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Maureen Chatfield
Journey and Destination
On view from Friday,
June 14
This exhibition features
New Jersey painter Maureen Chatfield’s investigation of travel
experiences throughout her life, juxtaposed with abstract paintings
inspired by specific destinations. Chatfield’s large-scale
narratives and colorful landscapes present universal themes of past and
present, combined with humor and light-hearted reflections on
relationships and the human experience.
Chatfield studied at the Art Students League, New York,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, the Fashion
Institute of Technology and Hunter College, New York. Maureen
Chatfield: Journey and Destination draws from her expansive
oeuvre of oil-on-canvas works blending New York Abstract Expressionism
and Bay Area Figurative painting.
Chatfield is represented by Cavalier Galleries and
George Bilis Gallery. She currently teaches landscape painting at the
Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey.
Museum Admission
General Admission: $12
Seniors, Students, Children 3-17: $8
Children 2 and under: Free
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Set in MotionKinetic Worlds from the Studio of Richard Whitten
Through September 1 This exhibition brings a
collection of 59 paintings, sculptures, and drawings that explore
Whitten’s body of work. Set in Motion includes four
recent works by Whitten and follows his process from ideation to
completion – beginning with drawings, then to painting studies, and on
to large-scale works. Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by
Will and Mary Leland. Additional support is provided by M&T Bank
Charitable Foundation.
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In Focus Samantha Modder
Through September 20 In her recent work Wearer of All Socks, artist
Samantha Modder creates space – embracing both real and imagined worlds
– in which reside larger-than-life Black, female characters.
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Mystery Clocks and Magic Automata from the Collection of
Richard GarriottThrough September 22
An astonishing display of five mid-nineteenth century “Mystery
Clocks,” or Pendule Mystérieuse, were manufactured in Paris by magician
and watchmaker Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871) and first debuted
at the 1839 Exhibition of French Industry.
Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by
Will and Mary Leland.
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Like Clockwork!
Guinness Collection Conservation at the Morris Museum
Through September 22
How do we keep hundreds of mechanical objects running
like clockwork for twenty years? This exhibition
takes you behind the scenes at the Morris Museum.
Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by
Will and Mary Leland.
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The Morris Museum gratefully acknowledges generous
operating support from:
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Image credits from top: Maureen
Chatfield, Family Outing, 1999. Oil on canvas. 48 x 48
inches. On loan courtesy of the artist. Image used with permission.
Richard Whitten, Tellurian, 2021, oil on wood panel, 46 x
30 inches. On loan from the collection of Roger and Sara Preston.
Photography by David DeMelim is courtesy of the artist. Samantha
Modder, Wearer of All Socks, 2024 (detail). Original work
2022. Digitally manipulated ballpoint pen print on adhesive paper. 125
x 120 inches. On loan from the collection of Samantha Modder. Image
used with permission. Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), Mystery
Clock (2nd series), c. 1838. Paris, France. On loan from the
collection of Richard Garriott. Dug North, Machini the Marvel,
2005. Automaton. On loan from the collection of Richard Garriott.
Detail of Monkey Diner at Table automaton, 1880. Jean Marie Phalibois
(1835–1900), Paris, France. Murtogh D. Guinness Collection,
2003.18.707a-b. Morris Museum workbench studio, Jere Ryder, Guinness
Collection Conservator. Photography Jean Minthe for the Morris Museum.
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