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.