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Wood Collage: Landscape

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Wood Collage: Landscape

1980
20th
14 x 106 in. (35.56 x 269.24 cm)

George Morrison, (1919–2000)

User Text 1 One of the fathers of Native American modernism, George Morrison was an influential teacher and mentor. His work embodies the central role of the land in Native American identity, both in the imagery of the Lake Superior landscape and in the use of driftwood to create wood collages. In this work, a horizon line is discernable one quarter of the height from the upper edge, “to further identify it to landscape” according to the artist. This work was commissioned by the donor for her home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Morrison, writing about the challenges of creating a work of unusually long and narrow dimensions, pointed out that the shape “emphasized the feeling of broad and wide landscape. The mosaic-like shapes are in keeping with selections I always use to suggest organic and structural forms in nature.” Trained as a painter, Morrison explained that he constructed this abstract landscape “with broad sweeps of dark or light color and small dabs of light and dark clusters of ‘detail.’ I am conscious of continuity and movement.”
Creation Place: North America, United States
Medium and Support: Found and prepared wood on plywood base
Credit Line: Bequest of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession Number: 2017.14.53
donor's notes: "Commissioned by BMK [donor] in 1979. Artist's Statement: 'It presented a challenge because of the unusual very long shape, but in the end, the result was pleasing and effective as it emphasized the feeling of broad and wide landscape. The mosaic-like shapes are in keeping with selections I always use to suggest organic and structural forms in nature. A horizon line is discernable one quarter from the top to further identify it to landscape. Being trained as a painter, I handle the areas as such-with broad sweeps of dark or light color, and small dabs of light and dark clusters of 'detail'. I am conscious of continuity and movement. ' George Morrison"
Current Location: Chazen : 135 : Screen27 : L

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