Born: February 9, 1931, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: November 28, 2018, Kingston, New York, USA
Nationality: American
Style: Postminimalism, Minimalism, Process Art, Performance Art, Land Art
Influences: Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, dance
"The better new work takes relationships out of the work and makes them a function of space, light, and the viewer's field of vision."
Notable Artwork
Untitled (1967-1968) from his "Felt Pieces" series.
About Robert Morris
Born: February 9, 1931, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Died: November 28, 2018, Kingston, New York, USA Nationality: American Style: Postminimalism, Minimalism, Process Art, Performance Art, Land Art Influences: Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, dance Major Exhibitions: “Untitled (Felt Pieces)” (1967-1968), “Box with the Sound of Its Own Making” (1961), “Observatory” (1971) Quote: “The better new work takes relationships out of the work and makes them a function of space, light, and the viewer’s field of vision.”
Notable Artwork: Untitled (1967-1968) from his “Felt Pieces” series.
This piece is part of a larger work featuring large pieces of industrial felt that are cut and hung from the wall or piled on the floor. They are arranged, not according to a fixed design, but dictated, at least in part, by gravity and the properties of the material itself.
Significance
This, with his Anti-Form manifesto, launched what has come to be termed Post-Minimalism. Morris’s work embraced indeterminacy and chance, a move away from Minimalism’s rigid forms.