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Sarah Morris
Wolf [Origami]
Based on the crease pattern, 2007

Installation view: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, 2008
Photo: Niki Lackner | Landesmuseum Joanneum
Sarah Morris
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Household gloss paint on canvas
289 x 289 x 5 cm


Wolf [Origami] is one of a series of works by Sarah Morris painted in relation to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and focusing on that city. It depicts geometric patterns that reference diagrams for origami paper folding. Origami has a long history, but even today the structural compositions produced in origami are finding applications in physics and engineering, as a result of re-evaluating the simple act of folding as a basis for producing complex structures. The many facets of the culture of origami mean it has shared characteristic shared with the multi-faceted nature of China today.


*1967 in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom | Living and working in New York, USA
Artist's Website
http://www.sarahmorris.com
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