Untitled 1968

This artwork by Robert Morris is called Untitled. It’s a whole bunch of black felt strips all tangled together, gravity doing most of the work. Look at the way the felt just flops! It’s like the artwork is surrendering to the floor, or maybe it’s just trying to get comfortable. The texture is soft, absorbent. I imagine it muffling all sound. It's not trying to be anything other than what it is. See how the strips twist and turn, creating these little pockets of shadow? It’s like Morris is playing with positive and negative space, form and formlessness. It reminds me a little of Eva Hesse, maybe because of the way she also let materials do their thing. Art is always an ongoing conversation, right? And sometimes, the best conversations are the ones where you just let things unfold naturally.