The Visionary Art of Morris Graves March 20, 2010

Meridian Gallery’s The Visionary Art of Morris Graves offers the largest exhibition of work by the major American painter Morris Graves in recent memory. Curated by eminent Art Historian Peter Selz, the exhibition, which marks Graves’ 100th birthday, focuses on the mythic motifs and symbolism that run throughout his long career.

Morris Graves (1910 – 2001) was a largely self-taught artist closely associated with the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His paintings, often small works on paper, were among the earliest to synthesize Eastern aesthetics and philosophy with the American Transcendental tradition.

In his own words, Graves was working “to evolve a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us toward ultimate reality.”

Graves was a friend and an artist of great mutual significance for John Cage and Merce Cunningham; Meridian will contextualize Morris Graves and his work within a series of related music, poetry, and dance events.

Runs March 20 - May 15, 2010. See our website (www.meridiangallery.org) for more information.

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