
  13. http://www.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/library/Sarah%20Morris/CP%20Sarah%20Morris.pdf Sarah Morris: Mechanical Ballet; November 17, 2012 - March 4, 2013
  14. Web site: Schlesinger. Toni. Wonderful Towne! Lever House Hosts Homage to Screenwriter. observer.com. The Observer. 6 May 2015.
  15. Web site: Kunsthalle Bremen - Current exhibitions - Exhibitions. kunsthalle-bremen.de. 26 March 2015.
  16. https://www.capitainpetzel.de/artists/46-sarah-morris/installation_shots/image535/ Sarah Morris - Installion Shots|Capitain Petzel
  17. Coline Milliard (12 June 2012). Sarah Morris On Taking Big Ben Underground at London's Gloucester Road Tube Station. ArtInfo. Archived 18 December 2014.
  18. Web site: Sarah Morris: Odysseus Factor. ucca.org.cn. 2018-06-26.
  19. Web site: La collection Sarah Morris. fondationlouisvuitton.fr. 26 March 2015.
  20. Web site: CITY SELF - MCA Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. mcachicago.org. 26 March 2015.
  21. Web site: A Project to Benefit The Farnsworth House and Glass House. art-agenda.com. 26 March 2015.
  22. Web site: Barbican - Beijing (U*) (UK Premiere) + Sarah Morris. barbican.org.uk. 26 March 2015.
  23. Web site: Guggenheim Museum - Exhibitions - The Shapes of Space. 1 April 2007. guggenheim.org. 26 March 2015.
  24. Web site: L'évènement Sarah Morris - Centre Pompidou. centrepompidou.fr. 26 March 2015.
  25. Web site: Albright Knox Collection. Albright Knox Art Gallery. 14 January 2016.
  26. Web site: Berado Collection. The Berado Collection. 14 January 2016.
  27. Web site: British Council Collection. British Council: Visual Arts. 14 January 2016.
  28. Web site: Le Consortium Collection. Le Consortium. 14 January 2016.
  29. Web site: Centre Pompidou Collection. Centre Pompidou. 14 January 2016.
  30. Web site: Cooper Hewitt Collection. Cooper Hewitt. 14 January 2016.
  31. Web site: Dallas Museum of Art Collection. Dallas Museum of Art. 14 January 2016.
  32. Web site: Fondation Louis Vuitton Collection. Fondation Louis Vuitton. 14 January 2016.
  33. Web site: FRAC Bourgogne Collection. FRAC Bourgone. 14 January 2016.
  34. Web site: FRAC Poitou-Charentes Collection. FRAC Poitou-Charentes. 14 January 2016.
  35. Web site: Government Art Collection. Government Art Collection. 14 January 2016.
  36. Web site: Guggenheim Museum Collection. Guggenheim Museum. 14 January 2016.
  37. Web site: Kunsthalle Bremen Online Katalog. Kunsthalle Bremen. 14 January 2016.
  38. Web site: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Collection. Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. 14 January 2016.
  39. Web site: Lenbachhaus Collection. Lenbachhaus. 14 January 2016.
  40. Web site: Art Gift to Pérez Art Museum Miami by Mimi and Bud Floback Grows to Nearly 30 Major Works. Pérez Art Museum Miami. 14 January 2016.
  41. Web site: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Collection. Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. 14 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140731211736/http://mam.paris.fr/fr/recherche-collections-musee-art-moderne#/artworks/search/180000000007677?page=0&favorites=&ids=&layout=grid&filters=authors%3AMORRIS+Sarah%E2%86%B9MORRIS+Sarah&note_edit=&page_size=15&reset=true&show_text_note=&artworkId=180000000007677&note=&elementIndex=&isHeader=. 31 July 2014.
  42. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. 14 January 2016.
  43. Web site: MMK Collection. MMK Museum Für Moderne Kunst. 14 January 2016.
  44. Web site: Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation . National Museum of Women in the Arts . November 11, 2023.
  45. Web site: Daimler Art Collection. Daimler Art Collection. 14 January 2016.
  46. Web site: Steelijk Museum Amsterdam Collection. Steelijk Museum Amsterdam. 14 January 2016.
  47. Web site: Tate Modern Collection. Tate Modern. 14 January 2016.
  48. Web site: UBS Art Collection. UBS Art Collection. 14 January 2016.
  49. Web site: Yale Center for British Art Collection. Yale Center for British Art. 14 January 2016.
  50. Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum Collection. Victoria and Albert Museum. 14 January 2016.
  51. Web site: Rabinowitz. Cay Sophie. Interview: Sarah Morris. Art in America. 20 April 2015.
  52. Web site: Sherwin. Skye. Artist Sarah Morris's Latest Film Beijing. Wallpaper. 20 April 2015.
  53. Web site: Moshayedi. Aram. Looking Glass. Artforum. 20 April 2015.
  54. Web site: Cuddy. Alison. City Self exhibition attempts a portrait of Chicago. WBEZ91.5. 20 April 2015.
  55. Web site: Johnson. Paddy. Leifheit. Matthew. Orange: Sarah Morris at Petzel Gallery. Artfcity. 20 April 2015.
  56. Web site: Kawahito. Wakana. Fondation Louis Vuitton. SHIFT. 20 April 2015.
  57. News: Sarah Morris. Interview Magazine. 2017-03-24.
  58. News: Wo Gretel herrscht. Briegleb. Till. sueddeutsche.de. 2017-03-24. de. 0174-4917.
  59. https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/promotion-and-recognition/strategic-partners/artists-committee Artists Committee

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