Paul Morrison
dal 9/9/2002 al 2/11/2002
Segnalato da
9/9/2002
Paul Morrison
asprey jacques, London
Cambium. The title of the new show, 'Cambium', refers to a botanical term to describe the cellular tissue which annually increases the girth of exogenous trees and other plants. This confirms Morrison's quasi scientific fascination with nature which is often combined with a cartoon like or illustrative interpretation.
Cambium
'Morrison takes pleasure in destabilising the familiar. His works are
relational through the recycling of particular elements from painting to
painting. Although these elements are wholly recognisable, his compositions
use the formal language of abstract painting including grids, splatters,
zips and all over treatments. In these pictures we peer through cracks and
gaps in fences and thickets to see what lies beyond.' Simon Wallis, from
the catalogue 'Chloroplast' published by Walther König, 2002.
aspreyjacques presents the second solo show of British artist Paul Morrison.
Born in Liverpool (1966), Morrison has gained international recognition for
his black and white landscape paintings and wall paintings with recent solo
shows at UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Southampton City Art Gallery,
Kunsthalle Nürnberg and forthcoming solos shows at the Kunstverein Ulm and
Magasin, Grenoble.
The title of the new show, 'Cambium', refers to a botanical term to describe
the cellular tissue which annually increases the girth of exogenous trees
and other plants. This confirms Morrison's quasi scientific fascination with
nature which is often combined with a cartoon like or illustrative
interpretation; drawing upon the achievements of landscape predecessors,
from Dürer via Monet to Lichtenstein, to create abstracted and often
magnified visions of landscape. By eliminating colour from his imagery,
Morrison leaves the viewer to project his own associative vision onto the
canvas utilising 'colour from behind the eye'. 'Cambium' will present
Morrison's largest painting to date along with a new film produced by SPIN.
Paul Morrison's first film 'Forest' was recently shown at Southampton City
Art Gallery and the Kunsthalle Nürnberg. Morrison's approach to film making
is similar to his handling of painting; fundamentally eclectic. The new
film, projected on DVD, combines heavily modified footage from a number of
feature films and cartoons ranging from 'Marathon Man' and 'The Evil Dead'
to 'Bambi' and 'Fantasia'. However, the footage used is not what one would
first associate with the actual films and tends to focus on what Morrison
terms 'the super natural'. The tone of the resulting piece is dark,
suggesting an idea of the aftermath or precursor to some horrific event.
Like the paintings, the film is monochromatic yet manipulated in such a way
that it is full of contrasts, introducing a new focus on light and shadow
which is deliberately absent in the paintings where dramatic scale shifts
often predominate.
Paul Morrison, 'Cognitive Landscape', published by aspreyjacques is
available now.
Private view: 10 September, 6 - 8
aspreyjacques will exhibit a new installation by Paul Morrison as part of
'The Galleries Show 2002' exhibition at the Royal Academy: 13 September -10
October 2002.
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 - 6, and Saturday, 10 - 1
For further information and images please contact Alison Abrams at 0207 287
7675
asprey jacques
4 Clifford Street
London