Ree Morton: the Plant That Heals May Also Poison |
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| Artist:
| Morton, Ree |
| Editor:
| Kraczon, Kate |
| Foreword by:
| Sadao, Amy |
| Text by:
| Blake, Nayland
Filipowska, Roksana |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88454-147-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Celebrations of sentiment, wit and thought: an overview on the beloved and influential American postminimalist Ree Morton
This volume accompanies the first major United States exhibition of artist Ree Morton (1936-77) in nearly four decades. During a brief but incredibly prolific career, Morton produced installations, sculptures and drawings rich in emotion and philosophically complex, that celebrated tropes of love, friendship and motherhood, radically asserting...
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Celebrations of sentiment, wit and thought: an overview on the beloved and influential American postminimalist Ree Morton
This volume accompanies the first major United States exhibition of artist Ree Morton (1936-77) in nearly four decades.
During a brief but incredibly prolific career, Morton produced installations, sculptures and drawings rich in emotion and philosophically complex, that celebrated tropes of love, friendship and motherhood, radically asserting sentiment as a legitimate subject of artmaking. Her inclusion of personal narrative--through literary, theoretical and autobiographical references--and use of bold color and theatrical imagery infused her objects with sly humor and decorative energy, generating a feminist legacy increasingly appreciated in retrospect.
Long celebrated by peers and younger generations, Morton's influence on contemporary art remains considerable yet widely under-recognized.