Wisdom Tooth

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is excited to present Morgan Wills’ end-of-residency solo exhibition. Having had space and time to paint and push his practice further, Morgan has experimented with new technique as well as added sculpture to his portfolio. The privilege to witness his practice, following the mysterious instruction of his dream like narratives, unfolding and taking surprising turns daily. Morgan was selected on the basis of his amazing technical skills, but more because paintings are beyond technique. Painting in much the way the abstractionist paints, Morgan is led by the painting and the elusive story erupting from the process. Each layer obscuring and revealing almost simultaneously confusing the picture plane, but creating an enigmatic vibration between each, an elliptical narrative that gives a suggestion but no answer.

‘Paul Valéry once said that a bad poem is one that vanishes into meaning. In a painting in which this is a room, this is a chair, this is a head, the imagery does not exist – it vanishes into recognition.’ Philip Guston