fleur pinkie
Matt Morris
RUSCHMAN
4148 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
November 9, 2024 — January 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9th, from 5-8pm
A complete and detailed checklist of all works on view can be downloaded
Works Under Analysis
Matt Morris There She Goes, 2024, Reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, McDonald’s drink carriers, 60h x 27w x 10d in.
Matt Morris There She Goes, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris There She Goes, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris The Women (Gay Block. Untitled (Brooch), 1994), 2024, Oil, costume jewelry brooches, rice powder on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 20h x 24w in.
Matt Morris The Women (Gay Block. Untitled (Brooch), 1994), 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris levee, 2024, Ruched curtain of tulle netting with satin ribbon cords, Dimensions Variable
Matt Morris levee, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris levee, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris Homage to the Romantic Hellfire Club Grotto, 2024, Plastic action figure, glazed porcelain, miniature white fishnet stockings, Dresden embossed foil paper witch, antique velveteen red heart, crushed Ambien, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, 7h x 9 1/2w x 4d in.
Matt Morris Homage to the Romantic Hellfire Club Grotto, 2024, Plastic action figure, glazed porcelain, miniature white fishnet stockings, Dresden embossed foil paper witch, antique velveteen red heart, crushed Ambien, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, 7h x 9 1/2w x 4d in.
Matt Morris Homage to the Romantic Hellfire Club Grotto, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024, Porcelain, glazed stoneware, vintage kimono silk, Mary Kay consultant Glamour Shade organizer tray ca. 1985, Odette Parfum Co. bubble mailers, satin digitally printed with detail view of Joe Brainard’s ‘If Nancy Was a Boy,’ 1972, polyfil stuffing, thread, tapered end false eyelashes on plastic backing, vintage velvet orchids, pleated and bound antique ribbon ornament, 8h x 14 1/2w x 15d in.
Matt Morris even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024, Porcelain, glazed stoneware, vintage kimono silk, Mary Kay consultant Glamour Shade organizer tray ca. 1985, Odette Parfum Co. bubble mailers, satin digitally printed with detail view of Joe Brainard’s ‘If Nancy Was a Boy,’ 1972, polyfil stuffing, thread, tapered end false eyelashes on plastic backing, vintage velvet orchids, pleated and bound antique ribbon ornament, 8h x 14 1/2w x 15d in.
Matt Morris even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris even the moon crisis makeup! is wearing makeup – naruse, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris Madge Garland, the siren of the powder magazines, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Hermes Silky Blush powder in ‘Rose Plume’ and Dior Rouge Blush in ‘Poison’, 1 1/2h x 6 1/2w x 3d in.
Matt Morris lady woolworth – lil picard, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Covergirl Cheekers blush in ‘Pink Candy’, 1 1/2h x 4 1/2w x 2d in.
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024, Velvet upholstered desk chair on casters, porcelain, makeup brush bristles, antique ostrich plume (gift from Emmy Bright), chicken feathers, dyed goose coquille, duck down, embroidery flosses, shards of mother of pearl shank buttons, Serge Lutens paper smelling strips, ABS plastic artificial nails with crystal ornaments, stolen nail varnish, oil paint, perfumed powder, incense ash, PVA glue, ground white hominy, 34h x 25w x 25d in.
Matt Morris silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris silk chiffon silk hotel, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris
yharnam, pthumerian queen is a chalice dungeon boss, and adoration for soshiro matsubara, 2024,
Porcelain, glass, velvet, candles, perfume, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, lambs wool powder puff, polyfil,
waxed thread, 16 1/2h x 9w x 9d in.
tallulah – a powder that can turn into anything – wishes, 2024,
Parfait of rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder perfumed with compositions comprising violet, iris, carrot seed, heliotrope,
rose, carnation, aldehydes, lavender, mailette, peony, orange blossom, bergamot, raspberry, clove, anise, black peppercorn, pink
pepper-corn, cocoa, labdanum, white musks, cedar, fir balsam, palo santo, ho wood, sandalwood, leather, butter CO2, beeswax, wet clay,
artemisia, elemi, basil, eucalyptus, tea tree oil, peppermint, celery seed, tonka bean, vanilla absolute, civet
Matt Morris
yharnam, pthumerian queen is a chalice dungeon boss, and adoration for soshiro matsubara, 2024,
Porcelain, glass, velvet, candles, perfume, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, lambs wool powder puff, polyfil,
waxed thread, 16 1/2h x 9w x 9d in.
tallulah – a powder that can turn into anything – wishes, 2024,
Parfait of rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder perfumed with compositions comprising violet, iris, carrot seed, heliotrope,
rose, carnation, aldehydes, lavender, mailette, peony, orange blossom, bergamot, raspberry, clove, anise, black peppercorn, pink
pepper-corn, cocoa, labdanum, white musks, cedar, fir balsam, palo santo, ho wood, sandalwood, leather, butter CO2, beeswax, wet clay,
artemisia, elemi, basil, eucalyptus, tea tree oil, peppermint, celery seed, tonka bean, vanilla absolute, civet
Matt Morris
yharnam, pthumerian queen is a chalice dungeon boss, and adoration for soshiro matsubara, 2024,
Alternate View
tallulah – a powder that can turn into anything – wishes, 2024,
Alternate View
Matt Morris yharnam, pthumerian queen is a chalice dungeon boss, and adoration for soshiro matsubara, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024, Novelty perfume bottles, glazed porcelain, polymer clay, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, stolen nail varnish, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, plastic vanity, doll furniture, 8h x 10 1/2w x 7d in.
