SAIC Alum Rebecca Morris Reflects on Her Practice
Hyperallergic sat down with SAIC alum Rebecca Morris (MFA 1994) for a beer recently to discuss her career and work. Morris, who participated in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, spoke of her love for art museums from childhood and her fascination with Yale architecture as early inspirations. She also spoke of the turning point in her paintings when she started experimenting with abstract paintings during graduate school at SAIC, and "exploring the language of painting without paint—a foray into thinking about placement and formalism."
In celebration of alum Georgia O’Keeffe: My New Yorks opening current SAIC students were invited to submit artworks inspired by O’keeffe and the city of Chicago.
An image from the exhibition opening of “My Chicagos: SAIC Students Honor Georgia O’Keeffe.”