Richard Allen Morris

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is one museum with two distinctive, complementary venues – La Jolla and downtown San Diego. Founded in 1941, MCASD has an active program of changing exhibitions, a permanent collection of over 3,000 works, and an innovative program of education and outreach. An expansion of the downtown site is currently underway in a renovated 1915 railway warehouse building, designed by architect Richard Gluckman; it is scheduled to open in early 2007.

On view at MCASD Downtown, beginning on May 5, 2005, is Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective 1958-2005, an exhibition that includes 150 paintings made over the course of a fifty-year career. Morris is a “painter’s painter,” who creates works that passionately explore the potential of painting as an artistic practice. John Baldessari said about Morris: “Richard taught me what it takes to be an artist. He was and still is one of my role models. He can do things with paint that takes my breath away and I am left in awe.” Beginning with early works in which Morris honed his skill by borrowing motifs from contemporary and old masters, the retrospective will include examples of his work from the many different styles he has adopted throughout his career. Steeped in the spirit of experimentation and always questioning academic rules, Morris’s oeuvre is an iconoclastic tour de force that has quietly inspired several generations of Southern California artists . Also on view this summer at MCASD Downtown is Cerca Series: Jaime Ruiz Otis (May 5-June 26, 2005), followed by Cerca Series: Yunhee Min (July 3-August 21, 2005).

Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective 1958-2005 is organized by Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. The San Diego presentation of Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective 1958-2005 is made possible thanks to the generous participation of the patrons at the MCASD Art Auction 2004. Special thanks to John Baldessari and David Reed for their contributions. Additional support has been provided by the Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust, Clark Tess Properties, and Dr. Charles G. and Monica Cochrane.

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Richard Allen Morris: Retrospective 1958-2005
Organisation: Museen Haus Lange - Haus Esters, Krefeld
MCASD Downtown

Stationen:
24.10.04 - 23.01.05 Museen Haus Lange - Haus Esters, Krefeld
05.05.05 - 28.08.05 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego