Malcolm Morley

The Island of the Day Before Regained, 2013

Oil on linen
101 x 92 x 2 cm
107 x 98 x 4 cm (incl frame)
⠀ The work by Malcolm Morley 'The Island of the Day Before Regained' (2013) — a depiction of two German Messerschmitts going after an U.S. Army bomber that looks about to crash into a Man-O-War ship. The implication of no horizon indicate that we're dive-bombing the central airplane and the beached sailing ship – both of which are seen from above. ⠀ Ship masts, airplane insignia, ocean waves, tiny flags — Morley loads difficulty on top of still more difficulty: 'My eyes look at an object and translate it into what I call 'painterliness,' which is pre-imagining the object has already been painted in my mind. It's a continuous rehearsal of looking at the world as if it's made of paint.' – Malcolm Morley ⠀ Exhibition history: COSMOSCOW (international contemporary art fair) 2015. 11-13 September 2015 Malcolm Morley, Sperone Westwater Gallery, NY, USA 16 April - 6 June 2015 (catalogue) Disturbing Innocence, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA 25 October 2014 – 12 February 2015 (catalogue) Malcolm Morley, Recent Paintings. Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 16 May - 15 June 2013 ⠀ Bibliography: Catalogue - Malcolm Morley. Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, 2015. pages 36, 47 Catalogue - Disturbing Innocence. FLAG Art Foundation, New York, 2014, illustrated in color, page 60 Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery.

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