12/12/2023
London-based Mali Morris’ smallish Mifsud (2009) was a brushy expanse of lush brown/purple, all-but obscuring a checkerboard of clear, delectable hues, with equally delectable discs of a range of yellows and one emphatic pink nailing down the rapidly stroked central zone. As with all of Morris’ work, questions of what is on top of what, of how overlays modify color, and of differences in edges made a deceptively straightforward painting endlessly rewarding.
Karen Wilkin reviews Mali Morris and the group exhibition “Anarene” at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel https://bit.ly/3SNvb3L
Image: Mali Morris, Mifsud, 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 41 x 51 cm. Photo courtesy of the artist and 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel.
