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Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops

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A 2-second clip from Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time, 2016. 2K video, black and white, color, sound.
A still from Blue Dancers (detail), a 2K video by Bill Morrison. Original source material unknown. 35mm film, black and white, 19 sec. (loop). Sourced from the Library of Congress. Courtesy of the artist.

Selected Works

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A woman lying in bed with textured cylindrical shapes in the foreground.

Bill Morrison

An old sepia-toned film strip showing a blurred image of a dancing girl.

Bill Morrison

Sepia-toned, weathered photograph of a woman with dark spots and irregular marks.

Installation Views

  • Entrance to the gallery with a projection of a man in top hat and overcoat above double doors.
  • Two black-and-white film projections in a gallery; in the background on the left side a screen shows a suited man, on the right and in front, a screen shows a woman lying in bed, with introductory wall text nearby.
  • Two black-and-white film projections on adjacent walls in a dark gallery; the one on the left wall shows a group of children smiling, and the one on the right wall shows a man in a suit.
  • Projected black-and-white film of a man in a suit on the left wall, with a smaller projection and bench visible in a dark gallery space.
  • Two projected video works in a dark gallery space with a bench in front and two ceiling-mounted projectors.
  • Installation view of three video projections displayed on gallery walls with a central wooden bench for viewers.
  • A person seated in a dark gallery space surrounded by three projected installations.

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips

Installation view of Bill Morrison: Cycles & Loops, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2023. Photo: Stephen Davis Phillips