LIZ MORISON

Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Contemporary | 2022

 

Hug Pillow I 2016

 

Liz Morison makes objects that perform, or ask to be performed with. Materials as metaphor, humour, feminism and politics are all part of her research and process. Starting an Art Foundation course in 1969 she ‘dropped out’ and into a career in Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting and Teaching. Born in London, she lived and worked in Tower Hamlets for many years then moved to Herefordshire to grow a family. She restarted a Foundation course 16 years ago and completed her BA in 2009: “A 40 year Fine Art degree, loved every minute!” She continued with an MFA at Wimbledon College of Arts in 2014 to 2016.

 
 

S{m}other jacket I 2016

Hug Pillow I 2016

Tube I 2016

 
 
Transitional Objects (for adults) is an installation that was the culmination of two years of research, development and a lot of fun on the MFA at Wimbledon College of Art.
A Transitional Object is an object that can be used as an alternative comfort by a baby when the mother, or breast, is not available; a blanket with a satin edge or a soft toy ( Donald Winnicott, Child Psychiatrist.
Buying a blow-up sex doll in the first term led to an exploration of adult attachment to objects that ‘comfort’.
I was interested in the sensuality of materials that may have tactile memories of childhood as well as sexual references.
Sex is adult play. (Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis.)
— LIZ MORISON

Adult Playmat | 2016

 

18 Artists’ Nipples | 2016

 
 

Nipple Cushionettes | 2016

 

Nipple Book | 2016

 

Large Nipple Cushions | 2016

 

Hug Pillow I 2016

 

S{m}other jacket I 2016