Matt Morris Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024, Novelty perfume bottles, glazed porcelain, polymer clay, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, stolen nail varnish, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, plastic vanity, doll furniture, 8h x 10 1/2w x 7d in.
Matt Morris Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris Grotto to the Romantic Avon Calling Grotto, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Reduced scale French windows, wood, adhesive vinyl lettering, hinges, miniature doorknobs, green latex paint matched to Rrose Sélavy’s 1920 sculpture Fresh Widow, gallery white latex paint, rose stained glass, porcelain, handmade paper collage by André Marin (Milkshake, 2021, handmade paper), cosmetic brush bristles, marabou feathers, antique dyed ostrich plumes, duck down, geisha coloring book pages with marker, satin pillows printed with images of copies of Florine Stettheimer’s A Model (Nude Self Portrait), ca 1915, miniature Schiaparelli Shocking perfume bottle, miniature chaise lounges, miniature vanities, mother of pearl gambling chips, glass vial, Cathy figurine, Revlon powder blush in ‘Marvelous,’ Vicky Tiel 1994 Sirene eau de parfum, Valentina Poudre perfume bottle, Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces perfume bottle, bottle, parfum, ash, Chinese flowering jasmine tea gift from Matt Ryan, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, pink setting powder, translucent setting powder, candles, wax, Lisa Eldridge Velvet Blush Lightly lipstick, polymer clay, artificial pearls, glitter, iris incense, violet incense, rose incense, heliotrope incense, embossed oil cloth, velvet, silk, silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, sequins, glass beads, paper tablecloth, plastic, duct tape, stolen nail varnish, antique plastic comb with satin ribbonwork, plastic Mardi Gras king cake baby, Clue: The Great Museum Caper game piece, color laser print of collage by Sabrina Ward Harrison, color laser print of Antoine Watteau’s Pierrot (Gilles), c. 1718–1719, plastic cloche with antique silk chrysanthemum, porcelain beads stained with watercolor, makeup applicator sponge, Hermes blush compact applicator, underwear label, tissue paper, laminated corrugated paper board, polyfil, silver permanent marker, ink, waxed thread, collapsible sewing table, 60h x 48w x 23d in.
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris destroy, she sulked, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris mama madame, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Revlon powder blush in ‘Mauvelous’, 1 1/2h x 4 1/2w x 2 1/4d in.
Matt Morris you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024, Porcelain, 10h x 9w x 6d in.
Matt Morris you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris you were an old lady and a young lady and a very little girl – hilst, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris she was at the heart of the writing because she was naive, because she was very young, she didn’t know what she was lugging around inside herself, this tremendous force, this tremendous power of pain that she could bring – duras, 2024, Porcelain, velvet, marabou feathers, parfum, rice flour, corn starch, silk peptide powder, 13h x 8w x 8d in.
Matt Morris she was at the heart of the writing because she was naive, because she was very young, she didn’t know what she was lugging around inside herself, this tremendous force, this tremendous power of pain that she could bring – duras, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris the obscene madame d – hilst, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche Monos Eyeshadow in ‘Mademoiselle Pink’, 1 3/4h x 8w x 3d in.
Matt Morris the obscene madame d – hilst, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche Monos Eyeshadow in ‘Mademoiselle Pink’, 1 3/4h x 8w x 3d in.
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris Damenklub Violetta, 2024, Flashe on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 30h x 26w in.
Matt Morris Damenklub Violetta, 2024, Flashe on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 30h x 26w in.
Matt Morris Damenklub Violetta, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris Damenklub Violetta, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris she’s a fantasist you know. that lady. hotel lobbies are full of them – duelle, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, BBIA powder cheek in ‘Powder Pink,’ Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces eau de parfum, 1h x 3 1/2w x 3 1/2d in.
Matt Morris she’s a fantasist you know. that lady. hotel lobbies are full of them – duelle, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris she’s a fantasist you know. that lady. hotel lobbies are full of them – duelle, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, BBIA powder cheek in ‘Powder Pink,’ Etat Libre d’Orange Putain de Palaces eau de parfum, 1h x 3 1/2w x 3 1/2d in.
