Malcolm Morley. Convoy, 1995
Signed, oil and wax encaustic on canvas | 96,5 x 132 cm
111,1 x 146,7 cm (framed)
Signed, oil and wax encaustic on canvas | 96,5 x 132 cm
111,1 x 146,7 cm (framed)
Malcolm Morley. Convoy, 1995
Signed, oil and wax encaustic on canvas
96,5 x 132 cm
111,1 x 146,7 cm (framed)
Signed, oil and wax encaustic on canvas
96,5 x 132 cm
111,1 x 146,7 cm (framed)
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Provenance
Artist's Studio
Private Collection
Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Artist's Studio
Private Collection
Gary Tatintsian Gallery
"Images of cargo ships harks back to when he was a small boy seeing a Greek freighter grounded on the rocks in Tankerton Bay, Kent. As for the models that he paints on the canvas, he first builds them himself - as if making up for lost time, his boyhood passion." – The Guardian, 2001.
"I'm very involved with the idea of the vividness of childhood, of being in touch with an incredible vividness of experience as a young boy. To become an adult, culture teaches you to bury and repress all that. But if you can find access to it as a mature adult, it's a tremendous source of material."
– Malcolm Morley
"I'm very involved with the idea of the vividness of childhood, of being in touch with an incredible vividness of experience as a young boy. To become an adult, culture teaches you to bury and repress all that. But if you can find access to it as a mature adult, it's a tremendous source of material."
– Malcolm Morley
Malcolm Morley. Thor, 2008
Oil on linen with cloth and rubber glove attachment | 213,4 x 160 cm
219,6 x 166,4 cm (framed)
Oil on linen with cloth and rubber glove attachment | 213,4 x 160 cm
219,6 x 166,4 cm (framed)
Malcolm Morley. Thor, 2008
Oil on linen with cloth and rubber glove attachment | 213,4 x 160 cm
219,6 x 166,4 cm (framed)
Oil on linen with cloth and rubber glove attachment | 213,4 x 160 cm
219,6 x 166,4 cm (framed)
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Provenance
Artist's Studio
Sperone Westwater Gallery
Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Exhibitions
'Malcolm Morley', Sperone Westwater, New York, 16 April - 20 June, 2009
'Malcolm Morley: Seven Paintings', Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 4 March-10 May, 2010
Artist's Studio
Sperone Westwater Gallery
Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Exhibitions
'Malcolm Morley', Sperone Westwater, New York, 16 April - 20 June, 2009
'Malcolm Morley: Seven Paintings', Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 4 March-10 May, 2010
In Thor (2008), Malcolm Morley presents the figure of a motocross rider as a mythic hero, creating a kind of contemporary American mythology in paint.
The penciled grid at the edges and painted bits of paper under the racer undercuts Morley's photorealism, and an actual racing glove (made by a famous moto gear manufacturer - 'Thor Motocross') pinned to the painting's lower right corner also draws attention to the racer's immateriality.
The penciled grid at the edges and painted bits of paper under the racer undercuts Morley's photorealism, and an actual racing glove (made by a famous moto gear manufacturer - 'Thor Motocross') pinned to the painting's lower right corner also draws attention to the racer's immateriality.