“Two dissonant themes run through my work,” Morrison says, “the historical ‘West Coast’ aesthetics (shiny, reflective surfaces that play with light), and the notion that an artwork should be the subject of long contemplation.” Joel Morrison’s composite sculptures fuse found objects and histories of artistic discourses into a dialogue of polymorphous forms through a variety of cast metals. With their gleaming surfaces in nickel, stainless steel or bronze, Morrison juxtaposes various genres and processes creating a tension on the surface. The purity of form at the intersection between conceptualism and formalism gradually reveals an amalgam of shapes and textures.
Joel Morrison
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Joel Morrison, The Arctic Circle Jerks, 2014
Stainless steel
106,7 x 81,3 x 76,2 cm -
Joel Morrison, Minimal Heart Throb, 2015
Stainless steel
157,5 x 132,1 x 10,2 cm -
Joel Morrison, Untitled, 2015
Stainless steel
61 x 61 x 20,3 cm -
Joel Morrison, Minimal Glock, 2015
Stainless steel
106,7 x 152,4 x 7,6 cm -
Joel Morrison, Target Painting, 2015
Stainless steel
188 x 137,2 x 10,2 cm -
Joel Morrison, Corner Piece (Upperware), 2015
Nickel-plated aluminum
130,8 x 110,4 x 8,8 cm -
Joel Morrison, Freebasing with Dan, 2013
Stainless steel
279,4 x 20,3 x 30,5 cm -
Joel Morrison, Untitled (Tri-Stud Plank), 2013
Detail -
Joel Morrison, Untitled (Anvil Jaws), 2013
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Joel Morrison, Reaganomic Youth, 2012
Stainless steel
61 x 48,3 x 61 cm -
Joel Morrison, The Studs, 2012
NIckel plated aluminium
148,6 x 35,6 x 3,8 cm -
Joel Morrison, Tortilla Maker, 2012
Stainless steel
35,6 x 48,3 x 40,6 -
Joel Morrison, Basketball Rim Drawing #1, 2012
Bronze with black patina
87,6 x 99,1 x 70,5 cm -
Joel Morrison, Corner Piece, 2012
High polished white nickel plated aluminium
118,1 x 118,1 x 5,1 cm -
Joel Morrison, Yogurtland, 2012
Stainless steel
38,1 x 29,8 x 25,4 cm -
Joel Morrison, There will be Blood and Waffles, 2012
Stainless steel
77,5 x 41,91 x 40,64 cm -
Joel Morrison, Triangle, 2012
Black Nickel Plated Aluminium
53,34 x 25,4 x 25,4 cm -
Joel Morrison, Pool Cover, 2012
High Polished White Nickel Plated Aluminium
233,68 x 40,64 x 10,16 cm -
Joel Morrison, Vic, 2012
Stainless steel
76,2 x 177,17 x 27,94 cm -
Joel Morrison, Big Romeo I, 2010
Stainless steel
35,5 x 55,9 x 20,3 cm -
Joel Morrison, Sausage Head, 2008
Stainless steel organic burnout/casting
39,37 x 38,1 x 46,99 cm -
Joel Morrison, Untitled, 2008
Bronze with black patina
49,5 x 50,8 x 47 cm -
Joel Morrison, Over, 2010
Bronze
30,5 x 22,8 x 17,8 cm -
Joel Morrison, Still Crashing, 2013
Stainless steel
111,8 x 149,9 x 73,7 cm -
Joel Morrison, Freebasing with Dan, 2013
Detail -
Joel Morrison, Untitled (Tri-Stud Plank), 2013
Nickel plated aluminium
148,6 x 35,6 x 3,8 cm -
Joel Morrison, New Madrid, 2013
Stainless steel
121,9 x 137,2 x 7,6 cm -
Joel Morrison, Disco Ball Caught in a Bear Trap, 2013
Stainless steel
71,1 x 76,2 x 91,4 cm -
Joel Morrison, Well Bred, 2013
Stainless steel
66 x 35,6 x 30,5 cm -
Joel Morrison, Anvils, 2013
Stainless steel
78,7 x 58,4 x 55,9 cm -
Joel Morrison, Untitled (Anvil Jaws), 2013
Stainless steel
132,1 x 137,2 x 81,3 cm
Exhibitions
Selected press
- Diana d'Arenberg, 'Joel Morrison', in Ocula, July 25th, 2016 — 0.0
- Jerome Dahan, 'Citizens of Humanity - Spring 2016', Citizens of Humanity, August, 2015 — 0.0
- S. de S., 'William O'Brien et Joel Morrison, le chaud et le froid', FIGAROSCOPE, February 5th, 2014 — 0.0
- 'Expos', TELERAMA, February 5th, 2014 — 0.0
- Laurent Boudier and Bénédicte Philippe, 'Joel Morrison', TELERAMA, January 22th, 2014 — 0.0
- 'Joel Morrison : Esculturas de plata', THECITYLOVESYOU.COM, February 13th, 2013 — 0.0
- Sarah Schug, 'Joel Morrison, Brussels', THE WORD MAGAZINE, March 29th, 2012 — 0.0
- Marina Gluck, Franklin Melendez and Elisabeth Varnell, 'The Impressionists', Angeleno Profile, December 2012 — 0.0