Join us for an exclusive tour and studio visit with artist Annie Morris
Saturday 16 October, 10.00am
At Annie’s Studio
East London
Detailed address shared upon RSVP
Encompassing sculpture, tapestry, painting and drawing, Morris’s use of line is driven by chance and weaves between abstraction and representation. Morris’s most recognizable body of work is her ‘Stack’ series, conceived as ‘abstract paintings into the sky’, which the artist began in 2014 following an experience of stillbirth.
The sculptures, which are comprised of irregular spheres precariously arranged into tall columns, evoke the fragile nature of mortality. Sculpted in plaster or cast in bronze, the forms are painted with hand-sourced, raw pigments in vivid hues such as Ultramarine, Viridian and Ochre, which give Morris's lumpen orbs a rich, vibrant hue. Morris uses the same deep pigments in her drawing and tapestry practice, which combines personal ciphers with abstract mark-making and grid-like structures.
Her first solo museum exhibition in the UK, When a Happy Thing Falls at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, opens in September 2021.