Ivan Morley
Ivan Morley
12 Jan – 18 Feb 2017

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Ivan Morley, Ivan Morley, Installation view, Bortolami, New York, NY, 2017

Morley’s elaborate embroideries accompany his equally elaborate paintings, which he assembles on lubricated glass and then peels off in skins, applying them to panel. These idiosyncratic processes began as his reaction against the restrictions of traditional Euro-centric painting methods, and are now simply an alternative way of rendering equally alternative narratives. Morley’s materials are as much the content of the work as the original stories from which the paintings were born.

Works

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale , 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale , 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale , 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale , 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled A True Tale

A True Tale , 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Tehachepi (sic)

Tehachepi (sic), 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Emblem

Emblem, 2005

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Tehachepi (sic)

Tehachepi (sic), 2003

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Logo

Logo, 2005

Installation view of displayed artwork titled From Don, George, and Diane

From Don, George, and Diane, 2010

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Tehachepi (sic)

Tehachepi (sic), 2016

Press

Ivan Morley at Bortolami Gallery, New York Blouin Artinfo 9 Feb 2017 Going On About Town 6 Feb 2017Jerry Saltz To Do: February 8 - February 22, 2017 New York Magazine 5 Feb 2017Roberta Smith Ivan Morley The New York Times 3 Feb 2017Dan Piepenbring Clusterfuck The Paris Review 17 Jan 2017 Ivan Morley Wall Street International 27 Jan 2017