Mali Morris: Returning
The largest exhibition to date by this renowned British abstract painter.
Dates
Until 11 January 2025
Visitor information
Opening Times
Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm.
Christmas hours - closed Sunday 22 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025 inclusive.
Price
Free entry (donations welcome).
About
Mali Morris: Returning is the largest exhibition to date by this renowned British abstract painter, who studied at the Department of Fine Art, University of Newcastle, from 1963 -1968.
She is best known for her use of fresh, vibrant colour, her paintings noted for their luminosity and translucence, characterised by a lightness of touch. The show features around 40 key works spanning 45 years, tracing the development of her painting from the early gestural and stained pieces to the more recent geometric layering.
Morris' work is held in numerous public collections, from the Arts Council Collection, The Whitworth Manchester, Fitzwilliam Cambridge, to the Museum of Wales Cardiff. She was elected to the Royal Academy in 2010, and in 2022 was commissioned to design 33 banners to hang above Bond Street during the summer of that year.
She is delighted to return to the Hatton Gallery after all these years, where, as she says, 'it all began'.
The show is co-curated by Sam Cornish, author of Mali Morris: Painting, published by RA in 2019, and Zoe Allen.
The exhibition and accompanying film and publication were generously supported by the Catherine Cookson Foundation.
Image: Mali Morris, Impeller II 2023, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 220 cm (Photo: Justin Piperger)
