Sarah Morris
dal 28/5/2009 al 29/8/2009
Segnalato da
28/5/2009
Sarah Morris
MMK - Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Gemini Dressage. In her work, which encompasses film and painting, Morris takes up the formal language of Pop Art and Minimalism, expands it medially and places it in a new debate as regards content. She explores the psychological and societal codes of the modern city and the formal language in which they are reflected in architecture. In the endless variations of complex color and formal analyses in her paintings, which modify the appearance of our urban environment, and the rhythmically structured sequence of images in her films, Morris attempts to filter out what lies hidden behind the facades of architectural and urban structures.
As part of the current presentation of the Collection Yellow and Green featuring the masterworks of Pop Art and Minimalism from the former Ströher Collection, the MMK is showing a comprehensive solo exhibition of American artist Sarah Morris (born 1967). In her work, which encompasses film and painting, Morris takes up the formal language of Pop Art and Minimalism, expands it medially and places it in a new debate as regards content.
Sarah Morris creates images and films in which she traces contemporary urban and social typologies. She explores the psychological and societal codes of the modern city and the formal language in which they are reflected in architecture. In the endless variations of complex color and formal analyses in her paintings, which modify the appearance of our urban environment, and the rhythmically structured sequence of images in her films, Morris attempts to filter out what lies hidden behind the facades of architectural and urban structures.
Sarah Morris' latest film Beijing is being shown for the first time in Europe in the MMK exhibition. The film centers on what was the nation's most complex undertaking last year in terms of organization and possibly its most ambitious: The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Her film is the spectacular portrait of a neo-Capitalist state in an extreme phase of self-stylization and the compulsive need to control. Beijing reveals an authoritarian country previously closed in many areas, in a moment of seeming openness.
The exhibition in the MMK also showcases a comprehensive selection of paintings produced in connection with Morris' films. In addition, especially for the exhibition in the MMK, the artist developed a wall painting, which extends over two floors and responds to the symmetry of the museum's architecture.
In collaboration with MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna and the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam the MMK has produced a large-format publication with extensive images on Beijing.
Image: Parrot [Origami], 2009. Household gloss paint on canvas, 214 x 214 cm
Thursday June 9 7 p. m.
Sarah Morris in conversation with Nikolaus Hirsch. Nikolaus Hirsch is a architect who teaches at the Städelschule.
MMK Vortragssaal, Domstraße 10
Thursday August 25 7 p. m.
Talk by Dr. Andrea Phillips
Dr. Andrea Phillips is Reader in Fine Art and Director of Curating Architecture at Goldsmiths College, London. She wrote an article for the Sarah Morris – Beijing catalogue.
MMK Vortragssaal, Domstraße 10
Free entrance for all events. All talks are held in English.
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Opening: Friday, May 29, 7 p.m.
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