Written and researched the year prior to Morrison's
departure from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Erin Morrison
is a glimpse into the sensitive and smart portfolio of a
rising contemporary artist on the cusp of a key shift in
her life and career. Personal and political upheaval catapult
her work into increasingly fraught spaces; here, Morrison evokes
a spiritscape in which smoking palms and evil eyes act as
talismans of the state-sanctioned climate crisis and gendered
violence of our era. Snakes slither away out of frame, and
obfuscating smoke offers no answer to eyes seeking the divine.
Both the being-body and the body seen, her stark vulva reliefs
depict hairless, colorless genitals in a vast, empty plane. Artist and
CAD contributor Serena Caffrey probes at the questions embedded
in the work: precarious reckonings with the (g/)rendering of these
sex organs in pornography, the cosmic potentiality of reproductive
power, and the deep-seated grief of lost opportunity.
Written and researched the year prior to Morrison's departure from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Erin Morrison is a glimpse into the sensitive and smart portfolio of a rising contemporary artist on the cusp of a key shift in her life and career. Personal and political upheaval catapult her work into increasingly fraught spaces; here, Morrison evokes a spiritscape in which smoking palms and evil eyes act as talismans of the state-sanctioned climate crisis and gendered violence of our era. Snakes slither away out of frame, and obfuscating smoke offers no answer to eyes seeking the divine. Both the being-body and the body seen, her stark vulva reliefs depict hairless, colorless genitals in a vast, empty plane. Artist and CAD contributor Serena Caffrey probes at the questions embedded in the work: precarious reckonings with the (g/)rendering of these sex organs in pornography, the cosmic potentiality of reproductive power, and the deep-seated grief of lost opportunity.
Written and researched the year prior to Morrison's
departure from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Erin Morrison
is a glimpse into the sensitive and smart portfolio of a
rising contemporary artist on the cusp of a key shift in
her life and career. Personal and political upheaval catapult
her work into increasingly fraught spaces; here, Morrison evokes
a spiritscape in which smoking palms and evil eyes act as
talismans of the state-sanctioned climate crisis and gendered
violence of our era. Snakes slither away out of frame, and
obfuscating smoke offers no answer to eyes seeking the divine.
Both the being-body and the body seen, her stark vulva reliefs
depict hairless, colorless genitals in a vast, empty plane. Artist and
CAD contributor Serena Caffrey probes at the questions embedded
in the work: precarious reckonings with the (g/)rendering of these
sex organs in pornography, the cosmic potentiality of reproductive
power, and the deep-seated grief of lost opportunity.
Written and researched the year prior to Morrison's departure from Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Erin Morrison is a glimpse into the sensitive and smart portfolio of a rising contemporary artist on the cusp of a key shift in her life and career. Personal and political upheaval catapult her work into increasingly fraught spaces; here, Morrison evokes a spiritscape in which smoking palms and evil eyes act as talismans of the state-sanctioned climate crisis and gendered violence of our era. Snakes slither away out of frame, and obfuscating smoke offers no answer to eyes seeking the divine. Both the being-body and the body seen, her stark vulva reliefs depict hairless, colorless genitals in a vast, empty plane. Artist and CAD contributor Serena Caffrey probes at the questions embedded in the work: precarious reckonings with the (g/)rendering of these sex organs in pornography, the cosmic potentiality of reproductive power, and the deep-seated grief of lost opportunity.
Edited by CAD founder Julian Lombardi, the sixty-page
book includes over thirty full color illustrations, a conversation
with the artist, and introductory texts and critical essay entitled
"Smoke in Eyes" by Serena Caffrey. Accessible and intimate, with an
emphasis on the personal and emotional in addition to Morrison's
more subtle cultural critique, this book belongs on the shelf of
curators, academics, and art admirers alike.
Edited by CAD founder Julian Lombardi, the sixty-page book includes over thirty full color illustrations, a conversation with the artist, and introductory texts and critical essay entitled "Smoke in Eyes" by Serena Caffrey. Accessible and intimate, with an emphasis on the personal and emotional in addition to Morrison's more subtle cultural critique, this book belongs on the shelf of curators, academics, and art admirers alike.
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Edited by CAD founder Julian Lombardi, the sixty-page
book includes over thirty full color illustrations, a conversation
with the artist, and introductory texts and critical essay entitled
"Smoke in Eyes" by Serena Caffrey. Accessible and intimate, with an
emphasis on the personal and emotional in addition to Morrison's
more subtle cultural critique, this book belongs on the shelf of
curators, academics, and art admirers alike.
Edited by CAD founder Julian Lombardi, the sixty-page book includes over thirty full color illustrations, a conversation with the artist, and introductory texts and critical essay entitled "Smoke in Eyes" by Serena Caffrey. Accessible and intimate, with an emphasis on the personal and emotional in addition to Morrison's more subtle cultural critique, this book belongs on the shelf of curators, academics, and art admirers alike.
