Paul Morrison

Rhizophore

Maker

Paul Morrison (English, b. 1966)

Title

Rhizophore

Year

2006

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

acrylic paint

Supports

Dimensions

205.7 x 137.2 cm (81 x 54 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Title and date on verso; signed Paul Morrison; Cheim and Read gallery label affixed

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art

Object Number

2007.17

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Made in the UK
Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection
Sep 23, 2011 – Jan 08, 2012
Nature/Artifice
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Apr 25, 2009 – Feb 28, 2010

Label copy

Inspired by a range of art forms from different eras, including botanical illustrations, etchings, woodblock prints, landscape paintings, Pop art, wallpaper design, and cartoons, Paul Morrison digitally manipulates found plant imagery. His flat, highly stylized, black-and-white landscapes retain a representational aspect despite their various planes and perspectives. Morrison’s titles derive from the botanical glossary; a rhizophore, for example, is an outgrowth from the stem of some club mosses that forms roots at the soil surface.

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Tombstone

Paul Morrison (English, b. 1966)
Rhizophore, 2006
Acrylic on linen
205.7 x 137.2 cm (81 x 54 inches)
Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art 2007.17

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