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3/25/2014 The Interview | Introducing Sarah Morris | Magazine | NET-A-PORTER.COM
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Photographs by PETER ASH LEE Styling by TRACY TAYLOR
S arah Morris is sitting in her all-white, Paul Rudolph-designedapartment on New York’s Upper
East Side. Dressed simply in a blacktank and lounging pants, her darkbrown hair is pulled back, a swipe ofbright scarlet lipstick creating adramatic flash of color. Beyond us,there is a view of the gritty East Riverwaters, decorated by the swirlingreflection of the giant Pepsi Cola signon the opposite bank in Queens.
Being faced with so many boldcontrasts, hard edges and graphicflourishes is akin to stepping into oneof Morris’ paintings – brilliant, flawless
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The London-born, New York-basedabstract artist tells EVE CLAXTONabout her unusual route into the art
world and a life filled with color
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geometric abstracts, inspired bythe structures and tensions ofcities and their architecture. “I wasbeckoned to live here,” the 46-year-old says of her apartment. “I couldnot believe my luck.”
n person, Morris is far lessintimidating than expected.Yes, she’s fiercely intelligent –
within five minutes she hasreferenced novelist VladimirNabokov, designers Charles andRay Eames and architect OscarNiemeyer – but she also laughseasily and is appealingly self-deprecating (“Do I look like amodel from a Robert Palmervideo?” she jokes of her hairdo).
Her dry wit perhaps stems fromher roots in England, where shewas born in 1967, to an Englishfather and an American mother.“We moved to the US when I was achild,” she says. “My father camefor his work.”
With both her parents scientists,Morris “learned to questioneverything, to be very skeptical”.She carries two passports andalways felt a little displaced as a
PROFESSION: ArtistMY STYLE: Feminine but
structured, with a relationship tosport. Sometimes I go for boldcolor, other times just whiteMY GO-TO LABELS: Givenchy,Saint Laurent, Isabel MarantMY FAIL-SAFE PIECES: Silk
blouses by Isabel Marant, jodphursby Hermès, tees byProenza Schouler
MY FAVORITE ACCESSORIES: Iseem to have a thing for white
accessories
result. “I wasn’t fully American, norwas I British,” she says. “Eventhough I grew up in America, I feltthis distance from the culture.”
After studying semiotics atBrown University, she went toEngland’s Cambridge Universityfor a year, where she read socialand political theory. It was aturning point. “I met a lot ofpeople who were interested in art,”Morris explains, “and I saw anumber of exhibitions that wereimportant to me. I got bitten by
“I don’t LOOK back andwonder if I could havedone things differently.
The PATH I took was thepath I HAD to take”
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SARAH’S WORLDNovember 2013[Rio], 2013 (above);Electrobras [Rio],2013 (right)
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art.” When she returned to NewYork, she won a coveted place onthe Whitney Museum of AmericanArt independent study programand began painting, while workingas an assistant to Jeff Koons.
In 1996 she held her first show, forthe influential White Cube galleryin London. “I packed a very bigsuitcase and ended up living [inLondon] for the next six years,” sheremembers. “It was the perfect cityto be in: the fashion world, the artworld and the music world were allin one place.”
“I do THINK that youcan have it all. Eventhose things that youdon’t NECESSARILY
WANT to have”
Morris says she is one of the fewcontemporary art stars who neverwent to art school. Does she regretit? “I’m not someone who looksback and wonders if I could havedone things differently,” she says.
F“The path I took was the path thatI had to take.”
or the past 12 years, Morrishas been based back in NewYork. She and her husband,
artist Liam Gillick, with whom shehas an 11-year-old son, Orson,divorced two years ago, at whichpoint she moved into the Rudolphapartment. A blank slate, I suggest.“Blindingly white,” she replies.
But it is not only her home thatreflects Morris’ stark aesthetic. Infashion, she prefers simplicityabove all. “I wear mainly black, ormidnight navy,” she says. “If I dowear color, it’s a very specificorange-red, yellow or cyan blue.”
Is she drawn to the digital printsthat have populated runways inrecent seasons, which echo thegeometry of her art? “There aredesigners who do amazing thingswith print, but it’s not for me,”Morris confesses. “They are toodistracting for my character. I like avery plain, color-coded closet.”
Her studio is in Long Island City,an area that has become a locus forartists who want more space
and light than Manhattan canoffer. In the evenings, she lovesto cook for friends – her circle isan eclectic group of artists,architects and film-world types,including the actress UmaThurman, whom she met “whenour sons became friends”.
Tomorrow, she will be back inher studio, pushing forward
with two films currently inproduction, as well as developingartwork for several shows in 2015.How does she juggle film, paintingand family? “I have a team at thestudio, and my galleries helpenormously with my projects,” sheexplains. “I do think you can haveit all. Even the things you don’tnecessarily want to have!”
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“JUMPSUITShave attitude. Ihave many…”
“I LOVE BLACKskirts, straight orflared, as long asthey are waisted.”
“STILETTOS INunusual colors aremy staple.”
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