Atlantis / Jericho

Artist/Creator: Michael Morris (Artist)
Date: 1970
ID #: BG3775

Physical Description

Medium: mirror
Support: –
Dimensions: –
Object Description: Michael Morris' Atlantis / Jericho (previously titled Mirror Sculpture) comes from an especially productive period of his work when painting had been confronted with the new ideas of conceptual art. During this period Morris was painting, taking photographs, making films and mounting performances under two thematic categories; "Colour Bar Research" and "Lite-On." The latter dealt with mirrors. Mirrors were interactive and included the viewer in the works while altering the space of viewing. Atlantis / Jericho is an arrangement on the floor. At this time Morris was thinking of works of as "props" for performance. So this sculpture, which will change so much depending on light and viewer, is a kind of state that includes the viewer.
-Scott Watson, 2010

History

Collection: Morris/Trasov Archive
Credit Line: Purchased with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and the Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation, 2010
Related Exhibitions: Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry

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