Matt Morris spoon woman – bourgeois (white okra), 2024, Porcelain (two elements), cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Wet n Wild blush in ‘Pearlescent Pink,’ kakashow blush palette, 1 1/4h x 6w x 1 1/4d in. and 1h x 2w x 1 1/2d in.
Matt Morris spoon woman – bourgeois (white okra), 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris this is what makes us girls – white witch, 2024, Flashe, antique silk appliqué on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 89h x 43w in.
Matt Morris this is what makes us girls – white witch, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris this is what makes us girls – white witch, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris this is what makes us girls – white witch, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris i work in a market as a checkout girl –i had a feeling that i belonged – dream girl, 2024, Flashe, antique moire ribbon, porcelain, perfumed powder on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 89h x 43w in.
Matt Morris i work in a market as a checkout girl –i had a feeling that i belonged – dream girl, 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris
Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024,
Porcelain vase, 11h x 9w x 9d in.
Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024,
Dyed marabou feathers, duck down, perfumed powder, porcelain, vintage silk ribbon (gift from Laurie Stern), silk ribbon, rayon satin
ribbon, Bvlgari ribbon, digitally printed satin, vintage kimono silk, molded plastic bows, waxed thread, hot glue, polyfil, dowel,
MDF panel, 17h x 8w x 5d in. (full length with ribbons 28 in.)
Matt Morris
Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024,
Alternate View
Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024,
Alternate View
Matt Morris Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024, Porcelain vase, 11h x 9w x 9d in.
Matt Morris Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris Ms. Scheherazade Dalloway-Havisham, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024, Dyed marabou feathers, duck down, perfumed powder, porcelain, vintage silk ribbon (gift from Laurie Stern), silk ribbon, rayon satin ribbon, Bvlgari ribbon, digitally printed satin, vintage kimono silk, molded plastic bows, waxed thread, hot glue, polyfil, dowel, MDF panel, 17h x 8w x 5d in. (full length with ribbons 28 in.)
Matt Morris Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris madame de …, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Maybelline New York FIT ME blush in ‘Mauve,’ Sephora Colorful mat eyeshadow in ‘Strawberry Macaron’, 3/4h x 9 1/2w x 3d in.
Matt Morris madame de …, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris madame de …, 2024, Porcelain, cosmetic makeup brush bristles, Maybelline New York FIT ME blush in ‘Mauve,’ Sephora Colorful mat eyeshadow in ‘Strawberry Macaron’, 3/4h x 9 1/2w x 3d in.
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris women, world, whimsy, wonder – vaginal davis – it was a she named tuffy – viola davis, out of sight, soderbergh – only the chorines, bull daggers, aesthetical Negroes, lady lovers, pansies, and anarchists supported her experiments in living free. she was their avenging angel. only the wayward appreciated her riotous conduct; only they could discern the beautiful plot against the plantation she waged each and every day – saidiya hartman, 2024, Porcelain, antique moire silk ribbon, custom MDF shelf, 8 1/2h x 7w x 6 1/2d in. (figure) / 39h x 9w x 7 1/2d in. (with shelf and ribbon)
Matt Morris women, world, whimsy, wonder – vaginal davis – it was a she named tuffy – viola davis, out of sight, soderbergh – only the chorines, bull daggers, aesthetical Negroes, lady lovers, pansies, and anarchists supported her experiments in living free. she was their avenging angel. only the wayward appreciated her riotous conduct; only they could discern the beautiful plot against the plantation she waged each and every day – saidiya hartman, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris I don’t dress like this because I want to look like a girl, I dress this way because I want to look like a faggot! (Sherrie Levine. Salubra 3, 2007) ii, 2024, Oil on mahogany, 27h x 24w in.
Matt Morris I don’t dress like this because I want to look like a girl, I dress this way because I want to look like a faggot! (Sherrie Levine. Salubra 3, 2007), 2024, Oil on mahogany, 27h x 24w in.
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View
Matt Morris The Women (Ishiuchi Miyako. Frida by Ishiuchi #39, 2013), 2024, Oil, silk fiber rosettes ca. 1800s on Belgian linen over aluminum panel with poplar cradle, 27 3/4h x 18w in.
Matt Morris The Women (Ishiuchi Miyako. Frida by Ishiuchi #39, 2013), 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris The Women (Ishiuchi Miyako. Frida by Ishiuchi #39, 2013), 2024, Detail View
Matt Morris Garage to the Romantic McDonald’s Girl Toy Grotto, 2024, Plastic figurine, glazed porcelain, antique miniature bottle of Caron French Cancan perfume from J Kent, satin appliqués, plastic pearl, silk ribbons, silk, embroidery floss, digitally printed satin, polyfil stuffing, plastic beauty counter doll furniture, 6 1/2h x 9w x 4d in.
Matt Morris Garage to the Romantic McDonald’s Girl Toy Grotto, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris Garage to the Romantic McDonald’s Girl Toy Grotto, 2024, Alternate View
Matt Morris violet sissy fleur pinkie, 2024, Installation View