Michael Corris

Palette-Talk

April 23 - May 21, 2022

The continual stream of news detailing injustice, trauma, death, and disaster presents us all with a powerful and disturbing image of the world; pictures that are simultaneously informative and debilitating. Even when we are not personally involved, the events being reported are apt to strike us as captivating and distressing. We are hedged in by global news coverage, along with the grievance politics and culture wars in its wake.

Palette-Talk — a new body of work developed over the past two years by Michael Corris — asks how it is possible for a person to remain whole under such circumstances. How can we begin to recognize the distinction between random patterns of events and meaningful details? What prospects do we have to summon the will necessary for a continued commitment to social engagement, political activism, and art?

The works on view present three approaches to a reimagination of the relationship between word and image — “palette-talk”, “invisible colors”, and “reverse palettes” — and a single sculpture, the first to be realized by the artist.

About the Artist. This is Michael Corris’ third exhibition at Liliana Bloch Gallery. Corris was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his career as an artist there. He holds a PhD in Art History (University College London), an MFA in Painting (Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art), and a BA in Art (with honors), Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Since the beginning of Corris’ works as an artist, his practice has been more or less equally divided between art-making, writing on art, and teaching. (A more complete statement by the artist on his practice may be found at: https://invisible-college-conversations.com/about/)

Corris has exhibited internationally in galleries and museums since 1972. His work as a participant in the Art & Language group and as an individual artist and may be found in public collections including Dallas Museum of Art, Tate Gallery (London), the J. P. Getty Museum (Los Angeles), Le Consortium Museum of Contemporary Art (Dijon), Château Montsoreau Museum of Contemporary Art, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (Geneva), La Musée de Beaux-Arts (La Chaux-de-Fonds), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Museum of Modern Art Book Collection (New York), and Whitney Museum of Art Book Collection (New York).

This exhibition is by appointment. Masks will be required to enter the gallery.