Sarah Morris | |
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| Born | 20 June 1967 |
| Nationality | American, [1] British [2] [3] [4] [5] |
| Education | Brown University Cambridge University |
| Known for | painting, film |
| Awards | Berlin Prize Fellow (1999–2000) Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2001) Omaggio in Histoire(s) du cinéma at the Locarno Film Festival (2012) [6] Contents
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Sarah Morris (born 20 June 1967 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England) is an American and British artist. [2] [3] [4] [5] [a] [8] She lives in New York City in the United States. [9]
Morris was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, in south-east England, on 20 June 1967. [4] She attended Brown University from 1985 to 1989, Cambridge University, [10] and the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1989–90. [4] 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. [11] She was married to Liam Gillick. [10]
Morris works in both painting and film, and considers the two to be interconnected. [12]
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. [4]
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. [13] 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. [13] [14]
She has shown internationally, with solo exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001), [15] Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005), [16] Fondation Beyeler in Basel (2008), [17] Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt (2009), [18] Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (2009), [19] and Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot (2012). [20]
She has created site-specific works for various institutions including the Lever House, [21] Kunsthalle Bremen in Germany, [22] Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany, [23] the lobby of UBS in New York City and the Gloucester Road tube station in London. [24]
Morris's films have been featured at the following:
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. [67] 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. [68] [69]
| Painting title | Year painted | Square painting edge sizes | Model title | Model composer |
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| Angel | 2009 | 214 cm | Harpy | Jason Ku |
| Bat | 2007 | 214 cm | Bat | Noboru Miyajima |
| Black Ant | 2009 | 214 cm | Harvestman (Phalangium) | Manuel Sirgo |
| Calypte Anna | 2007 | 214 cm | Ruby-throated Hummingbird, opus 389 | Robert J. Lang |
| 2008 | 289 cm | |||
| Cat | 2007 | 53.5 cm | Cat | Noboru Miyajima |
| 214 cm | ||||
| Chaser | 2008 | 214 cm | Dragonfly, opus 369 | Robert J. Lang |
| Clerid Beetle | 2009 | 214 cm | Scorpion (Buthus) | Manuel Sirgo |
| Crane | 2008 | 214 cm | Dancing Crane, opus 460 | Robert J. Lang |
| Cuttlefish | 2009 | 214 cm | Sepia | Manuel Sirgo |
| Dragon | 2007 | 214 cm | KNL Dragon, opus 132 | Robert J. Lang |
| Falcon | 2007 | 214 cm | Cooper’s Hawk, opus 464 | Robert J. Lang |
| 2008 | 53.5 cm | |||
| Goatfish | 2007 | 152.5 cm | Goatfish, opus 202 | Robert J. Lang |
| Grasshopper | 2007 | 76.6 cm | Grasshopper, opus 83 | Robert J. Lang |
| 289 cm | ||||
| Hercules Beetle | 2007 | 214 cm | Hercules Beetle, opus 271 | Robert J. Lang |
| June Beetle | 2009 | 214 cm | Cyclommatus metallifer | Nicola Bandoni |
| Kawasaki Cube | 2008 | 53.5 cm | Kawasaki Cube #1 | Toshikazu Kawasaki |
| 53.5 cm | ||||
| 214 cm | ||||
| 2009 | 289 cm | |||
| Leaf Mantis | 2009 | 214 cm | Leaf Mantis | Manuel Sirgo |
| Lion | 2007 | 214 cm | Lion | Noboru Miyajima |
| Mommoth | 2007 | 53.5 cm | Mommoth | Noboru Miyajima |
| 214 cm | ||||
| Mouse | 2007 | 122 cm | Rat, opus 159 | Robert J. Lang |
| Night Hawk | 2008 | 214 cm | Stealth Fighter, opus 324 | Robert J. Lang |
| Night Hunter | 2007 | 214 cm | Night Hunter, opus 469 | Robert J. Lang |
| Orchis | 2008 | 214 cm | Orchid, opus 392 | Robert J. Lang |
| Parrot | 2009 | 214 cm | Macaw | Manuel Sirgo |
| Pegasus | 2007 | 53.5 cm | Pegasus, opus 325 | Robert J. Lang |
| 214 cm | ||||
| Praying Mantis | 2007 | 214 cm | Praying Mantis, opus 246 | Robert J. Lang |
| Rabbit | 2007 | 122 cm | Rabbit, opus 186 | Robert J. Lang |
| Raccoon Dog | 2007 | 122 cm | Raccoon Dog | Noboru Miyajima |
| Rhino Beetle | 2008 | 214 cm | Eupatorus gracilicornus, opus 476 | Robert J. Lang |
| Rockhopper | 2007 | 20.8 cm | Penguin | Noboru Miyajima |
| 122 cm | ||||
| 2009 | 289 cm | |||
| Swan | 2007 | 122 cm | Swan | Noboru Miyajima |
| 214 cm | ||||
| 289 cm | ||||
| 2008 | 53.5 cm | |||
| Tarantula | 2008 | 53.5 cm | Tarantula | Robert J. Lang |
| 214 cm | ||||
| Weasel | 2007 | 76.6 cm | Weasel | Noboru Miyajima |
| 214 cm | ||||
| 2008 | 122 cm | |||
| 289 cm | ||||
| Wolf | 2007 | 289 cm | Wolf | Noboru Miyajima |
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