Regional Piece

Ree Morton

1975–76

Oil on wood and enamel on celastic

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

During an artistic career lasting only from the mid-1960s until her untimely death in 1977, Ree Morton (Born 1936 in Ossining, NY; died 1977 in Chicago) produced work of remarkable breadth. While she achieved notable success in the 1970s, after her death she largely fell out of the art-historical purview, only to be “rediscovered” in recent years through her inclusion in such exhibitions as WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007). From delicate pencil drawings to expansive sculptural installations, her work forges unlikely partnerships between such aesthetic and political practices as minimalism, feminism, and regionalism. The