Annie Morris
Annie Morris | |
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 Annie Morris studio, London, 2017 | |
| Born | Annie Morris January 16, 1978 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Saint Martin's School of Art École des Beaux-Arts The Slade |
| Known for | Fine art, Painting, drawing, sculpture |
| Spouse | Idris Khan |
Annie Morris (born 1978) is a British artist based in London.
Morris’ work draws inspiration from her own life experience, using painting, drawing and sculpture. She is best known for pieces that combine obsessive drawing and ready-made sculptures.[1]
Life and career[edit]
She attended Central Saint Martin's and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under the tutelage of sculptor Giuseppe Penone,[2] then The Slade School of Fine Art, graduating from Camberwell College of Arts.[citation needed] She works from a studio in Stoke Newington she shares with her husband, the British artist Idris Khan. They have two children.[1]
Morris’ Stack sculptures shaped from plaster, sand, and painted with raw pigment, resemble a three-dimensional artist’s palette, originally inspired by the 1988 painting- Bed with Colour by Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies.[3] The dry, freshly painted feel of the stack’s form, is Morris’ metaphor to childbirth and fragility. She is also known for her drawings and collaborated with Sophie Dahl's first book The Man with the Dancing Eyes, 2003, published by Bloomsbury.[4]
In 2006 Morris was commissioned by Christopher Bailey, director of fashion label Burberry, to make a dress made out of her painted clothes pegs. Morris was commissioned by American architect Peter Marino to create a work for Louis Vuitton’s flagship store opened in October 2017 at Place Vendôme, Paris.[5][6]
Selected exhibitions[edit]
Morris has shown work internationally, including those at:
- Timothy Taylor, New York, NY, USA, 2019[7]
- The Royal Academy, London, Summer Exhibition, 2012[8]
- Baku MoMA, Azerbaijan, Merging Bridges, 2012[9]
- The New Art Gallery Walsall, England, The House of Fairytales[citation needed]
- Tate Gallery, St. Ives, The House of Fairytales[citation needed]
- The Fine Art Society, What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nicol, Patricia (5 October 2017). "Idris Khan on his politically infused Frieze show and how he 'fell into art'". ES Magazine, London Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Gen, Lynne (January 2003). "Miss Morris". Solarte Magazine. London.
- ^ Fellowes, Mary (10 February 2012). "Life Laid Bare". Vogue. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Rachel, Cooke (2 February 2003). "They met at a fancy-dress party. But then he changed..." The Observer. London. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Faure, Par Émilie (3 October 2017). "Michael Burke : Vendôme est maintenant, pour nous, le centre du monde". Madame Figaro: Le Figaro (in French). Paris. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Wrigley, Tish (5 October 2017). "Louis Vuitton comes home to Place Vendôme". The Spaces. London. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "ANNIE MORRIS – Timothy Taylor". www.timothytaylor.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Khan, Tabish (10 June 2012). "Art Review: Summer Exhibition @ Royal Academy". Londonist. London. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Azerbaijani and international artists to exhibit together at Merging Bridges at Baku MoMA". YARAT. YARAT Contemporary Art Space. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.