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Simon Morris

SIMON MORRIS

Walking Drawings Jhana Millers 3–26 November 2022 Wellington
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This series of drawings were made as part of a larger body of experimental work during Simon Morris’ Fulbright residency at Headlands Centre for the Arts in Marin Country, California in 2017. Simon and his partner are avid walkers, and while on residency a walk around the ridges at Headlands overlooking the Pacific Ocean became a daily activity before heading to the studio. For Simon, it made sense to make art as a response, and these Walking Drawings were the starting point.

While walking, we often relax into a simple rhythm of breathing and stepping — aligning our movement with our breath into a calm and repetitive pattern. The six drawings on display echo this action.

These drawings became the source for Simon’s new site-responsive wall drawing commissioned by City Gallery Wellington for the exhibition Room of Time 2022, currently on display. This exhibition opportunity allowed the simple visual concept worked through in the drawings to meet the time and space of the gallery on a large scale.

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Simon Morris’s work has developed from a critical interest in painting practice that stretches from object oriented paintings to site responsive wall drawing and site specific installation. The conceptual basis for his work comes from the history of abstraction and the relationship between abstraction and the everyday.

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Jhana Millers Art Gallery was established in 2018 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington to showcase compelling and innovative contemporary art and promote emerging local talents. Housed in the listed Mibar Building, fitted with large windows and a concrete ceiling, the gallery provides space for solo and curated group exhibitions.

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85 Victoria Street
Wellington
New Zealand
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Saturday: 11am–4pm
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Wellington Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street
Jhana Millers contemporary art gallery in Wellington New Zealand
Jhana Millers
Level 1, Mibar Building, 85 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand
0211670896
http://www.jhanamillers.com

Opening hours
Wednesday–Friday: 11am–5pm
Saturday: 11am–4pm
or by appointment
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