Locky Morris' works move fluidly between the personal, public and political and are informed by the complexities and intricacies of his immediate landscape.
ARTIST BIO
Locky Morris was born in Derry City where he continues to live and work. During the 80s and 90s Morris became known for producing work that referred and reacted explicitly to the Northern Irish conflict. Some early pieces were shown in the British Art Show touring Britain (1990) and New North (1990) and Strongholds (1991) at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, while also being exhibited in his local neighbourhood, in places like disused bookmakers, community centres and vacant premises. Recent solo presentations at institutions and galleries have included the RCC in Donegal, Ireland, F.E. Mc William Gallery, Northern Ireland, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany and Mothers Tankstation, Dublin. He has collaborated recently with artist Jaki Irvine to show at The Complex Gallery, Dublin and subsequently Void Gallery, Derry, and continues to exhibit widely with group exhibitions at the Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Eva International, IMMA, Dublin, Mario Mauroner, Vienna and The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Floaters, Locky Morris, Photo print on aluminium Dibond, 2021.
Above left: Re_sett_ing_s, Locky Morris, installation view at The Void, Derry, 2022.
Last chance for a dark wash, Locky Morris, installation view at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, 2023.
Last chance for a dark wash, Locky Morris, installation view at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, 2023.
His visually rich, inventive and playful videos, soundworks, photographs and gallery installations incorporate found sculptural assemblages that represent his fascination for the often chaotic details of the everyday.
Last chance for a dark wash, Locky Morris, installation view at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, 2023.
Walking is intrinsic to his process, frequently gleaning materials from liminal spaces, the edges of the city and coastline.
TITLE
showground
ARTIST
Locky Morris
ABOUT THE WORK
showground is part of a series of photographs taken by Locky Morris in and around Derry-Londonderry, where he lives and works. They represent small encounters that surprise, excite and puzzle him, where often manmade objects intersect and interact with natural and urban environments. His images capture these accidental moments and thereby create deliberate, impromptu sculptural installations that demand attention and elevate the quotidian to the extraordinary.
DATE
2017 (printed 2024)
DIMENSIONS
29.7 cm x 42.0 cm (Unframed)
MEDIUM
Archival giclée inkjet on Hahnemülle FineArt Baryta Satin 300 gsm
ORIGINAL WORK / EDITION
Edition of 7
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Locky Morris' works move fluidly between the personal, public and political and are informed by the complexities and intricacies of his immediate landscape. His visually rich, inventive and playful videos, soundworks, photographs and gallery installations incorporate found sculptural assemblages that represent his fascination for the often chaotic details of the everyday.
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FRAMING
This work comes unframed.
