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17/2/2005

Arlene Morris

Figureworks, New York

Figureworks is pleased to present a new body of work by Arlene Morris. This latest series, reflecting on familiar faces and imagery seen in earlier pastel work, is on richly, painted panels. Many of these pieces are built upon to form unusual, wall reliefs. At first glance the work presents as carefree and whimsical, later noted as multi-layered, mysterious and profound. Distant, haunting faces harbor depth and mystery while animal imagery bounds around.

Morris' formal art career began in her thirties when she enrolled in the University of Maine Art Program in 1981. After seven years, going part-time, she received her MFA degree. She then went on to became the director of Spindleworks, an arts studio in Brunswick, Maine for developmentally disabled adults. These following years provided Morris with the base for what we have seen in the past and continue to see in this current exhibition. She witnessed artistic expression without boundaries and allowed her own work to break from traditional training. Leaving Spindleworks after 10 years in 1998 to pursue her own career, Morris has been enhancing her own expression with this unique foundation.

This is Morris' third exhibition at Figureworks. In Maine, she has exhibited at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland, Icon Gallery in Brunswick, and Elements Gallery in Rockland. Morris is currently showing at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine.

Reception, February 18th, 6-9PM*
* Additional openings this evening include Jack the Pelican, NURTUREart, Parker's Box, Plus Ultra, Sarah Bowen, Schroeder-Romero.
Post opening party at 10PM at Supreme Trading - a great space with a full bar on North 8th, between Driggs and Roebling - live bands and drink specials.

In the image: Vessel, oil on wood relief, 20" x 20", 2004

FIGUREWORKS
168 North 6th Street
(1 block south from Bedford Avenue "L" train, between Bedford Ave./ Driggs Ave.)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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