Roger Morris
(by Trevor Landers)
"The ideas, painstakingly painted, at first glance may not appear subtle, but the subterranean complexity of the pieces,
and the technical proficiency, make Morris one of the artistic prophets of our time. As such, his work is almost doomed
to be the treasury of the next generation and lost to contemporary critics. Perhaps that is the biggest travesty;
it demands a wider audience.
Morris is the unflinching witness to the dehumanisation of the collective self, a chronicler of dissonant realities, writ
large in unpalatable and unsanitised beauty. Surprisingly, the multi-media collection is far too redolent of meaning and
illumination to be depressing or half-baked, as much contemporary hothouse art can be." |
