- Margaret Morrison
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Margaret Morrison (born January 1960) is an artist and professor of art, currently living and working in Athens, Georgia. Her paintings incorporate figurative elements as well as surreal subjects and still life images. Margaret Morrison is an assistant professor of drawing and painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the University of Georgia. She has been exclusively represented by Woodward Gallery in New York City since 1995.[1] Morrison’s paintings are in private collections throughout the world and have been included in numerous museum and university exhibitions. Her work has been featured in national and international publications, on television, and has received acclaim in numerous critical reviews.[2]
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Life
Morrison, born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1960 was the youngest of six daughters. In her formative years, she lived in the Philippines and traveled extensively through the Orient and Europe. Margaret married Richard Morrison in 1980 and together they raised four children. Morrison received her education from the University of Utah and graduated with an MFA in Drawing and Painting in 1986.[3]
Figurative Paintings
In her solo exhibition, Theory of Flight and Painting (2000) at Woodward Gallery,[4] Morrison's surreal figures expressed flight on several levels. The predominant figure in the paintings is man in a white lab coat. Morrison's "professor" served as a visual mentor who elucidated flight as a metaphor for life. In her 2003 exhibition, Centricity, Morrison's characters gained life experience. They turned inward, exploring their unique natures while contemplating the paths before them. The white lab coat became a symbol of self-awareness. Morrison's subjects were at different stages of their awakening. Morrison incorporated the rich, early encounters with art history in her body of work entitled, Patron Saints and Rituals (2005).[5] Each of these paintings invited the viewer into a mysterious and complex world where ancient rituals, religious symbolism and contemporary concerns intermingled.
Recent Work
Morrison was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2008. A notable shift in her subject matter and palette was evident as a result of this life changing experience. Her solo exhibition, Larger Than Life in 2009 at Woodward Gallery, became a visual celebration of life. The dark, somber palette and was replaced with jewel like colors, sparkling with high intensity. Morrison turned to imagery that, for her, became physical and psychological therapy. Sweet treats and comfort food on a massive scale predominated her paintings.[6][7]
Morrison’s work is currently featured at the historic Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City, at the Flinn Gallery/ Greenwich Library in Connecticut, and has been selected for the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel for the U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.woodwardgallery.net/morrison.html
- ^ http://www.woodwardgallery.net/morrison.html
- ^ http://www.woodwardgallery.net/morrison/morrison-resume.pdf
- ^ http://www.woodwardgallery.net/morrison/morrison-resume.pdf
- ^ http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?G=&gid=1140&which=&aid=12129&ViewArtistBy=online&currpage=&ViewSize=large&currpage2=4&sortby=imgorder&rta=http://www.artnet.com
- ^ http://www.nypress.com/article-19610-flavor-of-the-unexpected.html
- ^ http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/04/eye-candy-at-a-sweet-art-exhibition/
- ^ http://www.woodwardgallery.net/morrison/morrison-resume.pdf
External links
Categories:- Artists from Georgia (U.S. state)
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