Sarah MorrisAll Systems Fail–Haus Esters, Haus Lange
The solo exhibition All Systems Fail by internationally celebrated artist Sarah Morris (b. 1967, Sevenoaks, UK, based in New York) offers a survey of thirty years of her work at Haus Lange and Haus Esters, exploring the connections she forges between abstraction, architecture, modernism, art and design. At first glance, her geometric paintings are surfaces in perfection and vibrant colors. On second glance, with their intimated perspectives, they are abstract reflections of contemporary urban life. Since the 1990s, Sarah Morris has been creating a multilayered body of work, which includes paintings, films, prints, and wall paintings that, taken together, reflect her interest in networks, typologies, globalization, cities and architecture. Her works are literally always details of grids, architectures, locations and shifting, personal perspectives. Through the encounter of reality and abstraction, Morris produces images that are socially coded as well as emotionally communicative. She creates virtual architectures out of disparate forms and incorporates a wide variety of subjects, from multinational corporations to transport networks and maps as well as GPS technology, lunar cycles and the luxury industry. In her films, which she produces alongside her paintings, Morris explores the psychogeography and dynamic nature of cities in flux through fragmented, cinematic layerings of images. Sarah Morris’ art explores spaces, images, power relations and reflects its own position as influenced by external factors. By that, her works convey a heightened awareness of being part of a larger system. In addition to international loans, the show will also include artworks specially developed for Haus Lange and Haus Esters as well as an excursus at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum.
The exhibition is organized by Deichtorhallen Hamburg in cooperation with Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Zentrum Paul Klee Bern, and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart.
Curator Kunstmuseen Krefeld: Juliane Duft
Angel (Origami)
© Sarah Morris