Morph: Meta(morph)osis and Bio(morph)ism in Contemporary Sculpture

Morph: Meta(morph)osis and Bio(morph)ism in Contemporary Sculpture

Jan 19–Mar 3, 1996

Morph: Meta(morph)osis and Bio(morph)ism in Contemporary Sculpture was curated by Francis Colpitt and exhibited artworks from Susan Boscarino, Sharon Engelstein, Thomas Glassford, Kirk McCarthy, Elizabeth McGrath, Dean Ruck, Al Souza, and Nestor Topchy. These eight artists showed artworks that investigated shape and shapelessness in three dimensions. The oscillating concerns represented by the exhibition were weight and buoyancy, flesh and bones, protuberances and concavities, nature and culture, and knowledge and perception. Frances Colpitt wrote of the show, “Not only are the forms of the works included in Morph bulbous, puffy, soft or irregular, the materials from which they are composed are unusually meaningful. Where traditional sculptors might use bronze or marble as neutral, high-art mediums, we find more suggestive, contemporary substances. Glitter and powdered pigments, vinyl upholstery and blankets, styrofoam and newspapers initiate a dialogue that has more to do with daily, urban life than with the ratified atmosphere of the museum.”