Name: An Open System Meets an Open System
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ISBN: 9783990434628

The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings, which explore buildings, cities and structures and centers of power. The focus of the conversation is her longtime interest in urban developments, architecture and architects like Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi and many others. Sarah Morris (born 1967) lives and works in New York and London. Since the mid-1990s, she has been making complex abstract paintings and films. These works, are derived from close inspection of architectural details combined with a critical sensitivity to the psychology of a city and its key protagonists. She showed her work in many solo exhibitions including Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001), Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005) and MMK in Frankfurt (2009).

The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings. Discussion includes her longtime interest in urban development, and architects including Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi and others.

Sarah Morris; Architecture; Film; Concept; Art; Painting

Sarah Morris and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Coversation

An Open System Meets an Open System

Sarah Morris (born 1967) lives and works in New York and London. Since the mid-1990s, she has been making complex abstract paintings and films. These works, are derived from close inspection of architectural details combined with a critical sensitivity to the psychology of a city and its key protagonists. She showed her work in many solo exhibitions including Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001), Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2005), Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005), Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (2008), and MMK in Frankfurt (2009). 
Hans Ulrich Obrist was born in Zürich in 1968. He was curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and has curated many international exhibitions. In 2006 he was appointed Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. His prolific publications on contemporary art include The Conversation Series, Do it, dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop, A Brief History of Curating.

The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings. Discussion includes her longtime i

An Open System Meets an Open System

Sarah Morris and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Coversation

Sarah Morris
Edited by: Cristina Bechtler

Volume 1 in the series Art and Architecture in Discussion

An Open System Meets an Open System

Sarah Morris and Hans Ulrich Obrist in Coversation

Sarah MorrisEdited by: Cristina Bechtler

Volume 1 in the series Art and Architecture in Discussion

Sarah Morris
Edited by: Cristina Bechtler