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Sarah Morris — Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell)
Sarah Morris

Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell)

Sarah Morris's *Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell)* is a vibrant, geometric abstraction that captures the dynamic, shifting energies of urban architecture and power structures. Rather than offering definitive meaning, Morris embraces ambiguity, allowing the work to exist in a state of perpetual flux — simultaneously a flat image and a commanding three-dimensional object. The painting's bold, interlocking forms present a visceral, unresolved reality that invites viewers to question rather than conclude.

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"I’m not really looking for any solid answers. If anything I think my work is not just documenting things in flux or power in flux or how its there at one moment and its ephemeral also; it is an image, these are images and they are constantly shifting. But I also look at my paintings as unresolved in the sense that yes it’s a painting, it’s a three dimensional object, it’s there in front of you presenting a very visceral reality." -SARAH MORRIS

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April 13, 2015

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Sarah Morris, Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell)

Sarah Morris's *Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell)* is a vibrant, geometric abstraction that captures the dynamic, shifting energies of urban architecture and power structures. Rather than offering definitive meaning, Morris embraces ambiguity, allowing the work to exist in a state of perpetual flux — simultaneously a flat image and a commanding three-dimensional object. The painting's bold, interlocking forms present a visceral, unresolved reality that invites viewers to question rather than conclude.

Medium
"I’m not really looking for any solid answers. If anything I think my work is not just documenting things in flux or power in flux or how its there at one moment and its ephemeral also; it is an image, these are images and they are constantly shifting. But I also look at my paintings as unresolved in the sense that yes it’s a painting, it’s a three dimensional object, it’s there in front of you presenting a very visceral reality." -SARAH MORRIS
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Geometric, Architectural, American, Urban, Photograph Based, Modern, Colorful, Abstract, Painting, Contemporary

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