Sarah Morris
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Biography
Born 1967 in Sevenoaks, UK
Lives and works in New York and London
Since the 1990s, Sarah Morris has received international acclaim for her films and paintings that explore contemporary urban topologies and their underlying psychologies. In her films, Morris presents expressionistic portraits of cities such as Paris, Abu Dhabi, Los Angeles and Beijing, and investigates their inherent codes and power structures. Morris constructs narratives in differing but always insightful and surprising ways, depicting the cities’ psychologies through specific urban scenes, sites, or viewpoints.
Her paintings, which she considers as parallels to her films, take a different vantage point to resemble abstracted geometric works painted in gloss paint on canvas. They make reference to architectural motifs and are rendered in vivid colours inspired by city landscapes. Morris’ paintings are smooth and precise and her visual language dramatic and emotive. Alongside this practice, she has also created site-specific architectural works for numerous institutions and public spaces, including the 39th Avenue MTA Station in Long Island City, New York (2019); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015); Kunsthalle Bremen (2013); and Lever House, New York (2006).
In 2023 and 2024 Sarah Morris' major retrospective All Systems Fail was on view at the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; the Kunstmuseen Krefeld and the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. The exhibition will travel to the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart in September 2024. She has exhibited extensively worldwide, including at the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (2020); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2018); Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland (2017); M Museum, Leuven, Belgium (2015); Kunsthalle Bremen (2013); Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2012); Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2008); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2006); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2005); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2001) and many more. Her work is included in many public collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Tate Modern and Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Miami Art Museum, among others.
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Works
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Sarah MorrisBank of China [Hong Kong], 2024Household gloss paint on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso122 x 122 cm
48 x 48 inches -
Sarah MorrisFive Seconds Away [Sound Graph 4], 2017Household gloss paint on canvasSigned verso214 x 214 cm
84.3 x 84.3 inches -
Sarah MorrisKhalifa City [Abu Dhabi], 2017Household gloss paint on canvasSigned verso90 x 90 cm
35.4 x 35.4 inches -
Sarah MorrisDecember 2020, 2021Watercolor on paperSigned and titledPaper dimensions:
31 x 31 cm / 12.2 x 12.2 inches
Framed dimensions:
35.7 x 35.7 cm / 14 x 14 inches -
Sarah MorrisFebruary 2021, 2021Watercolor on paperSigned and titledPaper dimensions:
31 x 31 cm / 12.2 x 12.2 inches
Framed dimensions:
35.7 x 35.7 cm / 14 x 14 inches -
Sarah MorrisAugust 2020, 2020Watercolor on paperSigned and titledPaper dimensions:
31 x 31 cm / 12.2 x 12.2 inches
Framed dimensions:
35.7 x 35.7 cm / 14 x 14 inches -
Sarah MorrisMetropolis, 2017Household gloss on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso90 x 90 cm / 35.4 x 35.4 inches
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Sarah MorrisDeviancy is the Essence of Culture [Sound Graph], 2018Household gloss on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso91 x 90 cm / 35.4 x 35.4 inches
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Sarah MorrisApril 2014 [Rio], 2014Household gloss on canvasSigned, titled and dated verso214 x 214 cm
84.3 x 84.3 inches -
Sarah MorrisAll the President's Men (Pacula), 2017Ink and gouache on paper72 x 51 cm
28.4 x 20 inches
framed:
78 x 56.5 x 3.5 cm
30.7 x 22.2 x 1.4 inches -
Sarah MorrisDer Tiger von Eschnapur, 2017Ink and gouache on paperImage Dimensions:
84.5 x 59.2 cm / 33.3 x 23.3 inches
Framed Dimensions:
90.3 x 65 x 3.5 cm / 35.6 x 25.6 x 1.4 inches -
Sarah MorrisThe Shining, 2013Ink and gouache on paper157 x 116.8 cm
61.8 x 46 inches -
Sarah MorrisElixir, 2017Household gloss paint on wall10 m x 5,6 m
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Sarah MorrisMarquês de Herval [Rio], 2012Household gloss on canvas214 x 214 cm
84.2 x 84.2 inches -
Sarah MorrisAntenna [John Hancock], 2011Household gloss paint on canvas113.78 x 113.78 inches
289 x 289 cm -
Sarah MorrisBlackwall Hitch, 2011Ink and gouache on paper30.16 x 30.16 inches
76.6 x 76.6 cm -
Sarah MorrisSkrepkus, 2011Ink and gouache on paper30.16 x 30.16 inches
76.6 x 76.6 cm -
Sarah MorrisMogul, 2011Ink and gouache on paper30.16 x 30.16 inches
76.6 x 76.6 cm -
Sarah MorrisPoints on a Line, 2011Silkscreen on paper69.29 x 47.24 inches
176 x 120 cmEdition of 100 -
Sarah MorrisFinite and Infinite Games, 201716:9, HD videoDuration: 40:19 minsEdition 3/5, 2 AP
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Sarah MorrisChicago, 2011Red Code / HD68 minutes 11 secondsEdition 5/5, 1 AP
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Sarah MorrisPoints on a Line, 2010Red Code / HD35 minutesEdition 3/5, 1 AP
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Sarah Morris1972, 200835mm/HD, Duration: 38 minutes 12 secondsEd of 5, 1AP
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Sarah MorrisCapital, 200016mm/HD, Duration: 18 minutes, 18 seconds
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Exhibitions
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